Open Positions at SparkFun – Information

Hey everybody! In case you have ever needed to hitch SparkFun, now is an ideal time to try our job openings! We’re right here to have enjoyable – it’s in our identify. Along with the fun we get from taking part in with electronics every single day, we additionally convey our canine to work, collect across the workplace kegs on the finish of the day, benefit from the unbelievable Colorado summers collectively at Friday BBQs and take turns scaling the climbing wall in our health club. It’s a troublesome job, however somebody has to do it.

Manufacturing

• Board Meeting Technician

  • The first duty of the Board Meeting Technician is to check, rework and assemble circuit boards with an emphasis on top quality & effectivity.
  • The Closing Board Meeting Technician is answerable for finishing the PCB meeting, and making certain it’s prepared for buyer use. This consists of any rework wanted to repair the meeting, last take a look at code and/or bootloader code importing, and 100% in-circuit testing of each product to make sure full performance.
  • Working carefully with all different members of The Board Meeting Workforce, the Closing Board Meeting Technician will be certain that SparkFun constructed merchandise can be found on the market always, and replenished as rapidly as potential once they run out.
  • The best candidate could have a robust consideration to element, having the ability to spot errors or potential errors rapidly and take motion to appropriate them. As well as, this ultimate candidate will be capable of tackle repetitive duties with out dropping focus or velocity.

• Machine Operator (Night Shift)

  • The Machine Operator is answerable for working a wide range of items of equipment together with stencil printers, choose and place machines, reflow ovens, selective solder machines, board washers, and automatic optical inspection(AOI) machines.
  • The Machine Operator is anticipated to carry out all crucial duties and tasks required to make sure a gentle stream of merchandise off of the automated meeting line in a well timed matter.
  • Should display excellence in communication and downside fixing in a group atmosphere. Prior PCB meeting gear operations expertise shouldn’t be required. We’ll practice the candidate that’s finest match for the place.

• Kitter

  • The Kitter is answerable for assembling full kits, making certain they’re prepared for buyer use. This consists of pulling uncooked supplies from stock, counting out appropriate portions of components, and making certain every package receives the proper mixture of uncooked supplies.
  • Working carefully with all different members of The Kitting group, the Kitter will be certain that SparkFun constructed merchandise can be found on the market always, and replenished as rapidly as potential once they run out.
  • The best candidate could have a robust consideration to element, having the ability to spot errors or potential errors rapidly and take motion to appropriate them. As well as, this ultimate candidate will be capable of tackle repetitive duties with out dropping focus or velocity.

Advertising and marketing

• Advertising and marketing Outreach Coordinator
  • The Advertising and marketing Outreach Coordinator is answerable for overseeing outreach to exterior companions (together with distributors, e-commerce clients, and third get together content material contributors), collaborating with numerous inner stakeholders, and implementing product promotions.
  • This position will support the Advertising and marketing Communications group with all elements of occasion administration. To achieve this position requires substantial cross-departmental collaboration; a deep understanding (and talent to articulate) numerous clients we serve; glorious challenge administration and follow-through abilities; glorious enterprise communication abilities; capacity to develop written content material; and information assortment, interpretation, and reporting.

Engineering

• Product Take a look at Developer I
  • SparkFun is in search of a Take a look at Developer to assist preserve manufacturing prepared to provide any at the moment stay assemblies or new merchandise coming down the pipeline from Engineering. It will embody crucial design overview of latest prototypes, and the designing of take a look at procedures crucial for manufacturing.
  • The developer will work carefully with the engineering group to make sure the product is buildable and testable. The developer will concentrate on creating sturdy, dependable, user-friendly options designed round finest practices, but in addition incorporating new concepts as crucial. The developer can even contribute to discovering options to any points that come up on the manufacturing flooring associated to high quality and/or testing.
  • The perfect candidate will must be snug in Arduino and EAGLE in addition to working with a soldering iron for very exact hand inhabitants of PTH and SMD assemblies – as all of our testbeds are construct by hand. They can even must have a relaxed demeanor able to balancing a number of excessive precedence initiatives concurrently. Self studying and creativity could be very essential on this place, as a result of lots of the merchandise contain new applied sciences and require modern testing options (each in {hardware} and software program).

Software program & IT

Transport

• Transport Affiliate
  • Transport Associates can be answerable for performing duties that keep good stock practices and a productive work atmosphere. It will embody however shouldn’t be restricted to: using our ERP system to select and ship stock, packaging orders for cargo based on SparkFun’s requirements, and packaging of Lithium Batteries based on present Hazmat rules.
  • Somebody who likes being on their toes and dealing on a group will take pleasure in this atmosphere. General, we’re in search of a useful addition to our energetic transport division and a fantastic contributor to the SparkFun neighborhood.