Career Advancement
Draeger Medical (Andover, MA) - Technical Support position

www.draeger.com

SUMMARY:

This Technical Support position provides high level IT technical support for Draeger products and systems worldwide.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • 3rd Level problem solving of escalated problems not solvable by local (level 1) or country (level 2) organizations.
  • Coordination of escalated problems to the R&D group.
  • On-site support for existing products and on-site support for installation and configuration of new products.
  • Creation and editing of knowledge-based articles in our service support database. Analyzing knowledge-base and implementing measures to reduce call volume.
  • Coordinate changes of technical documentation and service tools with Service Engineering.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Associates degree in electronics or IT or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 5 years in Technical Service or IT/software environment required
  • Experience supporting Windows XP, Windows 2003 server, and SQL databases
  • Experience supporting networks (tcp/ip, Ethernet, LANS, 802.11, access points, switches, packet capture, VLANS)
  • Ability to travel globally on short notice
  • Ability to collaborate with other internal departments.
  • Must be available for occasional on call 24 hour support.
  • Medical IT support and HL7 experience desirable.

CONTACT

Dina LaTulippe
Director, Product Management Central Monitoring
Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.

6 Tech Drive
Andover, MA 01844 USA
T: 978.379-8169
C: 978.335.4503

dina.latulippe@draeger.com


eCopy: 3 Internships in Nashua, NH - Release Engineer, PC/Desktop Support, and Software Developer

eCopy Inc., is a leading provider of open and flexible solutions that rapidly integrate paper-based information into existing business processes and enterprise applications.
For the sixth consecutive year, eCopy has been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Fast 50 rankings of fastest growing technology companies.

3 internship positions:

Release Engineer - Internship

Location: US - Nashua, NH
Department: Engineering
Status: Internship
Reports to: Release Engineer Manager
Responsibilities: The Release Engineer Intern will work closely with other members of the engineering team to assist with product builds and installations.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Pursuing a degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
Experience with Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008
Some programming experience (C/C++, Java, scripting languages)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English


PC/Desktop Support - Internship

Location: US - Nashua, NH
Department: Information Technology
Status: Internship
Reports to: Senior Systems Administrator
An immediate opportunity exists for a PC/Desktop Support Intern who will be responsible for performing first line computer support for a global organization.

Principal Responsibilities:
Install and configure standard applications. Setup printers and hardware peripherals. Troubleshoot hardware and software problems including and resolve them in timely and efficient manner
Record issues in ticket tracking system, Prioritize outstanding issues and manage user expectations, document FAQ's and publish in knowledge base
Participate in routing team meetings
Install/image and supports equipment with Windows operating systems (Win XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server)
Perform various windows system administration tasks, including adding/remover users, reviewing log files and updating software
Draw/create and/or select graphic charts, working drawings, illustrations, maps, etc., for publications/displays or similar projects; adapt sketches/drawings to meet specific technical or publication requirements
Write or draft correspondence, reports, documents and/or other written materials

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Currently studying Computer Science or related focus
Strong interpersonal skills in a customer focused environment
Understanding of Windows XP, Vista and Server operating systems
Strong knowledge of MS Office applications
Familiar with imaging software/Preferably Ghost
Understanding of Windows Server operating systems
Plan, organize and prioritize time and workload in order to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines
Communicate information and ideas clearly, and concisely, verbally and in writing


Software Developer - Internship

Location: US - Nashua, NH
Department: Engineering
Status: Internship
Reports to: Product Architect
An exciting opportunity exists for a Software Engineer Intern to assist the Client Team in the development of our next-generation client software for embedded clients.
The Client Team develops scanning software which runs inside or along side of digital
copiers/scanners.

Responsibilities:
Assist in the development of software for embedded clients.

  • Actual responsibilities will depend upon the technical skills listed below
  • This position requires that routine interface with members of different teams: QA, Documentation, Release Management, Technical Support, as well as other ShareScan Engineering groups              

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
College student majoring in a technical discipline who has an understanding of the principals of software engineering, including writing design specifications, writing solid object-oriented code, using source code control system, and participating in releases.

