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mohamed.farooq
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 20 Sep 2007 10:25 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi all,
Any updates on GITEX 2007 regarding DSO?
Regards,
Farooq.
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omara007
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| 20 Sep 2007 11:43 ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| I have been there in GITEX and I effectively visited DSO booth but I didn't hear of any new news regarding semiconductor business .. most of the work these days is oriented towards real estate stuff in the DSO area ..
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ide7587
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| 10 Oct 2007 15:06 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi Omara,
From your visit to GITEX and working at the DSO; What is your assessment
of the DSO project now, as I see on the updated
website it looks more residential than technical ?
The advertised vacancies look more promotional rather than hard positions
"http://www.dso.ae/en/business-activities/dcd.html"
Has the DSO failed or just delayed ?
Regards
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omara007
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| 11 Oct 2007 9:03 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| ide7587 wrote: |
Hi Omara,
From your visit to GITEX and working at the DSO; What is your assessment
of the DSO project now, as I see on the updated
website it looks more residential than technical ?
The advertised vacancies look more promotional rather than hard positions
"http://www.dso.ae/en/business-activities/dcd.html"
Has the DSO failed or just delayed ?
Regards |
In general, Dubai is known to be highly interested in Real eState and Mass/Mega Construction business .. so, do expect that any project launched in dubai to be at least slightly deviated towards this field ..
As for DSO, DSO itself is not meant to be a technology center .. it's more of a technology park though it has its own small design center (Dubai Circuit Design) .. "Technology Park" here means it provides whichever international design centers (that chose to come to Dubai) with the legal stuff .. insentives/seeds .. suitable work spaces/environment .. subsidized residentials .. and other logistics ..
For that reason, expect DSO to have any type of business to collect money .. this money in turn goes back to the hosted design centers .. and for Dubai, as I mentioned, Real eState is the thing that they have robust experience in ..
Concluding, DSO is not a bad place for designers .. it's quite attractive and most probably will have a bright future .. yet, you need to look at the company you need to work for "inside" DSO, and forget about the bigger DSO authority .. they indeed have the business as first priority regardless of being in the semiconductor arena or not ..
Currently, as I might have mentioned before, DSO hosts Mindspeed Technologies & Dubai Circuit Design .. it used to host LSI logic as well .. but LSI consumer branch, which Dubai site was part of it, was acquired by another company .. and the new comany decided to shut down Dubai site ..
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ide7587
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| 11 Oct 2007 14:08 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| omara007 wrote: |
| ide7587 wrote: |
Hi Omara,
From your visit to GITEX and working at the DSO; What is your assessment
of the DSO project now, as I see on the updated
website it looks more residential than technical ?
The advertised vacancies look more promotional rather than hard positions
"http://www.dso.ae/en/business-activities/dcd.html"
Has the DSO failed or just delayed ?
Regards |
In general, Dubai is known to be highly interested in Real eState and Mass/Mega Construction business .. so, do expect that any project launched in dubai to be at least slightly deviated towards this field ..
As for DSO, DSO itself is not meant to be a technology center .. it's more of a technology park though it has its own small design center (Dubai Circuit Design) .. "Technology Park" here means it provides whichever international design centers (that chose to come to Dubai) with the legal stuff .. insentives/seeds .. suitable work spaces/environment .. subsidized residentials .. and other logistics ..
For that reason, expect DSO to have any type of business to collect money .. this money in turn goes back to the hosted design centers .. and for Dubai, as I mentioned, Real eState is the thing that they have robust experience in ..
Concluding, DSO is not a bad place for designers .. it's quite attractive and most probably will have a bright future .. yet, you need to look at the company you need to work for "inside" DSO, and forget about the bigger DSO authority .. they indeed have the business as first priority regardless of being in the semiconductor arena or not ..
Currently, as I might have mentioned before, DSO hosts Mindspeed Technologies & Dubai Circuit Design .. it used to host LSI logic as well .. but LSI consumer branch, which Dubai site was part of it, was acquired by another company .. and the new comany decided to shut down Dubai site .. |
Thanks alot for the info , it seems I had a misunderstanding of the all project
I thought a new silicon valley will be established in Dubai...
It seems I woudlnt be able to find an entry level job soon ..
Regards
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omara007
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| 11 Oct 2007 19:27 ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| DSO is indeed intending to be Dubai's version of the Silicon Valley .. actually this is what a Silicon Valley means .. a facility to host companies ..
