[misc.jobs.offered] DBMS Development positions @ Mips Computers @ Sunnyvale, CA

dk@mips.COM (Dan Koren - Database Engineering Manager) (07/31/90)

The Database Engineering Group at Mips Computer Systems in Sunnyvale
is looking for experienced software engineers to participate in an
aggressive DBMS development program.

Depending on qualifications the work may involve one or more of the
following:

   Technical assistance to ISV's porting DBMS products to the Mips
   platform.

   Performance analysis and tuning of commercial DBMS products for 
   the Mips hardware platform and RISC/os.

   Development of new O/S features to enhance DBMS performance and 
   functionality.
  
   Engineering liaison between DBMS companies and Mips' research and
   development groups.
  
   Consulting for strategically important accounts.

   Participation in relevant standards committees.

   New release product testing and validation.

These are high visibility positions making key contributions to the 
company's business. They offer the opportunity to work closely with 
the leading hardware and software developers at Mips and at the DBMS 
companies as well as the opportunity to become familiar with next
generation products while in the making.

The following requirements apply for these positions:

   5+ years of professional experience in the computer or software
   industry, with 3+ years of software product development in a
   Unix environment; solid understanding of software engineering
   methods and practice with particular emphasis on product porting.
 
   Fluency in SQL, C, B/c/k-shells and make; familiarity with at
   least one additional high level programming language and one
   assembly language.
 
   Familiarity with relational database theory; experience with at 
   least one major relational DBMS product: Informix, Ingres, Oracle, 
   Sybase or Unify, including familiarity with internal architecture 
   and implementation.
 
   Solid knowledge of either BSD or System V Unix internals with
   experience in writing device drivers and kernel modifications.
 
   Understanding of computer architecture and organization features
   affecting DBMS performance - such as caches, virtual memory and
   input/output subsystems.
 
   Familiarity with networking and distributed computing concepts
   and tools in a Unix environment - LAN's, TCP/IP, client/server
   architectures, RPC and NFS. 
 
   Ability to work concurrently on several projects, independently
   and with minimal supervision.
 
   Strong communication and personal skills and a flair for the
   complexities of dealing with outside organizations.

Mips Computers Systems was founded in 1984 by a group of researchers
from Stanford University led by Prof. John Hennessey. Mips is the 
acknowledged technology leader in the development of high performance 
RISC architecture and RISC based computer systems. Our technology
and products have been adopted by some of the most prestigious names
in the computer industry: Bull, CDC, DEC, Nixdorf, Pyramid, Silicon 
Graphics, Siemens, Sony, Tandem, and many others.

Mips has an excellent engineering environment which combines the
best of the Silicon Valley and East Coast cultures.

If you are interested in one of the above positions and the opportunity 
to work for a pace setting industry leader please send your resume to 
the poster of this article (e-mail of plain text resumes is strongly 
preferred - I like to read them on my tube and I have no time to mess
around with text formatters).

Mips Computer Systems is an equal opportunity employer m/f/h/v.


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Dan Koren                                      phone: +1 408-720-2972
Database Engineering Manager               MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
{decwrl,pyramid,sun}!mips!dk   750 E. Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
dk@mips.COM                                                  M/S 4-01