SEI's work environment is the envy of all who see it. Interesting and varied work, flexible hours, an informal atmosphere, pleasantly appointed offices (real offices, with doors!), and world-class tools and compute environment make SEI the ideal place to work. SEI is a company built by engineers for engineers. We make sure our people are provided with the very best in tools and environment, as well as exciting projects and continuous learning opportunities to keep their creativity challenged.

One of the things people like the most about SEI is the immense variety of projects we do. You'll have the chance to work on graphics and multimedia chips, communications interfaces, processors, speech chips, laser-printer controllers, and many others.

The opportunities for career growth and the acquisition of new skills at SEI is hard to beat. You'll see chips through from start to finish, from spec writing to vendor signoff, dealing with fab issues and becoming expert in HDL coding, synthesis, verification and STV and circuit design. We like to keep our design teams small - one to three engineers per chip - so you have a lot of control over how your work gets done, and your contribution really counts. And because of the variety of systems we design for, you'll become familiar with a wide range of system architectures.

SEI maintains close ties with our local university, UCSC (University of California at Santa Cruz), which has a very active Computer Science and Engineering department. Some of the advanced courses in VLSI design at UCSC are taught by SEI engineers - these classes are also offered in-house to our engineers as formal training programs.

You'll find SEI a very sociable place too. We're still small enough to retain that friendly small-company atmosphere. Our employees are active in a wide range of outside activities in the community and beyond. SEI rents a large house near Lake Tahoe each winter for our annual company ski weekend. SEI also sponsors "Team SEI" - our marathon running team that competes annually in the Big Sur Marathon and other events. We're also actively involved in giving back to the community through the support of local charities.

All in all, you'll find that SEI offers a variety of work, an ongoing learning experience, and a friendly and supportive atmosphere to make your workday challenging and enjoyable.