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asics
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| 17 Oct 2007 0:43 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi omara,
Are u familiar withe Salary ranges of ASIC Engineers in DSO. Any ranges for the following catagories:
1) Entry Level ASIC Engineer
2) Mid-Level ASIC Engineer 6-8 years experience
3) Experienced (10-15 yrs) ASIC Engineer
Please mention the amount in US Dollars.
Also are there any other perks/Benefits that are being offered my Companies at DSO ?
Please let us know
Thanks
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omara007
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| 17 Oct 2007 8:29 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| asics wrote: |
Hi omara,
Are u familiar withe Salary ranges of ASIC Engineers in DSO. Any ranges for the following catagories:
1) Entry Level ASIC Engineer
2) Mid-Level ASIC Engineer 6-8 years experience
3) Experienced (10-15 yrs) ASIC Engineer
Please mention the amount in US Dollars.
Also are there any other perks/Benefits that are being offered my Companies at DSO ?
Please let us know
Thanks |
Salary depends on negotiation.
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asics
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| 18 Oct 2007 5:58 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Thanks for replying omara.
How long do u think it will take (if all goes well) for DSO to have more Semiconductor/IC design companies ?
I have read a few articles that talk about 2008-2009 as the big years for companies to open up campuses in DSO.
Since you are aware of the ground realities do u think that there is any truth to this?
Thanks
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omara007
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| 18 Oct 2007 8:28 ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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I believe DSO will start attracting more companies once the DSO area itself gets more constructed and becomes a real livable place .. at the current time, it's under heavy construction .. and it's some 30Km away from the heart of Dubai .. and very little amount of people are living in it .. so, once it gets more populated and also its neighbours, things will be much better from the attraction point of view ..
I believe this will not take less than a year or two .. so, expect 2009 to be a better year for DSO ..
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smjafri
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| 20 Oct 2007 12:24 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi Omara,
What do you think about DIB (Dut interface boards) companies in the DSO area? Is there any thing going on related to High Speed PCB designs?
Thanks,
Abbas
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omara007
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| 20 Oct 2007 17:14 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| smjafri wrote: |
Hi Omara,
What do you think about DIB (Dut interface boards) companies in the DSO area? Is there any thing going on related to High Speed PCB designs?
Thanks,
Abbas |
I never heard of this DIB thing ..
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smjafri
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| 23 Oct 2007 11:58 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| Did anyone else on the board have heard any thing about PCB designing?
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migrant
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| 31 Jan 2008 19:09 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi,
I agree with the guy whio said there 's a little information about DSO and the web site is outdated. I think Synopsys was recruiting fron end engineers last year on their behalf.
Does anyone have an idea what DSO is going to be? Is it designs centres, manufacturing or academic only? I first heard about it in 2003 (ie, 5 years ago) but what is the plan and time scale?
Thanks.
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omara007
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| 01 Feb 2008 5:00 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| migrant wrote: |
Hi,
I agree with the guy whio said there 's a little information about DSO and the web site is outdated. I think Synopsys was recruiting fron end engineers last year on their behalf.
Does anyone have an idea what DSO is going to be? Is it designs centres, manufacturing or academic only? I first heard about it in 2003 (ie, 5 years ago) but what is the plan and time scale?
Thanks. |
Now, DSO has 2 design centers .. one is local (DCD) and one is international (Mindspeed) ..
Not much academic/training activities are taking place ..
I heard that they are going to do some manufactoring .. but not sure of what type .. I personally have strong doubts it can be fab-related ..
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Tipu
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| 27 Feb 2008 6:56 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hello Omara07
Nice to have u on blog getting right information on DSO.
Can help me out currently i m master student in VLSI system Design it about to complete Aug 2008.
my self planning to relocate at Dubai? as entry level designer ? can i get in DSO?
how is future for Analog designer in DSO? can you give suggestion to me.
Thanking you advance
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Hesham_Mahrous
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| 31 Mar 2008 10:15 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hello Omara07
Nice to have u on blog getting right information on DSO.
Can help me out currently i m master student in VLSI system Design it about to complete Aug 2008.
my self planning to relocate at Dubai? as entry level designer ? can i get in DSO?
how is future for Analog designer in DSO? can you give suggestion to me.
