Requirements:

The Director of PC Business Development will be based in Silicon Valley and focus on expanding AuthenTec's growing Smart Sensor Solutions within the PC Product Line.  This candidate will focus on establishing and maintaining key relationships at all levels with partners that develop synergistic products and solutions with AuthenTec’s PC solutions with the end goal to expand the channel, awareness and adoption of AuthenTec’s products.   The candidate will have an in-depth understanding of the PC channel and determine the best way for AuthenTec to take full advantage of those channels to promote its solutions and grow its revenue and gain market share.   The successful candidate will utilize his/her skills in establishing partnerships, forming strong alliances, leveraging emerging trends and standards, structuring deals and managing program pursuits to ensure that AuthenTec product offerings maximally exploit industry trends and direction. 

Responsibilities:

• Establish partnerships and alliances with key software hardware and channel partners to expand AuthenTec’s market presence, increase revenue and implement key PC Strategies.
• Work with PC Software and Hardware Product Management teams to understand the PC Software strategy, promote solutions and cultivate partnerships that are key to the overall success of the PC Product Line.
• Work side by side with the eCommerce team to identify and secure key software partners that will sell and promote their products through the AuthenTec on-line store.
• Help generate partner-specific requirements that feed the software Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs) to drive the PC Software Roadmap.

Required Education/Experience:

• BSEE / MSCS and MBA required.
• Minimum of 2 years in an engineering / system integration role.
• 5 – 10 years in marketing / business development role within the PC Market.
• 5 – 10 years PC / security systems related pursuit work.
• In-depth understanding of the PC channel.
• Software Engineering, Software Program Management, or Software Product Marketing experience a plus.
• Experience with establishing or working as part of an Ecommerce team a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in forging strong industry relationships.
• Partnering, forming industry alliances, structuring deals.
• Participation and ability to influence high level executives.
• Advanced partner opportunity development skills.
• Good presentation and leadership skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Willingness to make regular trips to East Coast.

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Requirements:

The Director of eCommerce will develop and manage an on-line eCommerce strategy and plan  that will drive awareness, demand and revenue for our fingerprint Smart Sensor solutions  aimed at PC and mobile devices. The candidate will also be responsible for growing partner product awareness and increased partner revenues through the AuthenTec on-line channel.  The ideal candidate will have a history with software development, understands the fundamentals of direct marketing, possess a solid working knowledge of e-commerce technologies and tools and can drive and manage content creation. The candidate must have a proven track record in building and managing a successful eCommerce channel.  The candidate will leverage these experiences and successes to understand AuthenTec’s key technologies and drive an on-line eCommerce solution to expand AuthenTec’s market adoption.

The candidate must also have excellent sales planning, business development and marketing skills and must be capable of interfacing with senior management levels both internal and external to AuthenTec. Excellent presentation skills are required. The candidate will be team-oriented, self-starting, results driven and possess a keen attention to detail, as well as the ability to focus on the goals and mission of this position.  Most importantly, he or she will have the capability to deliver results on time.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for strategic oversight, development and management of all aspects of AuthenTec’s eCommerce solution with the goal of increasing revenue through the sale of both AuthenTec and Partner products and solutions.
• Develop and drive the successful execution of new consumer-focused, on-line programs and campaigns targeted toward promoting both AuthenTec and partner products and services.
• Work with the Marcom team to develop and successfully implement program strategies and campaigns that drive traffic and revenue for the worldwide online store.
• Manage a tracking program to evaluate ROI and P&L and use other evaluation and success measurements to insure the strategic goals and business objectives are being met.
• Work with the Business Development team to help identify and secure partner products to be sold through the AuthenTec Webstore.
• Provide guidance to Marcom to help manage the prioritization and successful promotions, campaigns and strategies.
• Manage cross-functional teams in developing comprehensive go-to-market plans, gathering program requirements and managing its successful execution.  Set program goals, analyze and communicate results.
• Work closely with senior management to align projects with business priorities.
• Optimize web programs and campaigns based on performance.
• Generate new program ideas and look for new ways to better promote AuthenTec products and its partner products.
• Be a customer and brand champion to ensure new programs and campaigns are appropriate and compelling.

Requirements:

• 5-10 years marketing and program development experience with 2-3 years direct eCommerce and/or Internet-channel experience.
• Experience creating an on-line presence and brand from start-up.
• Experience with technologies for on-line marketing of software including data capture technology, global transaction methodologies, affiliate networks and direct marketing.
• Extensive knowledge of the PC and mobile Market and marketing and selling software solutions to these markets, including both direct consumer and partners.
• Proven track record of building strong business relationships with both internal product management teams and external customers and partners.
• An extensive personal network in the mobile and PC software/services is preferred.
• Superior communications, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with senior executives internally and externally.
• Can identify strategic opportunities and recommend creative solutions.
• Highly organized with proven project management skills on cross-functional Marketing projects
• Skilled at managing external partnerships
• Proven track record of initiating and driving successful new programs in matrix organization.
• Strong business acumen.
• Able to travel throughout North America, Asia and Europe.

