Cool jobs. I would kick ass at the design engineer one, being a CAD rockstar and a regular rockstar too. Unfortunately I live in Australia and have 2 1/2 years post grad experience.
Congratulations on the new position Michael, it sounds right up your alley! I look forward to seeing what you do and the team you build, seems like an amazing opportunity.
Congrats Michael on the new role. the jobs sound great and a great opportunity for a young designer to learn quite a bit from being part of a growing team. If you need any managers let me know.
Is there any possibility of a Design Engineer Intern position opening up in the future? I’ve got almost as much design experience as time in school, but still a year off of the ME degree…
Also, if you’re Canadian, is that enough to fulfill the “Candidate must be qualified to work in the US already.”? Luckily we’re the exception to most immigration laws and it wasn’t too hard last time I came down to work.
Finally, what do you look for in an ME portfolio? So far I’ve tried to build it along the lines of a traditional ID portfolio: sketches, rendering, etc. to show design ability and let the ME degree (or in my case my GPA in ME) speak for itself, assuming nobody wants to see my FEA and surface analysis or lines of equations.
Sorry if it sounds like I’m trying to fit the job to me, I’m just kicking myself for not being born a few years earlier and in the US
“Candidate must be qualified to work in the US already.” means you’ll need a TN-1, H1-B status or Permanent Resident card. Based on your posting it sounds like you had a TN-1. If you have any of the three above you’d definitely qualified to work in the US.
I had a J-1 actually since it was an internship, but for both the J-1 and the TN-1 you need an offer of employment before you can apply for the visa. Most US jobs I have applied to have some form of that disclaimer but I usually apply anyway and explain the exact process and situation if I hear back. You never know about the ones you don’t hear from though…
I’ve had all three (TN/H1/PR). The most straight fwd one is TN-1 status. Since they’ve extended the length of the TN1 to 3yrs it makes it more attractive compared to H1B and doesn’t have the 7yr cap associated w/ the latter. Assuming you’re graduating from Carleton/UofO you’ll have a Degree and job offer letter you’ll have no problems since you’re on the Trade Nafta list.
A little update here. About 6 months ago, we hired two forum posters here at DEI, Savage and Cameron in addition to a few staff we already have. The team has been building out well, and we are now looking for a few additional folks:
Hey everyone. As many of you know, we have been really trying to push things at Sound United. We launched 35 new products last year. We are expanding our team, adding a few more graphic designers.
Full coroflot description here.
No ID positions right now, but if you or someone you know in graphic design might be a good fit I’d love the recommendation. Experience in packaging a plus. Our graphs designers really work on the shoe gambit of possible brand touch points from packaging to retail and environmental graphics, trade show booths, mobile apps, and web experience.
You might have noticed we changed our division name from DEI Holdings to Sound United, full updated company site here:
Thanks Matt. Redesigning the office was an awesome project! Other than December and January, we open the 18’x22’ door in the studio pretty much every day.