[Noisebridge-discuss] Job opening shortly at Microchip - FAE

[Will Sargent]

FYI there is a noisebridge-jobs mailing list for this purpose.

Will.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Anders Nelson
<anders.k.nelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey fellas and ladies,
>
> After nearly three years of employment at Microchip Technology in San Jose,
> I've decided it's time to take my side-job to the next level. Sewww starting
> November 18, 2011 there will be a vacancy for a field applications engineer.
> The position is about 50% with customers and 50% creating their systems so
> it's quite a bit more social than a regular applications job. Base
> compensation is excellent plus additional fringe benefits like paid vehicle
> expenses (insurance, gas used for business, oil changes), paid smartphone
> and the ability to take customers out for fancy dinners and whatnot. And
> trips to CES, ESC, MASTERs, Macworld, Gamers Conference, etc. And all the
> development tools, public/unreleased parts you can imagine.
>
> If you like microcontrollers and making prototype products with them, this
> will be your dream job. It certainly was mine. My focus was consumer
> electronics like mobile device accessories (iPod/iPad/iPhone/Android), game
> console audio DSP stuff and fitness devices. I simply cannot say enough good
> things about the work content and the people as well.
>
> That said, there are a few requirements:
>
> -Working with MCUs and the parts that support them (ADCs, LDOs, PCB layout,
> etc.) must be your hobby. Or at least a persistent genuine interest.
> -For the first several months at least, you should be present at the San
> Jose office (450 Holger Way, San Jose). After getting your bearings you'll
> be able to work from home a good percentage of the time.
> -You must be good with people face-to-face. You will be meeting with
> customers and some of them will piss you off. Keep calm and carry on!
> -You must know how to program microcontrollers in C, and understand enough
> assembly to figure out if the compiler has generated an error in its output.
> -You must have regular access to a vehicle.
> -You must not be uptight. We like our occasional off-color jokes in the
> office.
> -Sometimes you will provide phone support to a consultant to detail a
> register and it will take 10 minutes.
> -Sometimes you will design THE WHOLE SYSTEM for a high-volume application
> and it will take 9 months. Meanwhile you will continue to give phone support
> every once in a while to those consultants.
> -You will be working with 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers.
> -You must know how to use test equipment (oscilloscope, multimeter, logic
> analyzer, protocol analyzer, etc.) effectively.
>
> The others in this company are very good at their job and will provide help
> whenever you ask - just pick up the phone. Alternately, you can fly down to
> headquarters and have a pow-wow with the expert(s) in a subject to really
> get the hang of it. The hierarchy is very flat and you can talk to people
> you wouldn't normally think you could.
>
> I'll be happy to sit down and yak with anyone interested in such a position
> - I plan on being at Noisebridge tonight and tomorrow for the DorkBot event.
> In any case, drop me an email!
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Anders Nelson
>
> +1 (517) 775-6129
>
> www.erogear.com
>
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