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In case you hadn't noticed, the economy has headed off in directions that no one has dared to go. That said, we (your Section's officers and committee) decided that it would be a useful service if we made this part of our website bidirectional. That is, to list persons seeking employment as well as employers seeking employees.

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Posted: July 2010

Position Wanted

Saul Lipton, who will receive his BSEE from the University of Illinois (Chicago) in December 2012 is looking for an entry-level position designing audio electronics or a related field. Saul would love moving to the Pacific Northwest to start a career in audio engineering. He has tailored his degree with an eye towards audio circuit design with subjects including:

network analysis,
microprocessor-based design,
electromagnetic compatibility,
filter synthesis.

He has lots of experience as an amateur audio circuit designer and builder, having built tube and solid-state preamplifiers, power amplifiers (class AB and D), DACs, and speakers. He briefly worked on starting his own audio company, Lifshitz Audio, but has put that on hold for the foreseeable future. A link to his resume follows. Click Here.

Help Wanted

Posted 12/14/2011

Audio Design Engineer-IEB-Hardware-Kinect (775562) Job

Where? Redmond, WA
When? Immediate
Who? Microsoft - Xbox & Kinect

Job Category: Hardware Engineering
Job ID: 7755652-67761
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business

The Xbox Kinect hardware development team is looking for an audio design engineer that can drive and make great contributions to the audio subsystem design for our current and new products. The primary responsibilities for the position involve defining new audio hardware specification, developing the simulation models for acoustic components and subsystems, performing simulations on the audio performance, and providing guidance to the rest of the design team for critical component selection and qualification. He/she will also work closely with other functional teams including mechanical and thermal team, build system level acoustic model and simulate the overall system level audio performance, provide design suggestions for system level mechanical and thermal design optimization.

Qualified candidate must have track record in audio product design, solid and hands-on experience in developing the model and conducting the simulation for complex audio systems. Candidates should also solid knowledge of hardware product development processes and quality requirements of consumer electronic products. In addition, a successful candidate will have effective written and oral communication skills, very good cross-organizational collaboration skills.

More info and application process

Job_775562

Posted 12/14/2011

Audio / Acoustic Architect-IEB-HDW-Xbox Kinect Hardware Development (767487) Job

Where? Redmond, WA
When? Immediate
Who? Microsoft - Xbox & Kinect

Job Category: Hardware Engineering
Job ID: 767487-63032
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business

The Xbox Kinect hardware development team is looking for an audio architect with extensive audio design and test experience, who can technically mentor and grow the Kinect audio development and test team, effectively develop new audio hardware and mature audio/acoustic hardware and software test methodologies, processes and techniques. As the audio architect, the candidate will work with the product system engineer and other functional leads on defining and designing the product features and specifications, simulating the hardware design with CAD tools and propose the best audio design solution to meet performance, schedule and cost target. He/she will also work with the product test team on developing the test methodology and process to ensure comprehensive test coverage, support manufacturing testing for high volume mass production at tier1 factories.

Qualified candidate must have track record in audio product design, development and qualification. Must have demonstrated ability to set technical vision and strategy, incubate new ideas and technology and apply them to product design and test to meet customer needs. Candidates should also have solid knowledge of hardware product development processes and quality requirements of consumer electronic products, be expert in hardware design & verification process, and familiar with high volume manufacturing process and test environment. In addition, a successful candidate will have effective written and oral communication skills, very good cross-organizational collaboration skills. A masters degree in engineering field and 10+ years of hardware testing experience is required. The

More info and application process

Job_767487

Posted 12/12/2011

Program Support Supervisor 1

Where? Shoreline, WA
When? Now
Who? Shoreline Community College

Job Description

Under the general direction of the Dean with direct oversight by Music Technology faculty leads, this position oversees the daily operation of the program acting as a program liaison with students, staff, outside agencies and vendors providing specialized program knowledge. Under delegated authority this position interviews, trains, hires and schedules the Music Technology support staff and is responsible for supervising their performance of specialized department duties such as maintaining the music technology labs, providing technical support to program participants and performing equipment repairs/software updates as needed.