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Requirements:

Lead and participate in the system level testing of all AuthenTec's products, based in Melbourne, Florida. Develop and implement operating methods/procedures to ensure effective testing and high quality delivery of released products. Work closely with internal engineering teams and external testing agencies where appropriate to achieve objectives.

We’re looking for a highly technical manager who has a strong background in software engineering, testing frameworks and automation to drive the overall planning, execution, and test tracking of projects.

AuthenTec's products are silicon fingerprint sensors deployed globally in numerous end applications and systems including PCs, cell phones, PDAs and access control. The software components include complex drivers to support the sensors, fingerprint matching algorithms, pointing device algorithms, security features and infrastructure to support fingerprint biometric authentication in third party applications.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of testers and automated testing engineers

• Manage the expansion of an ever-increasing set of automated test assets

• Manage test asset creation policies that enable/encourage development engineers to participate in test asset creation

• Design and implement new automated test modules as product functionality is added

• Analyze test assets to determine weak and/or untested areas and initiate measures to expand test coverage to address

• Transform written test objectives into new automated test suites. Devise test strategies for different platforms and software environments including 3rd party applications

• Architect and develop to testing frameworks and test automation strategies

• Mentor junior members, give technical advice and direction, and provide hands-on management

• Provide product feedback to engineering teams and actively engage in solutions

• Maintain and create necessary test platforms and tools

• Engage and interface with external testing agencies where appropriate

Required Education/Experience: 

• Knowledge of various testing techniques and approaches

• Sufficient software skills to implement test harnesses and test automation, including the use of scripting languages

• Strong technical knowledge of Windows PC products, architectures, installers etc.

• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with ability to work with minimal supervision

• Driven, creative, and result oriented

• Proven track record in growing highly technical testing teams

• Management of testing teams, locally and internationally

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related subject

• 5 or more years of relevant testing experience working with PC products with at least 2 years in a lead role

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Requirements:

The senior software test engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the software quality system in a dynamic work environment.  The position reports directly to the Manager of Software QA Test, but interfaces primarily with our software development teams in Melbourne and China to ensure quality, schedule, feature, and cost requirements are satisfied.

Responsibilities:

This position requires a highly technical individual with a strong background in software quality management and software engineering.  Your responsibilities will include but are not be limited to:

• Design, architect and implement test frameworks and automation.

• Own the delivery of the entire software development test suites and frameworks and serve as a technical lead within the test team.

• Design and develop test cases that accurately gauge product quality.

• Perform Debugging and Root Cause Analysis of component failures and customer reported issues.

• Identify and adopt new testing methodologies, best practices, and tools from appropriate sources, to improve test coverage.

• Develop clear, complete and portable test plans which effectively minimize manual testing and lead to more effective code coverage.

• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in line with business and project management efforts.

• Partner to define and implement metrics into all stages of the software lifecycle.

• Conduct formal and informal reviews throughout the design lifecycle using metrics to assess progress and highlight issues.

• Work closely with the software team to develop the best technical design and approach for testing product functionality.

• Work closely with the development team to maintain and execute automated test suites for various components.

• Work closely with the software team to develop and execute white-box tests.

• Work with existing and new tools to create test metrics and reports.

Education/Experience:

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.

• 5+ years experience in a software development and testing, with experience creating test automation tools and frameworks using C++/C#.

• Prior experience in White-box, functional, performance and stress testing is required.

• Ability to understand technical specifications and analyze log files.

• Java, C++/C#, Windows, Linux and Test-Driven Development

• Experience developing high quality test plans and test cases.

• Strong technical knowledge of Windows PC products, architecture, installers, etc.

• Strong in debugging, troubleshooting and problem solving.

• Knowledge of industry standard testing techniques and strategies.

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Requirements:

We are currently seeking an Embedded Security Solutions Marketing Manager.

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for overall marketing strategy for the embedded security solutions group, including lead generation programs, marketing collateral development, and brand building.
• Create marketing collateral including presentations, product briefs, whitepapers, website content in close coordination with technical specialists.
• Develop product and market launches.
• Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates our product in the market.
• Sales enablement – develop collateral, sales tools and value proposition that support the selling process.
• Market intelligence – maintain database of customer needs, programs and competitor products.
• Manage events, speaking engagements, and webinars.
• Establish innovative lead generation programs.
• Track marketing activities from a cost-benefit perspective.
• Work closely with Product Management, Market Development, Marketing Communications, and Sales teams.
• Travel worldwide to support sales team and customer base.

