What You’ll Do

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff, and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule. In this position you will:
•Implement a quality assurance plan
•Facilitate daily scrum meetings between product owner and development team
•Coordinate and schedule software testing activities
•Work directly with the product owner, business analyst and offshore development team to define and create functional tests

Qualifications

What It Takes
We need excellent communicators, who thrive on solving problems and working in a team environment. Ideally, you will be pursuing a degree in Information Technology or Computer Science; others may qualify. In addition, we require:
•Must be registered as a full-time student at UIUC
•Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis
•Graduation date of May 2017 or later
•Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
•16 - 20 hours/week during the academic year
•35 - 40 hours/week during the summer semester
•Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word

A strong candidate will also have:

•Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies

Click here to apply: https://johndeere.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=50656188&lan...

What You’ll Do

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff, and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule. Major duties include:
•Researching, documenting and testing small functional specifications for changes to product data management software solutions
•Assist with Project Management responsibilities including progress reporting and issue management

Qualifications

What It Takes
We need excellent communicators, who thrive on solving problems and working in a team environment. Ideally, you will be pursuing a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering; others may qualify. In addition, we require:
•Must be registered as a full-time student at UIUC
•Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis
•Grad date – May 2017 or later
•Cumulative GPA of 2.8 and above
•16 - 20 hours/week during the academic year
•35 - 40 hours/week during the summer semester
•Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word

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What You’ll Do

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff, and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule. In this position you will:
•Provide enterprise business support for knowledge and content management applications such as SharePoint, Enterprise Search and Digital/Media Asset Solutions
•Perform SharePoint site design and customizations
•Analyze data and information to build and improve business processes
•Act as a member of various project teams

Qualifications

What It Takes
We need excellent communicators, who thrive on solving problems and working in a team environment. Ideally, you will be pursuing a degree in Computer Science or Information Systems/Technology; others may qualify. In addition, we require:
•Must be registered as a full-time student at University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign
•Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis
•Graduation date of May 2017 or later
•Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
•16 - 20 hours/week during the academic year
•35 - 40 hours/week during the summer semester
•Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word

Click here to apply: https://johndeere.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=50663678&lan...

What You’ll Do

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff, and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule. In this position you will:
•Employ the use of big data mining techniques such as pattern detection, graph analysis or statistical analyses from a variety of disparate sources and discover hidden insights
•Define collection processes and create infrastructure and framework to support analyses
•Machine learning algorithms for pattern detection

Qualifications

What It Takes
We need excellent communicators, who thrive on solving problems and working in a team environment. Ideally, you will be pursuing a degree in Statistics, Information Systems or Computer Science; others may qualify. In addition, we require:
•Must be registered as a full-time student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
•Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis
•Graduation date of May 2017 or later
•Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
•16 - 20 hours/week during the academic year
•35 - 40 hours/week during the summer semester
•Experience in data mining & machine learning algorithms

A strong candidate will also have:
•Experience with a minimum of one programing language
•Ability to use parallel computation languages to implement applications in the heterogeneous compute environment

Click here to apply: https://johndeere.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=50663791&lan...

Please visit www.ameren.com/careers and apply to job # 14699 to be considered for this position

Location: Research Park at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Students must be a student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for this position.
At Ameren’s brand new Innovation Center, you will work in a fast paced, dynamic environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. The Innovation Intern position leads/assists challenging projects, or conducts research in areas of advanced technology that contributes toward the Company’s strategic investment in forward-thinking initiatives. Interns gain valuable work experience in various aspects of technology research & development within a large energy company.

Projects may include:
• Research and develop the latest software and hardware technology as needed by specific business segments and directed by business needs.
• Research and test advanced business and modeling tools for business/finance application.
• Assist software/hardware development and support by creating requirements, definition/specification for new applications, or enhancements to existing Company systems.
• Design specific software/hardware components to meet various business needs.
• Provide technical assistance to developmental projects within Company segments.
• Create and deliver reports and presentations of project work and results.