Thanking you advance |
I graduated in 2007 I am currently in Dubai to find a job in this field or related. I applied careers(at)dso.ae nothing came up for me yet. If you want to apply you can go to the companies website and check the postings of all companies operating in Dubai. I don't recommend people to send their CVs to this e-mail address (careers(at)dso.ae) because I am sure the HR people are bunch of idots who haven't literary graduated from universities. I sent my CV thousands of times and when I call to ask what happed they lost my CV and when i ask about DSO they dont give understand what they are saying that what it sounded to me. It sounded from the way they speak on the phone they dont know what the hell they are doing. But so far I think you might get the chance by next year (end of 2008 and 2009) there arent much companies established yet.
However, I found out one more company when i was searching on the website for companies that has design centers in Dubai.
check this out:
http://www.whiztec.com/careers.htm
Now we know about 3 companies they are currently establishing in Dubai please help each other to build more info about those companies wants to establish.
If you find out more update the list at the end of this message and keep it spreading or post it on the new discussion board title "ELECTRONICS COMPANIES LIST IN DSO, DUBAI, & UAE".
I called DSO lately to ask them my innocent question "What companies and design centers will established and had established in Dubai ?" They replied why do you need such information and I said i wanna know about them so i can apply through their websites and the answer was "sorry sir we cannot give you such information you apply only through careers(at)dso.ae". so I was trying to get away from those idiots who work at the HR but they didnt help me to get the list of these companies. I will post a new discussion board its title "ELECTRONICS COMPANIES LIST IN DSO, DUBAI, & UAE" I want everyone to share information supported by a website of the company. I am sure there is more than just those 3.
Omara007, I am currently in Dubai trying to find a job in the field of RFIDs analog design, or mixed signal VLSI. I am very interested in these fields and I have the background in addition to the projects I worked on during my academic year and my former job. I worked in an electronics lab at my university when i was doing my BS. I worked for 3 years in this lab and I graduated in may 2007. You used to work with LSI before they ran out of business I think you might know how stuff goes over there when it comes to recruitment. so my question is
1) Do you think I can be qualified with my BS and my experience or do i have to do my masters ?
2) I heard from one of the guys he was interviewed by a company called "Microcon" and he was offered 15500 dhs as an entry level job. Do you have any idea about this company? If you still go to DSO can you ask for me ?
Companies List of DSO:
1) Mindspeed www.mindspeed.com
2) DCD www.DCD.ae
3) Whizel technologies www.whiztec.com
NOTE:
GUYS PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO SUPPORTED WITH A WEBSITE. APPLYING THROUGH DSO WEBSITE IS NOT WORTH IT TRUST ME ITS BETTER APPLYING TO THE COMPANIES LOCATED IN THE DSO THROUGH THEIR WEBSITES. SO FAR WE HAVE 3 FULLY OPERATING AND THERE ARE MORE COMPANIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE LETS FIND ABOUT THEM AND BE THE FIRST TO GET HIRED AT THOSE. IAM TRYING MY BEST TO KNOW ABOUT THESE COMPANIES SO WE CAN SHARE IT TOGETHER PLEASE HELP ME AND LETS ALL BENEFIT FROM THIS.
UPDATE THROUGH THE DISCUSSION BOARD CALLED "ELECTRONICS COMPANIES LIST IN DSO, DUBAI, & UAE"
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omara007
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| 31 Mar 2008 14:37 ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi Hesham_Mahrous
First, I didn't work for LSI Logic before .. I started directly with Mindspeed ..
Second, don't blame the HR that much .. you have a small misconception .. DSO is not a company by itself .. DSO is no more than an authority to legalize the existance of semiconductor (and others) companies .. in other words, to host them (just a place) and give them an environment to work in .. no more no less .. they themselves don't interview people ..
As a result, you need to directly contact the 2 only design centers here in DSO .. Mindspeed & DCD ..
1. Mindspeed is currently recruiting experienced digital front-end designers .. and I honestly don't think they will go for freshers however smart they can .. they don't take freshers at all ..
2. DCD is recruiting backend physical designers .. I'm not very sure if they take freshers or not ... yet, the position is for backend .. not RF or any related ..
For Microcon, I didn't hear about them .. and also WHIZTEC .. never heard of it ..
About the salaries .. 15500 AED is definitly a huge salary for someone working in DSO .. I doubt it can be for an entry level .. DSO supports the employees with subsidized housing, for that the salaries are below this average .. specially for less experienced engineers .. yet, I heard that DCD is giving higher salaries than Mindspeed ..