  • Experience in one of the following is required; Java, C# (C++ a plus), Web (HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, JSP)
  • Exposure to Windows APls and networking a plus
  • Client/server development a plus
  • Exposure to multi-threading a plus

About eCopy, Inc.
eCopy, Inc. is an innovative provider of open and flexible solutions that rapidly integrate paper-based information into existing business processes and applications. Numerous industries, including legal, healthcare, and financial services, use eCopy to easily access, modify, distribute, and share information to add value to their business. eCopy customers include Nissan, Verizon Wireless, BP, Sprint, General Motors, Clifford Chance, Siemens, Cisco Systems, SAAB, and Sony Corporation. eCopy, Inc. is a global company headquartered in the United States, with subsidiaries in Japan and the UK, offices in Germany, France, Scandinavia, and Australia as well as sales operations in Mexico, Canada, Latin America, Singapore, and New Zealand.

eCopy is Recognized as the Industry Leader:

  • #1 in ad-hoc document capture 
  • 13+ years of expertise in designing award winning solutions 
  • 50,000+ end user customers
  • 100+ Fortune 500 companies use eCopy
  • 51 of the top 100 law firms use eCopy
  • Worldwide sales and support
  • More than 100+ software partners connecting to eCopy to a wide array of applications
  • Customers in every industry sector



Airvana Internship: Live Air System Verification (LAV) Co-op Engineer

The candidate will be dealing with live air performance testing, analyzing and characterizing of CDMA 1x EVDO products and for Lab Trials.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Mimic field scenario and determine real system behavior by performing drive test on a live-air network with the objective of :
  • Measuring and characterizing certain system performance metrics like throughput, latency, session/connection setup, DRC/DSC switching, forward/reverse link throughput, call setup and handoff success rate.
  • Verifying certain system functional requirements
  • Verifying certain feature requirements and feature interaction
  • Tuning/optimizing certain configurable attributes that are affected by changing RF conditions and cannot be tested in a lab environment
  • Validating important OMs and KPIs/KCIs.
  • Stressing the air link and the system
  • Ensuring system stability by finding issues not exposed in the lab
  • Identify and benchmark RF and air link performance of the system components in a live network environment.
  • Identify and address air interface performance issues at designer built stage and correct them early to improve overall feature performance and reliability before QA stage.
  • Reproduce field issues and verify fixes or performance patches before the release goes out to commercial networks

Education Required/Experience Preferred:

  • BS, MS or PhD in Electrical engineering, Computer Science and Computer Engineering degree
  • Knowledge of digital and wireless communications is preferred
  • Experience developing (design/test/support) real-time, embedded system software and network applications
  • Network protocol design, implementation, specifically familiarity with TCP/IP protocol suite and also general networking principles
  • Knowledge in wireless standards, 3G standards, IMS, EV-DO, CDMA preferred
  • Familiarity with CASE tools, such as UML, ClearCase, and ClearQuest preferred
  • General knowledge in testing and quality assurance is preferred
  • General knowledge in IP network setup, IPSec, and SIP is preferred
  • Driver’s license is required

Contact:
Laura Wilkinson lwilkinson@airvana.com


Software Engineer Summer Intern position at Avid (Tewksbury, MA)

The video editing products group has an opening for a software developer for a summer internship.  The candidate will be working in the team responsible for the design and development of visual effects processing of video images.  The candidate must be proficient in C++, with knowledge of image and signal processing a plus.
Read more here.


Pearson Software Development Positions

Do you want to work on software that will be used by millions of people? Do you want to work in an industry that is on the cusp of a technology revolution?  If you answered yes, then Pearson wants you.  We are expanding development teams in Chandler, AZ, Boston, MA, and Salt Lake City, UT. 

Pearson is the global leader in educational publishing, assessment, information and services, helping people of all ages to learn at their own pace, in their own way. For students preK-12, Pearson provides effective and innovative curriculum products in all available media, educational assessment and measurement for students and teachers, student information systems, and teacher professional development and certification programs. Pearson's respected brands include Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, AGS, PowerSchool, SuccessMaker, TeacherVision and many others. The company's comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

As a member of our Digital Product Development Team, you will be building scalable, high-performance educational software products used by millions of students and teachers all over the country.

We are looking for candidates that are interested in Flash, XML/HTML, Java, J2EE and database technologies.  Must have a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.  Masters degree is preferred.

For more information:

Please go to www.pearsoned.com/careers/jobs.htm and search for “Flash Developer”, “J2EE Developer”, or “Senior Software Engineer” for Curriculum.

For more information about Pearson, see www.pearsonville.com.


Systems Analyst/Business Analyst

Open full time position for a Systems Analyst. This position will head up the selection and implementation of a new ERP system here at L-3 Security and Detection Systems (SDS).  I have attached a full job description and would appreciate your forwarding it on to any one you feel would be appropriate.

SDS (http://www.dsxray.com) is the leading manufacturer of aviation security equipment, L-3 Communications our parent company is a 14 billion dollar defense industry manufacturer. 

