NetAcquire Corporation Careers

Careers

If you can imagine a world where everything is connected to everything else in real-time – we'd like to talk to you!

Real-time embedded systems are an exploding market, and NetAcquire Corporation offers the opportunity to build state-of-the-art software and hardware systems for diverse applications ranging from satellite communications to distributed sensor nets.

At NetAcquire Corporation, we're passionate about technology, we're entrepreneurial, profitable, growing rapidly, and a great place to work. This page describes our open positions, work environment, and employee benefits. It also has some links that provide information on the Seattle/Kirkland area.

If you'd like to apply, send your resume and an e-mail message describing your interests and the desired position to careers@netacquire.com, or send it by fax or mail (please note: at this time, we are only accepting resumes from the Washington State area) . Principals only, please (we don't accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters). Please, no telephone calls.

Open Positions

Java Software Engineer

Hardware Design Engineer

Sales Admin

Java Software Engineer

If you are a Java programmer with a passion for software engineering and are looking for something a little different than the same old web site work, then NetAcquire is where you should be.

Our Products
We build high-end embedded systems. Forget about thermostats. We’re talking high-end. We put a web server inside our systems when everyone else was using COM ports. Now, over a decade later, we have sophisticated and robust client/server communications with GUIs that control all aspects of our products, monitor internal operations in real-time and graph live results of high throughput processing. Every day customers bring us requests for GUI changes to things we’ve done before as well as whole new challenges that certainly keep things interesting. We respond to these requests at a speed that often leaves them in awe.

Your Job
You’ll be a member of a team of software and electronics hardware engineers and your job is putting a “face” on our embedded products. We work multiple projects in parallel so there is never a dull moment.

You’ll get to write plenty of code and we expect you to know or quickly learn many other professional engineering skills such as effort estimation for tasks, OOD architectural concepts and patterns, unit testing automation, etc. While our server products often reside in a rack within a locked room, network-enabled PCs running your GUI are usually front and center in a mission-critical application. That will be the fruits of your labor that our customers will see every day.

Your Knowledge

Solid object-oriented design methodology understanding
Java at an intermediate to expert level
Multi-threaded design experience
Knowledge of applet and application design
Understanding through experience of what makes a great GUI
Good verbal communications for working directly with customers
Excellent written communications
Basic network, TCP, and client/server computing understanding
Four-year Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree

Our Other-Skill Interests

Electronics hardware understanding
Application programming with Swing
NetBeans use
Distributed objects use (CORBA/DCOM)
Agile development methodologies such as SCRUM

Due to government restrictions, candidates must be U.S. citizens. The ability to acquire a U.S. security clearance and a very small amount of travel are required. NetAcquire Corporation is located in Kirkland, Washington.

For confidential consideration, send your resume and an e-mail message describing your interests to careers@netacquire.com.

Hardware Design Engineer

NetAcquire Corporation has an opening for an embedded electronics hardware engineer to perform FPGA code development and digital circuit design.

Your Job
The hardware engineer will independently develop FPGA-based VHDL for a variety of projects and also develop mostly-digital circuit card designs. These designs will be integrated into large, high-end embedded systems. The hardware engineer will work closely with software engineers who will be writing drivers to the hardware. We are looking for solid engineering ability, a background that includes experience in digital design, an aptitude for learning the latest technologies and the ability to handle a lot of job responsibility.

