Nintendo Technology Development
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo Switch™ system and the Nintendo 3DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4.7 billion video games and more than 740 million hardware units globally, including Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS™ family of systems, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™, Wii™ and Wii U™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokémon. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo Technology Development, based in Redmond, Washington, creates future hardware/software technology and researches North American-based technologies.
Description Of Duties
- Design and develop display subsystem device drivers for current and future gaming consoles
- Participate in display subsystem architecture definition and documentation
- Implement robust embedded software using modern C++ constructs
- Develop unit tests for software components that you own
Summary Of Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience developing device drivers for AV technologies such as HDMI, HDCP, CEC, DisplayPort, USB Type-C
- 5+ years’ experience developing device drivers for complex SOCs, and have a fundamental understanding of power and clock tree initialization
- 5+ years’ experience developing multithreaded software
- Proficient with fundamental computer science data structures and algorithms
- Ability to read and understand an existing platform software written in C++
- Knowledgeable of lower level device driver topics such as DMA, memory hierarchy, cache coherency, use of memory barrier instructions
- Ability to use a logic analyzer or oscilloscope for debug and validation
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
Preferred Requirements
- MS degree
- Experience using real time operating systems (RTOS)
- Experience developing USB class drivers