The EEVblog is Hiring

[EEVblog]

As the title says, Sydney only:
http://www.eevblog.com/files/EEVblogJobDescription.pdf

[PA0PBZ]

But even taking out the rubbish at the EEVblog can be an adventure

 -and -

Any of the following skills are desirable
...
...
Dumpster Diving

I love it 

[dr.diesel]

" I’m interested in what you have done, not what your grades are."

Good man.  I've been hiring based on the above for a long time, has served me well.

[deephaven]

Are you going to record the interviews? Would be a great resource of the do's and don'ts of taking an interview.
 

[EEVblog]

Are you going to record the interviews? Would be a great resource of the do's and don'ts of taking an interview.

I gave that a moments thought but realised it would end up too reality TV show like crappy.

[Yago]

Looks to be a good opportunity for someone to learn a broad range of skills.
Look forward to it Dave.

I'll bet an intense debate on the forum of the Marmite (VeggyMite?) factor, "Love or Hate" the new person!
To be on the safe side,  be on the look out for a mixed-race hermaphrodite!
"Lord, Lord, Lord, Loorrrddd"

[Excavatoree]

I'd reconsider the "taking out the rubbish" duty.

"So, employee, was there anything in the garbage room today?"
"Uh, no, Mr. Jones, nothing today."
<employee has just loaded two file severs, and a killer Marc Vincent amp into his vehicle>

Wages are xx per hour, and all you can take from the garbage room.

[TheEnd]

"The Amprentice"

[Yago]

Still, joking aside, I would have killed for a chance like this when I was a young-un.
So many companies wanted to put you in a box and perform a fixed few functions.

Dave is a great teacher and has so much experience to pass on too.

[SeanB]

Do not hire Douglas Rain, or he will eject you from the pod bay door................

[IanJ]

Hi all,

If I was in Sydney I would have considered helping out Dave a day or two a week...........just for the fun of it and to be part of his fantastic blog.
Dave's shop and daily routines (i.e. doing anything and everything) so much remind me of my last workplace.................sigh!

Good luck Dave.

Ian.

[JWoodrell]

the Email link ounces back with
"<<< 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
<<< 550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
<<< 550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces."


I would drop my hat in the for the 3D cad modeling help.  it would be over the net only as I am in the USA. but I consider myself fluent in solid works.

[fubar.gr]

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.

[Mr Smiley]

Reading the PDF, it looks like Dave needs someone to fill in his missing capabilities 

This COULD mean projects are started AND FINISHED 

 

[pickle9000]

The definition of a good employee / engineer:

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

[German_EE]

Maybe that C5 will finally get back on the road.

[IanJ]

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 disagree, I think Dave has outlined exactly the type of person and duties he wants..........with emphasis on the former.
Dave will probably get a good idea of the right person at interview, but more than that will certainly know when they are not right for the job.

Ian.

[Galenbo]

Put a camper next to the lab and buy me a plane ticket.
That's all I need :-)

[firewalker]

A student forth-filling all the criteria is hard to accept the job.

Alexander.

[retrolefty]

Does anyone feel one must be crazy to work for a Boss that owns and uses such a large knife? 

[Riotpack]

This is awesome news!

[tautech]

The fun will be sorting the CV's and making a short list.
It will be very interesting as to the skill level available to match your requirements. Good luck.
Will you interveiw alone or have an inpartial acquaintance present?

[RobertoLG]

EEVjobs now? 

[microbug]

Hmm... may be difficult to find someone in Sydney. I'd apply if I didn't live on the wrong side of the world.

[Howardlong]

I'd have give me right arm for an opportunity like that when I was a teenager/student 35 years ago. Already I was designing and making my own computers and video boards from scratch, doing machine code programming etc by the age of 13, but I was doing it on such a shoestring.

The jobs I ended up getting while I was still in education were skill free, mostly envelope stuffing, pulling pints etc. The closest I got to something vocational was working in a factory stores dept, where I was treated like a piece of shit by the engineers, despite me knowing plenty more than all of their recently recruited graduate employees. At least I knew one end of a soldering iron from the other, and one end of an oscillosopbe probe from the other, unlike many of the graduates. The worst was a pointy head who always demanded to be addressed with his Doctor prefix, if only he knew.

My favourite jobs have always been where I get to have a go at everything, from the mundane to the technically brain hurting. Still do that today, from doing the daily trip to the Post Office to debugging the newest bleeding edge silicon. And I still put out the garbage, it's what you do when you work for yourself.