The Innovation Intern works part-time or full-time in an office environment at the Research Park of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus, but may also need to work off-site dependent upon project needs. Terms will approximately coincide with Spring, Summer and Fall Semesters.

Requirements
Education:
• Registered as a full-time student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Completion of 40 college credit hours toward a Bachelor of Science degree required, Electrical Engineering, Computing Science, or Computer Engineering majors are highly preferred. Will consider other majors based on experience and background.
• Junior, Senior or Master’s student status preferred
• A cumulative GPA of 2.8 required.

Experience:
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Other:
• Strong research and analytical skills required.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team required.
• Good communication skills required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Do you get excited about entrepreneurship? Do you enjoy working with different types of people? Do you thrive in a fast paced, team oriented atmosphere?

We Have:

· A technology hub for corporate research and development operations.

· An award-winning incubator that focuses on science and research-based startup companies commercializing technology from the University of Illinois. 

· A multifaceted team of professionals and interns dedicated to helping our startups and corporations thrive in the Research Park.

· An internship program that encourages professional development through

project-based learning. 

You Have:

· Initiative, drive, creative flair, and flexibility

· Strong production, time management, and multi-tasking skills

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Ability to work well under pressure

· Ability to self-manage and complete projects in timely manner

· Strong organizational skills

· Strong social skills and ability to communicate effectively with clients

· Entrepreneurial mindset

You Might Also:

· Study in the MBA program

· Study in the MSTM program

· Have marketing experience

· Background in informatics / information management is a plus

On our team you will have the opportunity to take the lead on meaningful, high-impact projects. You will collaborate and network with high-level executives and entrepreneurs alike as well as other interns from a diverse spectrum of disciplines. Past UIRP interns have gone on to work for companies like Infosys, Boeing, PwC, the Denver Broncos, and Capital One.

Does this sound like a job for you?  What are you waiting for?!

Submit your cover letter, resume and contact information for 2 references to Workforce Development Coordinator, Dana Cohen at dfcohen2@illinois.edu.

Compensation: Hourly wage will be $12-$14.00/hour based on experience, and will be paid by the University of Illinois.

Reporting: Position reports to the Associate Director.

Timing: Student is expected to work full-time in the summer, with the option of 10-15 hours per week during Fall semester pending a successful performance review.

This is a rolling application process until the position is filled.

For more information, please visit researchpark.illinois.edu 

Yahoo! Hadoop Product Engineering team is searching for Engineers to join Yahoo to help

build, update, maintain, and monitor our Hadoop open source systems (e.g. Hadoop

Core, Hbase, Storm, Oozie, etc.). These systems consists of tens of thousands of

computers, petabytesof data, spread across multiple datacenters.  If you are

looking to work on large scale systems and to learn what BIG Data really means

then Yahoo! is the place for you!

RESPONSIBILITIES

    * Invent better ways to manage/automate the administration of new and existing

      clusters, via scripting and tools development

    * Consider, propose, and implement new methods for system deployment,

      monitoring, management and automation

    * Collaborate with cross-functional organizations (engineering, qa, site

      operations,and security) on new products/feature design and/or diagnosis

      of problems with the production systems

    * Real-time problem diagnosis/resolution on live systems

    * Monitor cluster health and performance, use critical thinking to find areas

      for improvement

    * Coordinate efforts with your peers in Bangalore

    * Document processes, grids, systems, and their associated configurations

    * Hardware and facility capacity planning, provisioning new resources

    * Implement and adhere to security policies and processes/controls

    * Participate in a group pager rotation for emergencies

REQUIREMENTS

    * Proven experience as a Unix systems engineer.

* Skilled in monitoring systems such as Nagios, Munin, Icinga, etc.

* Experience in using one or more configuration management systems (Chef/Puppet/Quattor)

    * Network skills in DNS, network stack, and subnets.

    * Experienced operating large installations of systems.

    * Strong shell scripting skills in one or more of Perl, Python, bash etc.

