Digi appears to be hiring in the midwest: http://www.digi.com/aboutus/careers/jobs.jsp I worked with them as a Rabbit engineer, they also own Maxstream (XBee products) and have the Digi ethernet to serial products. -Adam On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Jason Hsu wrote: > I am seeking an electrical engineering position with a heavy emphasis > on microcontrollers. My background is electrical engineering, which > used to be common for those entering embedded engineering. > > I'm open to working anywhere in the continental United States but > prefer the Midwest (Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Omaha). > > I'd like to hear from those of you who work with microcontrollers in > your jobs. What industries do you work in? > > What are the best sources for good leads? Monster and Hotjobs tend to > be skewed towards large California companies and miss most of the rest > of the companies that hire embedded engineers. I know of several > sources of leads, but I don't consider any of them to be a silver > bullet. The fact that embedded engineering is dispersed over many > industries makes it challenging to decide which leads to pursue first. > On the other hand, the diversity makes embedded engineering more > resistant to downturns than other parts of engineering. > > Which particular industries that employ embedded engineers are doing > the most hiring? Are there any organizations dedicated to embedded > engineering? As embedded engineers, where do you usually meet in > person given that you work in so many different industries? > > I don't have formal experience in embedded engineering, but I do have > informal experience. I have designed and built an SWR/ wattmeter that > uses a PIC16F72 microcontroller to control the output indicator LEDs. > I also studied control systems theory in graduate school. > > My report on the SWR/wattmeter is at: > http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html > > My Assembly language source code is at: > http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt-source_code.txt > > -- > Jason Hsu > http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html > http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt-source_code.txt > NOTE: I am seeking employment as an embedded electronics engineer. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- EARTH DAY 2008 Tuesday April 22 Save Money * Save Oil * Save Lives * Save the Planet http://www.driveslowly.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist