I enjoyed working on a project where I was given the freedom to do research on a topic new to me and present the findings. I especially liked accessing and adding to the memo system so any and all documentation is openly available. Also, the team is very open and knowledgeable which helped me sharpen my skills as an engineer.
What I wish was different
I wish the topic I researched had more documentation publicly available.
Advice
Parade is a great fit for anyone studying embedded systems like myself. Be ready to ask questions everyone is happy to help.
Brushing up on C and Linux terminal commands/bash won't hurt.
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ASIC Design Engineer
February 2021 • Beaverton, OR
What I liked
Fast paced digital design environment that exposes me to the entire chip production cycle. This includes spec development, RTL development, verification, synthesis, and lab certification. The team is very friendly and have helped me vastly improve my skills as a design engineer.
What I wish was different
A unified tool structure between sights. When working with teams in China and Taiwan there are often different tools and revision systems being used. I understand why this is the case and our teams have done a good job making both environments work well together, but this can occasionally create complications.
Advice
This is a great fit for Electrical or Computer Engineers who have a passion for digital chip design.
A few topics I would review include Verilog/Systemverilog, Flip Flops, Synchronization, Digital Design Schematics, Pipelines, and State Machines.
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Software Engineer
July 2020 • Lynnwood, WA
What I liked
I am a software engineer; my background and education are in Computer Science and Applied Math -- I did not have prior experience with electrical engineering. However, I have really enjoyed the projects which are focused around developing lower-level software that controls and/or relates to hardware/firmware. So far, I have had the opportunity to work on a range of interesting projects. For example, sometimes I will be programming in C for embedded software, while other times I will be doing data analysis in Python with a Jupyter notebook.
What I wish was different
I wish the company used Git instead of Perforce.
Advice
I think it would a great fit for Computer Science students who are interested in working close to the hardware, or Electrical Engineering students who are interested in developing software/firmware.
I recommend reviewing the C programming language, and also electrical circuits (especially if you are a non-EE person like me).
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Computer Systems Engineer
January 2021 • Lynnwood, WA
What I liked
Quick-paced environment where you're exposed to a variety of technology, from low-level code directly compiled to Thumb (ARM) instructions and debugging via oscilloscopes and GPIO toggling, to high-level Dev-Ops operations like build scripts in Scons and Jenkins job optimization. In my relatively short tenure here, I've learned a ton about touchscreens and touchscreen design, and the team is fun and friendly.
What I wish was different
A more monolithic toolchain - e.g. the Software and Tools team uses a version of a slim Linux kernel, but the Systems team uses a Windows virtual machine. It would be nice if all the infrastructure was Unix-based - just a personal preference.
Advice
Brush up on analog circuit concepts. You will be exposed to them here a bit.