Essential duties and responsibilities:

  • Assist in planning project tasks and estimating project resource requirements, budgets and completion dates.
  • Effective communication with all members of the general user community and IT Department.
  • Assist in, and may be responsible for, all aspects of Project Management Framework activity.
  • Conducts Technical Evaluations and Systems Analysis activities in order to define user needs, system and technical requirements and alternative solutions to business problems/opportunities.
  • Prepare all project management framework deliverables.
  • Provide assistance and advice to development team in support of program development effort.-Plan and conduct all phases of assembly testing, user acceptance testing and walkthroughs.
  • Plan and conduct conversion and may assist senior staff in user and operations turnover and acceptance testing.

Requirements:

  • College degree
  • Four years minimum of Analysis and Design experience. 
  • Excellent communication, application design and business systems analysis skills.
  • Strong technical understanding in a multi platform/package environment.
  • Previous experience in Major ERP implementations.
  • Experience on projects using full SDLC - requirements, design, technical design, development, testing, in a manufacturing environment--4 years
  • Some Travel Required

Vincent J. Ferravanti
IT Director
L-3 Communications, SDS
781-939-3930


Job opportunity in Cambridge

A cambridge based high tech company is looking for candidate with

* Professional Flex 3 development experience
* Professional Adobe Air development experience
* Extensive user interaction design experience
* Excellent communication skills

Please send an resume to minchen@bu.edu and I will forward your resume to the company.


Public Interactive Web Application Developer

Want to be proud of your work? Public Interactive is a non-profit organization bringing modern Internet technology to public radio and TV.

If you love Web development and would like to work in a fun, fast-paced, and unique environment, then we want to talk with you! We’re looking for a Web Application Developer with a passion for software development.

Public Interactive (PI), a subsidiary of Public Radio International, is public broadcasting's leading integrated application service provider, creating and operating Web tools and applications serving over 160 affiliates that collectively operate over 300 public radio and television stations nationwide. Programs such as PRI’s “The World” and “Car Talk” depend on Public Interactive’s technology and people.

Our Development team is responsible for designing, building, and supporting our Java-based Internet applications. As our Developer, you'll be responsible for translating our clients’ requirements into modern Web applications, taking them through the entire software development life cycle.

The successful candidate will have a related undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience; 1-3 years experience in general web application development, as well as 1-3 years of technical experience in the following areas:

  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Java servlets
  • SQL
  • Troubleshooting complex problems in a production environment

Experience in the following areas is a plus, but not required:

  • Struts, Hibernate, and Spring
  • Lucene
  • Eclipse
  • JUnit

Public Interactive offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes medical, dental and life insurance along with a retirement savings plan and pre-tax medical, daycare and transportation reimbursement plans. E-mail your resume, letter of interest and salary requirements to jobs@publicinteractive.com, subject line Web App Dev.

Public Interactive, as a subsidiary of PRI, embraces diversity and is an equal opportunity employer!


Public Interactive Infrastructure Engineer

Want to be proud of your work? Public Interactive is a non-profit organization bringing modern Internet technology to public radio and TV.

Public Interactive (PI), a subsidiary of Public Radio International, is public broadcasting's leading integrated application service provider, creating and operating Web tools and applications serving over 160 affiliates that collectively operate over 300 public radio and television stations nationwide. Programs such as PRI’s “The World” and “Car Talk” depend on Public Interactive’s technology and people.

We have an immediate opening for an Infrastructure Engineer to join our Operations team. This team is responsible for maintaining, supporting and expanding our predominantly open source infrastructure and for designing, testing and building the next generation of infrastructure platform.  

The successful candidate will have 1-3 years of technical experience in Linux, SQL, TCP/IP and Object-oriented programming foundations; troubleshooting complex problems in a production environment; 1-2 years of experience in a technical role as a contributing team member, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience in the following are as is a plus, but not required:

  • Building and supporting the server infrastructure around J2EE applications.
  • Oracle 10g and MySQL experience.
  • Unix/Linux (Debian and SUSE preferred) server management and administration (configuration, maintenance, monitoring, support, etc).
  • Firewalls, Load Balancing, NFS, ssh, RAID.
  • Apache 2.x, Tomcat 5.x configuration, tuning and support.
  • Security administration and capacity management.
  • Perl & Shell scripting.

As be the next member of the PI team, you must be willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation via pager (some nights, weekends and holidays), able to lift and move equipment up to 50 pounds and work on ladders or in small spaces. You’ll need reliable transportation and while living in Somerville, Mass., is preferred, the successful candidate will be able to travel to Somerville within approximately 30 minutes for on-call rotation purposes.  