Required Knowledge

Four-year Electrical Engineering degree
VHDL programming language experience
FPGA synthesis and simulation tool use
Solid synchronous digital design ability
Test and measurement equipment use
Good verbal and written communications

Helpful Skills

High frequency (>100 MHz) digital design experience
Analog electronics hardware design
Altera Quartus II experience
Network setup, TCP protocol, client/server computing knowledge
C++ language knowledge
Interest in working directly with customers

Our Culture
We're entrepreneurial. There isn't a lot of bureaucracy at NetAcquire. Being entrepreneurial means that employees share in the company's success with a commensurate compensation plan. Being entrepreneurial also means that every employee enjoys taking personal responsibility for satisfying our customers. We constantly push to keep our products and our customers at the leading edge of our industry. It's an exciting environment, where employees are committed to and thrive on never-ending technical learning. Our job assignments vary rapidly; so being adaptable is a given. There are no pigeon-holed jobs here. While moving fast, there is no scrimping on quality. Our products target mission-critical environments and we take pride in producing carefully-crafted high quality and high reliability systems.

Employee Benefits
NetAcquire Corporation has exceptional employee benefits. We are an employee-owned company which means everyone holds stock and/or stock options. Plus, every single person’s contribution is felt on the company bottom line and that bottom line feeds the annual profit sharing plan in which you will participate. We are growing fast, which means great opportunity for career advancement for you. We have small company norms in terms of still being a cohesive team, casual dress, flexible work hours, free drinks and occasional free lunches but we also have all the standard big company benefits such as paid vacation and sick leave, 401K plan, medical and life insurance, and even tuition reimbursement.

Due to government-project restrictions, candidates must be U.S. citizens. This position is at the NetAcquire Corporation office in Kirkland, Washington.

For confidential consideration, send your resume attached to an e-mail message describing your interests and referencing ad HE-8 to careers@netacquire.com.

Sales Admin

This position features mid-day work hours in a stimulating and engaging environment with an industry leading company.

Responsibilities include:

Interacting with clients and representing the company in a professional and service-oriented manner
Assisting the sales staff with admin activities
Support ongoing customer tracking processes
Manage incoming telephone coverage and assisting customers
Taking charge of organizing customer and sales information
Coordinate travel
Plan preparations and coordinate client visits

Requirements:

High level of customer service
Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Proficiency with Access, Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer
Average or better typing skills
Self Starter with an easy ability to learn new things
A demonstrated ability to work independently while re-prioritizing projects
Proactive attention to detail
Solid organizational skills
General knowledge of sales and marketing principles

Pluses:

Experience with accounting software
Experience with graphics software
Customer support experience
Sales experience

NetAcquire offers the following benefits: stock options, profit sharing bonus plan, health insurance, life insurance, dental insurance, paid vacation, paid sick leave, and flexible working hours.

If you'd like to apply, send your resume and an e-mail message describing your interests to: careers@netacquire.com.

Work Environment

NetAcquire Corporation is located in Kirkland, Washington.

We're technology-oriented, and constantly push to keep our products and our customers at the leading edge of our industry. It's an exciting environment, but it also requires employees that are committed to never-ending learning and to flexible job assignments.

We're entrepreneurial. There isn't a lot of bureaucracy here – we give employees the resources to do their job and then get out of the way. Being entrepreneurial also means that employees share in the company's success, and we have crafted a corporate compensation plan that reflects this. Finally, being entrepreneurial means that we work hard, and that every employee is expected to take personal responsibility for satisfying our customers.

We are quality-driven. Our systems target mission-critical environments, and we expect a high degree of quality and reliability from our engineering and production departments.

Employee Benefits

NetAcquire Corporation has exceptional employee benefits:

Employee-owned company
Fast-track career advancement
Aggressive stock option and bonus plans
Paid vacation (two weeks/year, increasing to four weeks/year)
Paid holidays (nine/year with the ability to swap holidays)
Paid sick days (six/year)
Medical and dental Insurance
401K retirement plan
Flexible working hours
Casual dress code

We make a long-term commitment to our employees and encourage frank feedback on whether we're meeting that commitment. (Note: The above is only a brief summary of our benefit plan.)

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Jobs Contact Information

Email: careers@netacquire.com
Fax: 206.374.2418, Attn: Human Resources
Postal Address: Attn: Human Resources, 733 7th Ave, Ste 214, Kirkland, WA 98033-5669