Just saw this on Wiiudaily and decided to share it.

These are the requierments for the job:

Description of Duties

Nintendo Technology Development is looking for a lead graphics architect in the system-on-chip architecture group in Redmond, WA. The group is responsible for the architecture of Nintendo’s game console SoCs. The graphics architect plays a key role in determining the SoC architecture. The job responsibilities are:

• Evaluate HW graphics (GPU) offerings from SoC solutions available in the market based on performance, power, and silicon area.
• Evaluate the performance of the SoC solutions for both proprietary and standard graphics APIs.
• Determine workloads and simulation models for both performance and power characteristics of GPUs.
• Keep track of GPU architectural improvements in the industry and devise strategies to incorporate them for future Nintendo gaming platforms.
• Act as the graphics architectural evangelist working with global Nintendo teams for future and on-going programs.
• Work with external SoC vendors as the Nintendo focal point for graphics GPU architecture.
• Should be prepared to work through architecture, design, validation, and bring-up stages of SoC design in cooperation with internal and external teams.

Summary of Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have had experience working directly in a GPU architecture and design team with significant responsibilities.
• Low power and SoC design experience would be a plus.
• The candidate is expected to have good architectural insights and the ability to apply that for setting future graphics direction for Nintendo.
• A bachelors degree (graduate degree preferred) in computer science/engineering or electrical engineering.
• 5+ years of lead or architectural role experience are required.

Is this for their next handheld or home console? Are you going to apply? (if so plz leak :3)

http://wiiudaily.com/2014/10/nintendo-posts-job-listing-for-next-gen-console-engineer/

Next handheld is coming first but RnD on the two will probably be simultanious

Probably. Still a long way away. I think all three already throwing around concepts about their next console. Will still take some planning, than probably a year of differing prototypes and then the design starts to stabilize they unveil it a year or so before release.

• Much be OK with the fact that we'll probably just ignore them and go with something cheaper.

wat?

Welp, they certainly need it after the wiiu

Consoles take years to develop anyway and Nintendo is always working on new hw

Isn't it normal for companies to start planning their next console right after they release one?

Its definitely going to be like the vita and vita tv, just with a way to upscale better on the console, I reckon they will launch it for 249.99 as well.

ARM or Power seems confirmed with this, irregardless of console or handheld. Low power draw will not be using x86-64, and the GPU will likely be custom (along the lines of Maxwell/Pirate Islands).

I wonder if this means we'll see them getting a custom set from AMD as they are making ARM/Power now, and the new GPU architecture isn't far our with the new memory standard. They've worked with AMD for four generations now too, so I bet they have a good deal with them and good long term relationships. Though, at current, they have a lot of hardware guys who have ties to Nvidia and Qualcomm... but this new hire seems to go against the notion that they'd just settle with what they already know.