The EEVblog is Hiring

[kc9qvl]

Well read the job description. Required skill set is excessive for a junior engineer/lab assistant. The requirements are for well rounded engineer.  Dave wants someone that can do what he can do. Not realistic in a helper.

[Tinkerer]

Well read the job description. Required skill set is excessive for a junior engineer/lab assistant. The requirements are for well rounded engineer.  Dave wants someone that can do what he can do. Not realistic in a helper.

This is my thought but with a caveat. There are a few gifted younger people out there that would kill to get a spot like this. The candidate pool will be rather small though. Besides, I am sure Dave isnt going to ridgedly stick to his list. If the person can show him that they are up and coming, he would likely let them grow into the position.

[miguelvp]

I read the PDF and went 

These are enough requirements and responsibilities to keep at least 3 people busy.

I think the working hours and responsibilities should be more well defined, else this has the propensity to go sour for both parties really quickly.

I don't know why do you think it will keep 3 people busy, doesn't seem like a lot of work to me.
Plus flexible hours is nice, since he is looking for someone that might be at UNI.

There used to be apprentices that will have stringent time schedules and will earn nothing other than learn the trade. Now we have interns that get paid

[EEVblog]

Well read the job description. Required skill set is excessive for a junior engineer/lab assistant. The requirements are for well rounded engineer.  Dave wants someone that can do what he can do. Not realistic in a helper.

Not so. I didn't say they had to have a high level experience, hence the junior title.
Any hobbyist worth their salt can do all that stuff.

[EEVblog]

This is my thought but with a caveat. There are a few gifted younger people out there that would kill to get a spot like this. The candidate pool will be rather small though. Besides, I am sure Dave isnt going to ridgedly stick to his list. If the person can show him that they are up and coming, he would likely let them grow into the position.

Of course, which is why I said the role is expected to be quite fluid based on your skillset.

[pickle9000]

So was I right is this what you are looking for?

The definition of a good employee / engineer:

Stupid enough to say "Ya, I can do that" and smart enough to do it.

[Riotpack]

I guess they may not be able to do all of that at a high level, but a requirement would be the ability to absorb and have the intuition to further understand concepts.

[Smokey]

Why settle for some widlarizer knockoff when you can have..... THE Widlarizer!



Good luck on the search for a helper monkey. 
The BIG question is.... Do they get access to the lab "after hours" so they can use all the gear you've been accumulating?

[george graves]

Well read the job description. Required skill set is excessive for a junior engineer/lab assistant. The requirements are for well rounded engineer.  Dave wants someone that can do what he can do. Not realistic in a helper.

And."....but doesn’t pay much"   

Sorry Dave.  You get negative points for that.  You should know that the skills you want should be paid well for. I can't speak for everyone, but I think that's kinda a slap in the face.

Reminds me of when Hack-a-day wanted to hire someone full time to make videos and pay them for only $30k a year.

Shame, shame, shame.

 

[Riotpack]

The thing is if the employee is allowed to use the workshop after hours and then they have an accident the employer would be liable. People like to sue for any little thing these days.

[pickle9000]

So maybe I'm wrong but how many times does a person get to work for a young company that has potential. Dave runs a company, it has potential. If you can make yourself valuable to that company it will pay in the end. It may pay with cash or experience, who knows.

The starting pay is irrelevant in this particular case, where will the EEVblog be in 5 years?

Good luck Dave and I hope you get some excellent help.
To the help, don't blow it, help make it better and you will do well.

[nowlan]

uni interns work cheap for experience.

[Mr Smiley]

Dave,

You Video interview and we'll vote 

 

[skipjackrc4]

Well read the job description. Required skill set is excessive for a junior engineer/lab assistant. The requirements are for well rounded engineer.  Dave wants someone that can do what he can do. Not realistic in a helper.

And."....but doesn’t pay much"   

Sorry Dave.  You get negative points for that.  You should know that the skills you want should be paid well for. I can't speak for everyone, but I think that's kinda a slap in the face.

Reminds me of when Hack-a-day wanted to hire someone full time to make videos and pay them for only $30k a year.

Shame, shame, shame.

 

That was my thought.  I'm not sure what it's like in Australia, but in the US, you'd have far too much competition with companies that pay $25+/hr to their interns. 

[aargee]

This will be interesting with Dave's attitude for "workin' for da man".

Dave, this can be a really difficult territory you're getting into, running a one man band is one thing but it is a *real* mindset and active adjustment becoming an employer. The red tape alone may be daunting.

Superannuation, workplace health and safety, registered workplace, tax, etc .... this becomes so when you start paying a wage.

I might be talking out my rear end and been a long time since I was involved with a small business in Aus but can only assume the meddling by government has gotten worse not better..

Good luck and I admire the fact you want to give a young tech head a go!

[EEVblog]

The BIG question is.... Do they get access to the lab "after hours" so they can use all the gear you've been accumulating?

Of course, they'll get a 24/7 swipe card and key.

[EEVblog]

And."....but doesn’t pay much"   
Sorry Dave.  You get negative points for that.  You should know that the skills you want should be paid well for. I can't speak for everyone, but I think that's kinda a slap in the face.

It's a junior role, as mentioned, like a student or some such, so the pay is commensurate with that. This is stuff that any hobbyist worth their salt can do.

Reminds me of when Hack-a-day wanted to hire someone full time to make videos and pay them for only $30k a year.
Shame, shame, shame.

How much would you pay a student with hobbyist level skills?

[EEVblog]

Dave, this can be a really difficult territory you're getting into, running a one man band is one thing but it is a *real* mindset and active adjustment becoming an employer. The red tape alone may be daunting.
Superannuation, workplace health and safety, registered workplace, tax, etc .... this becomes so when you start paying a wage.

Casual = less red tape.

I can either stay a lone guy in my lab for the next 20 years and get nowhere because I don't have time to do jack, or I can try and expand.

[EEVblog]

The thing is if the employee is allowed to use the workshop after hours and then they have an accident the employer would be liable. People like to sue for any little thing these days.

Laws have changed in the last decade re personal responsibility lawsuits. If they are here after hours on their own business, that's their risk. Unless I deliberately and knowingly provide an unsafe workplace that caused the accident, it's now quite hard to sue for that in this country. And liability insurance covers it anyway.

[VK5RC]

Well done, an excellent opportunity for a young person. Electronic as well as presentation skills are great later job assets.
Don't forget PAYG / ATO and workcover issues, but they aren't that hard.

[Howardlong]

It's similar here in thr UK, on occasion I employ on a casual basis such as when I have a new product out and I need some help supporting the demand. The overhead in creating a salaried post, particularly if you're currently only a one-man-band, makes it very unappealing both financially and time-wise. It doesn't help that I'm rubbish a delegating either!

[Mark_O]

As the title says, Sydney only:

Haven't read the posting, but if you're going to limit it to people named 'Sydney', that restricts the candidate list quite a bit.   

[coppice]

As the title says, Sydney only:

Haven't read the posting, but if you're going to limit it to people named 'Sydney', that restricts the candidate list quite a bit.   

I suspect he already has a lab coat with that name on it, and he won't pay out for a new one.

[Howardlong]

Am I alone in thinking drawing parallels to BOFH hiring PFY?

[Sounduser]

It's on YouTube. You could become a minor Internet celebrity and makes tons of money! Haha