Public Interactive offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including health, dental and life insurance along with a retirement plan. Send resume, letter of interest and salary requirements to jobs@publicinteractive.com.

Public Interactive embraces diversity and is an equal opportunity employer!


2008 Financial Software Developer- Bloomberg LP

Description:
Bloomberg, the premier financial technology firm, offers exciting opportunities for highly motivated software developers to build and enhance its state of the art line of products. The Bloomberg Professional Service is used world-wide by brokers, traders, and analysts. You'll join a team that owns all phases of the development life-cycle for some of Bloomberg's various products.

Our teams handle such products as electronic marketplaces, portfolio management, trading systems, news, streaming media, and financial analytics. This position leads to a variety of career paths ranging from highly technical to more business and financially oriented.  An extensive training program provides the Bloomberg specific technical and financial skills needed to succeed in the fast-paced world of finance and technology.
* Starting dates will be from January 2008 through October 2008.
* Location: New York, NY

REQUIREMENTS:
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills
* Highly detail oriented with a desire to write software
* BA/BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field.  
Candidates who have combined CS with economics or an MBA are encouraged to apply.
Please include GPA on resume.

Please join Bloomberg for the following events at Boston University:

Engineering Career Fair
Date: 2/8/08
Time: 11am-3pm
Location: GSU

Info Session
Date: 2/26/08
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Psychology room 212

On Campus Interviews
Date: 2/27/08
Location: Engineering Career Services

Applicants are encouraged to apply at http://careers.bloomberg.com for the 2008 Financial Software Developer and 2008 Financial Software Developer Intern
positions.


Associate Editor - BankInfoSecurity.com

For recent graduate or graduate student from the information security education programs:

Need an individual with superior organizational skills, a multi-tasker, deadline-oriented and proficient in written and verbal communications to join content team on growing finance/security portal. Duties include:

  • Copy-editing content posted to site;
  • Writing descriptive blurbs for all the content posted to the site;
  • Creating a new ‘Daily Digest’ of news blurbs culled from the web;
  • Creating a new ‘On the Move’ blog of career moves in the industry;
  • Researching and writing stories for Careers section of site;
  • Contributing to ongoing Editorial development (story ideas, podcasts, webinars, etc.)
  • Assisting w/content development in Consumer, Training and other new sites/projects.

Contact:
Ryan J. Loder
Market Research Associate

BankInfoSecurity.com

4 Independence Way
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 356-1499 ext.115


Makana Solutions - Quality Assurance Engineer - QA Team

We are looking for a QA Engineer who enjoys a challenging testing opportunity, is enthusiastic about getting products live that customers love to use, and is serious about developing quality products.

Major Responsibilities
You will assume an important role within the core product QA team, developing and integrating automated testing suites for features and components to provide consistently high-quality software releases.

  • Help design and enhance an automated testing suite to cover execution of features and components in all areas of a distributed software product offering.
  • Ownership of testing of specific features and components within the Makana product suite.
  • Participate in the determination of acceptable release criteria needed for every release of the Makana product suite.
  • Research and evaluate new testing tools, technologies, and strategies to improve efficiencies in QA process.
  • Interact with Product Managers to understand compensation requirements
  • Plan, design, develop, test and deploy software as a service (SaaS). Establish and achieve milestones on schedule.

Highlights

  • You’ll be part of building a highly collaborative engineering team.
  • You’ll work with experienced entrepreneurs with deep knowledge of a complex business problem.
  • You'll work on an exciting new approach to business applications using state-of-the-art technologies for web-based Rich Internet Application (RIA) development.
  • You'll see results quickly.
  • You’ll be able to earn valuable stock options at a venture-back software-as-a-service (SaaS) company.

Requirements

  • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years experience testing and releasing products.
  • Expertise with one or more automated testing tools (Mercury, Segue, JUnit).
  • Working knowledge of software configuration and deployment.
  • Proven history of testing and releasing large-scale, high performance, distributed web-based applications.
  • Experience with one or more middle tier or server packages with knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses (Livecycle/Flex Data Services, Hibernate, Spring, etc.)
  • Proficiency with Windows 2000/XP/Server and Linux.
  • Experience testing distributed systems – intimate knowledge of designing functional regression tests.
  • Excellent interpersonal and team collaboration skills.
  • Intimate knowledge of XML.  Familiarity with XML-RPC, SOAP, XSL, XSLT and HTML.
  • Proficiency with SQL, Relational Databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, etc.), and UML.
Preferred
  • Experience with development tools like ANT, Subversion, Apache, and Tomcat.
  • Expertise in the sales compensation/performance management, accounting, human resources, or payroll domains.
  • Experience testing both licensed software and software as a service (SaaS).
  • Working knowledge of JUnit, Flex-Unit and any load/stress testing tools and/or strategies.

