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Mpower Media job openings
Mpower Media is a
privately-funded start-up company developing products that
provide content aggregation, management, filtering, and "over
the top" digital video services for set-top box/DVR appliances in a digital TV
environment. Mpower is also developing a suite of Internet
content management and filtering products that integrate with
its TV product line. We are presently seeking dedicated,
motivated, goal-oriented people for the following positions.
| Position |
Start date |
Candidate description |
|
User interface/usability
design lead |
Now |
You will have broad
responsibility across the Mpower product line for creating a consistent, elegant,
simple, and highly usable user interface. Your initial
challenge will be developing an elegant UI for a set-top
box/TV environment as well as a coordinated web
interface for both customer account management and a
web-based video "portal." You will
interact closely with program management and development
teams to understand user requirements, technical issues,
and product/scheduling issues and work within those
constraints to create beautiful and usable products. You
will be a great team player willing to undertake new and
various challenges for the sake of the team and
delivering excellent products on time. |
| Dev lead/senior
software engineer, real-time video
management/editing toolset |
Now |
You will
have broad and deep knowledge of developing
state-of-the-art applications in the real-time video
editing and video content management space. You will
have a sound grasp of user interface design principles
that allow sound editorial judgments in a relatively
high-stress, semi-real-time editing environment. You
will also be well-versed in real-time network
programming and the architectural requirements of
delivering video control metadata over relatively slow,
unreliable internetworked environments. You will have experience managing a
design/development/test team using agile methodologies.
You will be an enthusiastic team leader and team player
with a passion for outstanding products and the desire
to ship early and often. |
| Software test lead,
set-top box/DVR and video editing toolset |
Now |
You will
be well-versed in software test methodologies within an
agile development framework. You will be willing to help
develop unit tests while being fully responsible for
flexible and complete test harnesses to insure the
delivery of quality products. You will enjoy a
cooperative but also friendly-competitive relationship
with the development team to insure the delivery of
high-quality products in a dynamic, fast-paced
environment. |
|
Software engineer, customer website/ database/
affinity group and content/preference management |
Now |
You will
have solid software engineering experience in areas
directly or closely related to the development of
state-of-the-art, data-driven customer-oriented websites
as well as the database architecture and management
behind the site. You will be experienced in data-mining
applications and basic AI techniques for transforming
data about customer behavior into system-supplied
recommendations for content. You will be a great team player willing to undertake new
and various challenges for the sake of the team and
delivering excellent products on time. |
| Software test lead,
website/customer database and Internet content
management and filtering product |
Now |
You will
be well-versed in software and hardware test
methodologies within an agile development framework. You
will be willing to help develop hardware tests and
software unit tests while being fully responsible for
flexible and complete test harnesses to insure the
delivery of quality products. You will enjoy a
cooperative but also friendly-competitive relationship
with the development team to insure the delivery of
high-quality products in a dynamic, fast-paced
environment. |
|
Marketing
communications manager,
all Mpower products |
Now |
You will be a dynamic,
energetic communicator with great presentation and
writing skills. You work closely with senior management
at Mpower to develop the first round of marketing and
sales materials for all Mpower products, including
presentations, brochures, business proposals, web-based marketing/sales
content, etc. You will be ready, willing, and able to
travel and to act as a lead spokesperson for Mpower in a
variety of business and cultural settings, especially
family-oriented organizations seeking to empower
families to make healthy choices in the entertainment
and information space. You will be able to write
captivating and persuasive prose, edit and proofread
flawlessly, manage a complex marketing plan with a large
number of details (keeping everything on track), and be
passionate about the Mpower mission. You will also be able to hire skilled
people and/or to outsource the development of marketing
and sales campaigns as Mpower develops and launches its
products. |
MPower Media Hiring Team
Mpower Media, LLC
1800 Robert Fulton Drive
Suite 200
Reston, VA 20191
+1-703-860-MPWR (6797)
+1-703-860-6792 (fax)
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