Required Education/Experience:

• Five years experience in a marketing role, preferably in embedded  and security related environments
• Proven communications and writing skills.

• Must have product marketing and various marketing collateral experience.
• Technical background strongly preferred due to the highly technical nature of the embedded security solutions business
• Undergraduate technical degree required. MBA is a plus.

Location:

• Melbourne, Florida preferred but other locations considered for the right candidate.

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Requirements:

The Applications Engineer will be responsible for providing applications engineering and software technical support of biometric fingerprint sensors into notebook PC designs. This individual will be responsible for providing timely and accurate technical product support for AuthenTec’s OEM, ODM and CM customers. This individual will be responsible for working with the PC Software Field Applications teams to make sure they are enabled to provide first-level support to AuthenTec’s customers.  This individual must analyze and resolve complex support issues in a PC environment under the Windows Operating Systems environment.

This individual is expected to: 

• Support the FAE Team in the integration and deployment of USB Device Drivers in multiple versions of Windows.
• Identify, debug and resolve driver issues on customer’s platform(s).
• Identify, debug and resolve application issues on customer’s platform(s).
• Support the FAE Team in the integration and deployment of the PC Application Software that runs with the biometric fingerprint reader and integrates the fingerprint device driver.
• Support the AuthenTec Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) solution.
• Enter, track and close-out issues into the corporate-wide issues tracking database.
• Work closely with the engineering and applications teams to identify/understand issues and drive customer problems to resolution.
• Travel when needed; domestic and international.
• Author technical application notes and white papers.

Required Education/Experience: 

• Minimum education requirement is BSEE/CS.  MSEE/CS is a plus.
• Three to five years experience in software development and integration with emphasis on Windows Device Drivers development (WDM, WDF, WBDI).
• Full understanding of the Windows OS and kernel mode driver architecture is required.
• Experience working with WIN32API, MFC or .NET framework required.
• Experience with MS Office is desired.
• Direct experience in dealing with customers in pursuit of new product design in and technical support is desired.
• Strong knowledge of PC hardware architecture and fundamentals is desired.
• Familiarity with various hardware tools, such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers and Protocol Analyzers, is desired.
• LINUX device driver development and knowledge of Linux architecture is desired.
• Knowledge of certification processes such as WHQL is desired.
• USB drivers and USB stack experience is desired.
• Legacy and (U)EFI BIOS Integration experience is desired.

Experience with the Windows Biometric Framework is desired.

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Requirements:

The IC packaging engineer will lead effort in the design and development of a new generation of semiconductor IC packaging for advanced finger print sensors. Focus will be on the development of custom substrates and coating materials.   This individual will provide direction to the chip designers in the development stage, along with Marketing personnel, to design an optimum cost effective, robust and aesthetically pleasing semiconductor package.  He/she will also provide direct technical support to customers and to the company’s offshore manufacturing partners.

Requirements: 

• Must possess strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact directly with customers when necessary
• Strong working knowledge of substrate design is required.
• Experience in material selection, thermal and electrical properties of IC packages.
• Experience in bumping process with strong understanding in flipchip manufacturing process.
• Expertise in w/b manufacturing processes and Qual/DOE/SPC.
• Domestic and international travel can be expected

Required Education/Experience: 

• BS and/or MS in Mechanical Engineering or a related degree.
• Minimum of 7 years experience with material selection, thermal and electrical properties of IC packages.

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Requirements:

Based in the Melbourne, FL headquarters, the Software Engineer will be responsible for device driver development, primarily under Windows. Initial responsibilities include writing unit, black-box, and white-box test code as well as updating exiting drivers to meet new requirements. Design and evolution of the drivers in support of future versions of Windows and other operating systems will be a required function. Another necessary aspect of the position will be problem isolation and timely resolution of issues with existing drivers, working with field applications engineers for customer releases.

Required Education/Experience:

• One to two years experience developing and debugging device drivers (or similar experience with embedded development).
• B.S in CS or EE or equivalent experience.
• Very strong C/C++ programming skills.
• Good working knowledge of PC architecture and microprocessors.
• Good working knowledge of Windows O/S architecture.
• Self starter, able to complete tasks with minimum supervision.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong design and problem solving skills.
• Comfortable with quickly learning new technologies.

Highly Desirable:

• Experience with WDM and/or KMDF.
• Knowledge of USB protocol.
• Experience creating MFC apps.
• Knowledge of Windows PnP and power management.
• Experience debugging with WinDbg.

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