This is all I know .. hope it helped ..
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tarekb
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| 02 May 2008 7:08 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi Omara007,
I am US citizen and I have at least 8 years of experience in ASIC and FPGA from design, test, debug, etc. Do you know anyoe manager or recruiter I can forward my resume to. I am interested to live in Dubai.
Thanks
tarek
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bowee
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| 01 Jul 2008 14:16 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi omara007,
I have 10Yrs experience in Backend and i want to relocate to Dubai. What is the best way to approach DSO or DCD .. or mindspeed or lsi .... Pls. help !!!
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bowee
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| 02 Jul 2008 10:26 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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what is the average salary at dcd for a Backend Guy with 10+ Yrs experience ??
Any idea !!!!
| omara007 wrote: |
Hi Hesham_Mahrous
First, I didn't work for LSI Logic before .. I started directly with Mindspeed ..
Second, don't blame the HR that much .. you have a small misconception .. DSO is not a company by itself .. DSO is no more than an authority to legalize the existance of semiconductor (and others) companies .. in other words, to host them (just a place) and give them an environment to work in .. no more no less .. they themselves don't interview people ..
As a result, you need to directly contact the 2 only design centers here in DSO .. Mindspeed & DCD ..
1. Mindspeed is currently recruiting experienced digital front-end designers .. and I honestly don't think they will go for freshers however smart they can .. they don't take freshers at all ..
2. DCD is recruiting backend physical designers .. I'm not very sure if they take freshers or not ... yet, the position is for backend .. not RF or any related ..
For Microcon, I didn't hear about them .. and also WHIZTEC .. never heard of it ..
About the salaries .. 15500 AED is definitly a huge salary for someone working in DSO .. I doubt it can be for an entry level .. DSO supports the employees with subsidized housing, for that the salaries are below this average .. specially for less experienced engineers .. yet, I heard that DCD is giving higher salaries than Mindspeed ..
This is all I know .. hope it helped .. |
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bowee
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| 03 Jul 2008 9:40 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hello Omara007,
I am waiting for your response.... I have posted two mails with an enquiry abt. the average pay of a backend engineer with 10+ yrs experience ....
Pls. revert asap !!
Bowee
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omara007
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| 08 Jul 2008 2:57 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| bowee wrote: |
Hello Omara007,
I am waiting for your response.... I have posted two mails with an enquiry abt. the average pay of a backend engineer with 10+ yrs experience ....
Pls. revert asap !!
Bowee |
I have no idea .. but I heard they are getting good salaries ..
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kabdulla
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| 09 Jul 2008 6:12 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Thank you Gentlemen for your interest in Dubai Silicon Oasis.
My name is Khaled Abdulla and I currently lead the corporate communications department at Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority. Kindly note that if you need any information about DSO or the companies operating from within its premises, please feel free to email me on kabdulla(at)dso.ae.
Thank you,
Best regards,
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omara007
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| 09 Jul 2008 9:40 ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Good to have you here Khaled .. I believe we can even meet in real life  .. we might be couple of offices apart.
So, what does Corporate Communications Depart. do ? .. I would also love to know if there are more Design Centers opening in DSO or not ..
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controcom
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| 07 Aug 2008 17:06 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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hello everybody
i want to know how much do mindspeed pay for an expert proffisional in the asic design feild ,if anybody knows please rply , and also if there are any openings thesedays .
thanks alot
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omara007
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| 07 Aug 2008 17:47 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| controcom wrote: |
hello everybody
i want to know how much do mindspeed pay for an expert proffisional in the asic design feild ,if anybody knows please rply , and also if there are any openings thesedays .
thanks alot |
There are openings in Mindspeed for ASIC/FPGA Design/Verification engineers with 6+ years of experience ..
How many years of experience do you have ?
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controcom
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| 07 Aug 2008 17:58 Re: ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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| thanka for fast reply i have more than 12 years experince and i have master degree in electronic engineering , my experince is with the biggest companies in north america also i am canadian
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sugvivek
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| 11 Aug 2008 7:50 ASIC FPGA VLSI in Dubai /UAE |
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Hi ,
Do Mindspeed or any othet company in dubai have openings for PCBdesigner 8+ yrs of experience with CID certification.
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