OT: Job openings

[David McMillan]

Given the mailing lists I'm posting this to, some of you have
probably already seen it. But I'm beating the buses where I think I'm
likely to find the people with the right kind of core mindset for this
kind of work.

I've recently been approached by a friend who is a manager at the
Detroit branch (north exurbs, really -- northern Utica, to be specific)
of a major international industrial-robotics corporation. They're
apparently catching an upsurge in work that has them looking high and
low for service technicians and software/application engineers. At
least some of the positions will probably involve a good deal of
"travelling repairman" work, running about the country with a toolbox
and a cellphone fixing broken robots (often with an irate customer
breathing down one's neck). Not exactly low-pressure -- an automotive
plant shut down by a single broken robot can be losing money hand over
fist. But like most fixing-stuff jobs, demand is likely to remain high.
The engineering jobs would be a switch for people accustomed to
"formal" software engineering -- industrial robots definitely aren't
like computers, and the phrase "program crash" often has much more
violent (and expensive, and occasionally life-threatening)
implications. But it can be very interesting work, for people who enjoy
seeing their code do real-world stuff.

Since it's a relatively narrow field, finding people with
experience is harder than, say, "normal" software engineers. So I get
the impression that someone with sufficient core skills could probably
get on board and learn the specifics OTJ, if they're motivated. So, if
anyone knows of someone with decent coding skills, the ability to run
wires and bend a wrench, and likes to learn new hardware/software,
please pass this on.

[Charles Berman]

id be interested. i hate the people at my work.

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[David McMillan]

On 5/20/2012 1:47 PM, Charles Berman wrote:

id be interested. i hate the people at my work.

    Well, I've got bad news for you there, Chaz....

On May 14, 2012 4:12 PM, "David McMillan" <skye...@skyefire.org> wrote:

   Given the mailing lists I'm posting this to, some of you have probably already seen it.  But I'm beating the buses where I think I'm likely to find the people with the right kind of core mindset for this kind of work.

   I've recently been approached by a friend who is a manager at the Detroit branch (north exurbs, really -- northern Utica, to be specific) of a major international industrial-robotics corporation.  They're apparently catching an upsurge in work that has them looking high and low for service technicians and software/application engineers.  At least some of the positions will probably involve a good deal of "travelling repairman" work, running about the country with a toolbox and a cellphone fixing broken robots (often with an irate customer breathing down one's neck).  Not exactly low-pressure -- an automotive plant shut down by a single broken robot can be losing money hand over fist.  But like most fixing-stuff jobs, demand is likely to remain high.
   The engineering jobs would be a switch for people accustomed to "formal" software engineering -- industrial robots definitely aren't like computers, and the phrase "program crash" often has much more violent (and expensive, and occasionally life-threatening) implications.  But it can be very interesting work, for people who enjoy seeing their code do real-world stuff.

   Since it's a relatively narrow field, finding people with experience is harder than, say, "normal" software engineers.  So I get the impression that someone with sufficient core skills could probably get on board and learn the specifics OTJ, if they're motivated.  So, if anyone knows of someone with decent coding skills, the ability to run wires and bend a wrench, and likes to learn new hardware/software, please pass this on.

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