Careers at Davis: Job Descriptions

Technical Support

Davis Instruments, a leading manufacturer of electronic meteorology equipment and automotive monitoring systems,is looking for an experienced, professional person to support our software and hardware products via phone and e-mail.

Description

The representative will perform troubleshooting and problem resolution tasks to end users and resellers in the US and around the world resulting in exceptional customer satisfaction.  Calls will entail application engineering, custom configuration, testing and troubleshooting, order management and facilitation of replacement/repair. 

Required

• An AA in electronics or computer science.
• 2 years experience in a technical support call center.
• Excellent telephone skills.
• Proven ability to diagnose and troubleshoot hardware/system level failures.
• Understanding of basic web page technology (HTML coding, FTP, etc. )
• The curiosity and drive to resolve any puzzle that comes their way.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, RS-232, com/irq conflicts and USB communications.

Desired Skills

• Background in meteorological sciences and/or fleet vehicle safety management programs.
• Experience in coding with VB, VBA, C++ and implementing Dlls.
• Familiarity with database structures including sequential, binary, SQL, mySQL, Oracle and Access.

See our Application Instructions and reference "Tech Support" in the subject line/fax cover page.

Updated: Aug. 4, 2010

Firmware Engineer

Davis Instruments is a leading manufacturer of instruments and data loggers for weather and automotive use. Our products include the premier consumer weather station, VantagePro2, and the first personal automotive diagnostic data logging product, CarChip.

Required

• BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years experience writing embedded firmware in assembly and C.
• Demonstrated firmware/hardware experience in the design and implementation of real time systems.
• Recent design experience with 8 / 16 / 32 bit microcontrollers such as Atmel AVR, TI MSP430, STmicro, and ARM microcontrollers.
• Hands on design experience with microcontroller peripherals such as ADCs, timer/counters, SPI, I2C, CAN and USB.
• Experience in low power / battery operated designs.
• Comfortable using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers as diagnostic tools.
• Experience with OBDII protocols such as J1979, J1850 PWM/VPW, ISO9141-2, KWP2000.
• Windows driver, DLL, or application development experience is a plus.

If you can satisfy the majority of the above requirements, want to participate in the design of challenging and varied products, and live within commute distance of Hayward, we look forward to considering your resume. No relocation assistance is available.

See our Application Instructions and reference "Firmware Engineer" in the subject line/fax cover page.

Updated: Apr. 19, 2010

PHP Web Developer

Davis Instruments is a leading manufacturer of electronic meteorology equipment and automotive monitoring systems. Our products include the premier consumer weather station, VantagePro2, and the first personal automotive diagnostic product, CarChip.

We are looking for a PHP web developer for a newly forming web software division. The successful applicant will have a flexible hands-on approach with the ability to maintain and improve current systems written in PHP, DHTML and JavaScript as well as architect, develop, test, implement and sustain next generation, highly data driven, secure and scalable consumer fleet management and weather applications. Working knowledge is desired across the full spectrum of application development from socket level communications with remote hardware devices to database implementations to core application and user interface development.

Required

• 2+ years experience as a PHP Web Developer
• Related work experience designing and coding data-driven Web Applications and user interfaces using PHP, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, CSS, AJAX and MySql.
• Related work experience analyzing and querying relational databases.
• Good verbal and written communications skills

Desired Skills

• Experience with network socket programming (TCP/UDP/IP).
• Experience with Google Maps API.
• Experience with various backend technologies (IIS/UNIX/Apache/Tomcat)
• Experience with cellular networks (GPRS) is a plus.
• Experience with Java, JSP, ASP, .NET, C, C#, C++ is a plus.

See our Application Instructions and reference "Web Developer" in the subject line/fax cover page.

Updated: May 12, 2010

Application Instructions

If you possess the right skills and are looking for an opportunity with a growing company, please submit the following:

• Completed copy of our Employment Application (electronically fill out, may take a moment to load. For faster loading/fill out by hand, use this Application).
  See also Background Check/Credit Reporting Rights, which has information about a report we may run for you during the hiring process.
• Your Cover Letter stating why you are qualified for this position
• Your Resume via fax, or email in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, or Plain Text
• Your past experience and salary requirements (can be filled out on Employment Application)

Send above items to jobs@davisnet.com or fax to (510) 732-9188. Include the job reference in the E-mail subject line/Fax cover page.