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IEEE Buenaventura
October 2023 Newsletter

In This Issue

Announcements

•  IEEE Buenaventura Section Announces Scholarship Program
 •  Volunteers Needed: FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament
•  Webinar Series from IEEE

Reports on Past Events

•  FarmBot: Open Source Agricultural Robotics

Job Opportunities and Sponsors

•  Advanced Personnel Profiles — Staffing & Recruiting Since 1995
 •  Syntesis Global — Management Consulting

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Announcements

IEEE Buenaventura Section Announces Scholarship Program

The IEEE Buenaventura Section will award two $1000 scholarships in November 2023

Eligibility Requirements

  • The applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited two or four-year college or university in Ventura County (California).
  • The applicant must be studying towards an engineering or technical degree related to IEEE scope of fields. If the applicant’s college or university does not offer an engineering program, then a course of study preparatory to engineering will be accepted.
  • The applicant must have completed at least one quarter or semester in college and maintained a grade point average of 3.0 or better in college level courses.
  • An applicant does not need to have a sponsor to be considered.
  • Complete application (including current transcript) is due no later than Monday, October 16, 2023.
  • Download Scholarship Application and Instructions Form Here

Questions? Contact Dennis Horwitz at +1-805-377-9480 or email ieeebv.scholarships@gmail.com

Volunteers Needed: FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament

Once again IEEE Buenaventura Section is supporting middle school robotics by sponsoring the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament in Thousand Oaks on Sunday, November 12. Teams of young robot enthusiasts that will compete for a chance to go to the regional tournament. The IEEE has been generous in its support over many years both financially and in providing volunteers. It is a lot of fun and you will be greatly impressed with what these young people accomplish and their enthusiasm.

If you are available to volunteer from 8 AM to 4 PM we can definitely use you in a variety of rolls from assisting judges, monitoring the games, and other jobs.

Planning for the event is already underway. Please E-mail Bob Rumer and Deron Johnson at FLL-2023@ieee-bv.org to volunteer or ask questions. Feel free to pass this on to anyone you think might enjoy volunteering!

Webinar Series from IEEE

•  IEEE AESS Webinars — IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
This program allows AESS to continue to serve members, and gives the aerospace and electronic systems community the opportunity to hear from respected Distinguished Lecturers.
  –  October 10: Measurement Extraction for a Point Target From an Optical Sensor
  –  October 12: Adaptive Radar Detection
  –  October 26: Multiple-Hypothesis Tracking
   –  November 2: Exploiting Signals of Opportunity for Resilient and Accurate Autonomous Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments

•  IEEE CS Webinars — IEEE Computer Society
 Listen and engage with top minds across many computing disciplines. Explore lectures, discussion panels, and many more aspects of computing.
  –  October 12: How to be A Successful Manager as an Introvert
   –  October 26: Zero Trust – Changing the Security Paradigm

•  IEEE-USA Career Webinars — IEEE-USA
IEEE-USA’s vision is to serve the U.S. IEEE member by being the technical professional's best resource for achieving lifelong career vitality and by providing an effective voice on policies that promote U.S. prosperity.
  –  October 3: Special IEEE Day Livestream Webinars
   –  October 4: Data-Driven Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Focused Data
   –  October 18: Talking Tech Webinar: Megatrends

Reports on Past Events

FarmBot: Open Source Agricultural Robotics

On September 13, Marc Roland discussed "FarmBot: Open Source Agricultural Robotics" with the IEEE Buenaventura Computer Society Chapter. FarmBot is a US start-up agricultural robotics manufacturer using 100% open-source hardware, software, and data platform to design a Cartesian robot for small to medium-scale automated precision food production for gardening. (video)

Job Opportunities and Sponsors

Advanced Personnel Profiles
 Staffing & Recruiting Since 1995

Digital VLSI Design Verification Engineer – Pasadena, CA

Are you a maker, tinkerer, hacker? Terrific stealth mode startup in search of people willing to be open, curious, and solve complex problems.  The DV engineer can tackle the test & testbench development for both digital and mixed signal ASICs, but who is also versatile enough to help reuse the simulation frameworks they create in emulation and potentially in the chip bring-up itself.

Basic Qualifications
 •  Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
 •  Demonstrated accomplishment in digital VLSI verification, developing both testbenches and testcases using industry-standard verification methodologies and tools (SystemVerilog, UVM, constrained randoms, coverage metric extraction, etc.).
 •  A sufficient understanding of contemporary digital design to debug and analyze simulation failures, and to work closely with the design team in resolving issues.
 •  4-5 years of relevant industry experience is expected.

Contact Pat Jacobs — 805-579-0630 — pat.jacobs@advancedpersonnelprofiles.com


Technical Product Development Engineer – EE  –   Valencia or Irvine, CA

The Technical Product Development Engineer is a primary engineering resource for the development of enhancements and improvements to AVITA’s current technology and new platforms.

Education and Experience
 •  Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science.  
 •  7+ years relevant experience in the medical device arena.

Contact Pat Jacobs — 805-579-0630 — pat.jacobs@advancedpersonnelprofiles.com


OCM (Oxygen Concentration Module) Engineer – Irvine, CA

Senior or Principal level Mechanical Engineer (OCM) that supports the development of an oxygen concentrator module and assists in the integration into a current respiratory humidifier. This role shall design, develop, assemble, and test all things that pertain to this new device.  The OCM Engineer shall be the subject matter expert on oxygen generation/concentration, and the technologies that surround it. They shall have the knowledge base pertaining to the compatible materials, cycle times, component selection, sieve materials, and basic electro-mechanical knowledge to support the development of such a device.

Contact Pat Jacobs — 805-579-0630 — pat.jacobs@advancedpersonnelprofiles.com


There are lots of job openings at the Alfred Mann Foundation in Valencia, CA.

Please visit their career page at Jobs — Alfred Mann Foundation (aemf.org) or you can contact Pat at pat.jacobs@advancedpersonnelprofiles.com

These jobs include:
 •  Electrical Engineer I
 •  Sr. Quality Specialist
 •  Sr. Firmware Engineer
 •  Sr. Materials Engineer

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 Management Consulting

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