More Information (including application procedure)

Click these Links: Position Description (pdf file) | Hardware/Software self-assessment (ms-word doc file)

Posted 12/12/2011

Stellar Lead Design Engineer Needed

Where? Woodinville, WA
When? Now
Who? Mackie

Job Description

The Lead/Senior Design Engineer leads an engineering development team in the Mackie brand, including but not limited to sound reinforcement speakers, analog mixers with USB and Firewire interfaces and studio monitors. The role requires high level and detailed design of hardware/firmware/software for such products, as well as team leadership including system electro-mechanical design specification and leading the team during feasibility, design and pilot phases of product development.

More Info (including application portal)

Refer to this LINK.

Posted 10/27/2011

Product Developer — Audio Engineering

Where? Woodinville, WA
When? Now
Who? You gotta apply to find out

Job Description

This is a ground floor position in a newly created division of an established company.

Direct Report: Divisional Vice president of Product management, Consumer Products Division
Experience Requirements:

10+ years product development experience with at least 5 years directly in audio product development
Products will include headphones, headsets, earphones, speaker docks and speaker bars for mobile smart devices, tablets, video gaming systems and other consumer electronic devices

Job Skills & Traits

Lead product development; foster idea generation, develop business cases and strategies, development of product from tooling to final goods
Proven experience preferred in some or all of the following areas:
- Headphone or Earphone design with respect to ergonomics and acoustic performance,
- Small speaker integration into smart device accessory speaker docks and/or speaker bars,
- Embedded controller / digital signal processor design and integration with respect to advanced audio technology such as Dolby, SRS or similar I.P.
- Bluetooth technology and protocols.
General understanding of consumer products with embedded controllers.
Work closely with product development team regarding research and development.
Have good working knowledge in some of the following areas : consumer research, creative brainstorming, product conceptualization, consultant and vendor management, product engineering and manufacturing, product testing and validation.
Ability to build and manage strong vendor partnerships.
Ability to articulate and sell a concept to a client or retailer.
Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
Good understanding of computer programs including Excel/Access and Word.
Strong organization skills
Ability to plan a versatile assortment of products
Detailed problem solving skills (regarding inventory, liability and potential development issues)

Duties & Responsibilities

Product development under the direction of the D.V.P of Consumer Products
Assist with the building of a two year product strategy in the consumer products business
Directly lead the product development of a number of consumer audio products. Includes managing the sourcing, development, creation and invention of product lines to support the company and client financial and brand business objectives.
Involved in the development, marketing and key selling product messages.
Able to interpret and react to current business and market trends.
Ability to manage relationships and timelines with both domestic and overseas offices and vendors
Awareness of product lines- past and present. Know history and liability concerns.

Travel required? Yes
Financial/budgetary responsibility? No
Strategic planning responsibilities Yes
Number of direct reports? 0

Great company and cultural benefits!

Contact Information

Christine 'Chris' Whitney
Whitney Associates
360/321-2517 (office)
206/265-2048 (mobile)

Posted 8/19/2011

Project Designer, A/V Systems

Who? Sparling
When? Now
Where? Seattle, south Lake Union
Salaried, Regular, full time

Sparling, a "Best Place to Work" electrical engineering and technology consulting firm, seeks a project designer with an in-depth knowledge of A/V systems design. This is a full time position located in the Seattle area.

Projects include A/V and sound distribution, presentation, video conferencing, session recording and playback, and telemedicine/tele-health systems. If you have experience supporting our core markets of higher education, health care, corporate offices, conference centers, convention centers, hospitality facilities and public space clients, we would like to talk with you.

Loud Technologies

Mackie/Loud Technologies often has positions open for hire. Not all are located in Woodinville, WA.

Get all the details and on-line applications:
http://www.loudtechinc.com/jobs/

Rane Corporation

Rane, another of the local Audio Manufacturers often has open positions. They are located in Mukilteo, WA.

Get the details:
http://www.rane.com/careers.html

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