We offer excellent pay, stock options, and benefits.  We’re located in historic Lexington, MA.

Resumes should be mailed as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to:  nextstep@makanasolutions.com

Only mailed resumes with a brief note including why you would be a good fit will be reviewed.  Those candidates with backgrounds most suitable for the position will be contacted.  Only candidates should reply, no contact will be accepted from third party recruiters.

Makana Solutions


Makana Solutions - Sr. User Interface Engineer - RIA Team

We are looking for a Sr. User Interface Engineer who enjoys rapid prototyping, is enthusiastic about getting products live that customers love to use, and is serious about developing quality products.

Major Responsibilities
You will assume an important role within the core product development team, developing and integrating high-quality, sophisticated product features and components.
  • Own the communication of the UI (Flex) to the middle tier (FDS/Hibernate)
  • Ensure overall architectural consistency, and delivery of the key system areas of the Makana product suite including modeling, configuration, and calculation.
  • Lead the design of, and enforce the use of, patterns for other engineers to implement as they develop features in their sections of Makana applications.
  • Interact with Product Managers to understand compensation requirements
  • Plan, design, develop, test and deploy software as a service (SaaS). Establish and achieve milestones on schedule.
  • Evaluate new technologies or vendor product offerings that may add capabilities to the Makana system.  If a new technology or offering is adopted, design and implement necessary integration.

Highlights

  • You’ll be part of building a highly collaborative engineering team.
  • You’ll work with experienced entrepreneurs with deep knowledge of a complex business problem.
  • You'll work on an exciting new approach to business applications using state-of-the-art technologies for web-based Rich Internet Application (RIA) development.
  • You'll see results quickly.
  • You’ll be able to earn valuable stock options at a venture-back software-as-a-service (SaaS) company.

Requirements

  • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years experience developing and launching products.
  • Expertise with one or more OO development languages (Java, C#, C++).
  • Working knowledge of software architectures and patterns.
  • Proven history of developing large-scale, high performance, distributed web-based applications.
  • Experience with one or more middle tier or server packages with knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses (Livecycle/Flex Data Services, Hibernate, Spring, etc.)
  • Proficiency with Windows 2000/XP/Server and Linux.
  • Excellent interpersonal and team collaboration skills.
  • Experience with development tools like ANT, Subversion, Apache, and Tomcat.
  • Intimate knowledge of XML.  Familiarity with XML-RPC, SOAP, XSL, XSLT and HTML.
  • Proficiency with SQL, Relational Databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, etc.), and UML.
Preferred
  • Proficiency developing Flex-based applications (MXML/ActionScipt)
  • Experience developing distributed systems – intimate knowledge of threading and synchronization best practices.
  • Expertise in the sales compensation/performance management, accounting, human resources, or payroll domains.
  • Experience developing both licensed software and software as a service (SaaS).
  • Working knowledge of point-to-point messaging, publish-subscribe messaging, peer-to-peer distributed computing, JMS, or MQ Series.

We offer excellent pay, stock options, and benefits.  We’re located in historic Lexington, MA.

Resumes should be mailed as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to: nextstep@makanasolutions.com

Only mailed resumes with a brief note including why you would be a good fit will be reviewed.  Those candidates with backgrounds most suitable for the position will be contacted.  Only candidates should reply, no contact will be accepted from third party recruiters.

Makana Solutions


enLabel Global Services, Inc.

Seeking recent graduates interested in entry level positions in the technical support, software engineering or business systems analyst field.

enLabel Global Services, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Mansfield, MA, is the established leader in innovative solutions that delivers quality, safety and efficiency to the global marketplace.  enLabel offers the world’s only Integrated Packaging Management (IPM) Solutions, which provide unparalleled accountability, traceability and visibility of products. 

Contact:
Mindy Romero
Operations Manager
enLabel Global Services, Inc.
89 Forbes Blvd. Mansfield, MA 02048

mromero@enlabel.com
ph: 866.536.5223 fx: 508.339.2257
www.enlabel.com


Department of Computer Science
Boston University Metropolitan College
808 Commonwealth Ave, Room 250, Boston, MA. 02215.  Phone: 617 353 2566, Fax: 617 353 2367, Email: csinfo@bu.edu