    * Experience designing large deployments integrating a variety of hardware

      and software technologies

    * Demonstrated team experience managing complex production server

      environments including direct administration of Unix systems

    * Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of explaining

      simple procedures in writing or verbally

    * Experience managing Apache Open Source projects Hadoop Core, Hbase, Storm, and Oozie

PREFERRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

    * BS or MS in Computer Science (or equivalent)

    * Minimum 6 years experience as a Unix systems engineer / systems administrator with

      at least 2 years in an Internet related business

    * Experience with LDAP and Kerberos a plus

    * 2+ years experience operating large installations of systems

    * Knowledge and work experience with Java, Cluster computing platforms like Hadoop,

      Condor, Torque, Maui / Moab, Sun Grid Engine

About the Team

Yahoo is looking for engineers to join the Yahoo Hadoop team. The team has openings in Champaign IL. In this role you would be working on developing the next generation Big Data stack utilizing Hadoop for Batch, Storm for real time, and Spark for Iterative. Hadoop is the de-facto operating system for the worldwide cloud computing industry. Yahoo is the birthplace of Hadoop and has the largest Hadoop install in the world. The server count has grown from a few hundred nodes, to over 30,000 in the past few years. We have over 400,000 cores that process nearly 300PB of data spread over 25 clusters running a mix of Hadoop, Storm, and Spark.

About the Role

We are looking for experienced and motivated software engineers to help build a highly scalable and robust next generation Big Data stack to power Yahoo's data processing needs. The qualified engineer would work on one or more of the following open source projects: Hadoop Core (Common, Mapreduce, YARN, HDFS), Storm, or Spark.

If you have strong distributed systems background, love to solve complex and challenging problems, can work independently, and want to participate in some of the most exciting open source projects, we want to hear from you!. If you want to learn about Hadoop, Storm, or Spark and get a deep understanding of cloud computing, this is the job for you.

Responsibilities:

• Help Yahoo design the next generation cloud
• Understand all aspects of Yahoo's Big Data Stack (Hadoop, Storm, Spark) and learn select components in detail
• Be a leader in open source (Apache Software Foundation) projects
• Design massively distributed technology and develop leading edge cloud computing software
• Work closely with service engineering, operations, and Hadoop users to engineer cutting-edge solutions that allow Yahoo to answer today's most challenging big data questions.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• Strong in Java or C++
• Deep understanding of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Performance Optimization Techniques
• Experience with one or more of the following: Hadoop Core, Pig, Hive, Hcat, Oozie, Hbase, Spark, or Storm
• Experience with large distributed data and systems
• Knowledge of machine learning techniques
• Knowledge of database internals and query optimization

Please send resumes to resume-hadoop@yahoo-inc.com

Engineering Director at Granular 

To apply please go to the Granular online job application here.

Customer Success Manager

at Granular

Champaign, IL

To apply for this position please go to the Granular online application here.

Software Engineer

Champaign, IL

Design and build out a new generation of web and mobile agricultural management tools, develop advanced analytical tools to leverage geo-spatial and other data from a wide variety of sources, and create great user interfaces for customer-driven data analysis and visualization.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Work closely with other developers, product management and data scientists to design and develop high performance, scalable web and mobile applications for analysis and visualization of data as well as large scale crop planning and management
• Develop tools to support internal data analysis and R&D

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• No farming/ agriculture knowledge required! 
• 3+ years of experience developing high performance, user-friendly web applications in a fast-paced, small team environment
• Significant experience with a mainstream technology.  We use the technologies listed below, but they are not a requirement.
• Excellent code quality and attention to detail. Must be passionate about avoiding technical debt
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Driven and strong sense for high quality user experience a plus
• Background in analysis and visualization of geo-spatial data a plus
• Mobile development experience is beneficial
• Passion to do something new and different with your hard-earned software development skills

TECHNOLOGIES USED

 Python, Ubuntu, PostgreSQL, AngularJS, CSS3, HTML5, AJAX, Django, Pyramid

To apply please go to the Granular online job application here

Senior Front End Software Engineer

Champaign, IL

Design and build out our web and mobile UI, creating great user interfaces for customer-driven data analysis and visualization.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Become an expert with our front-end development stack, including AngularJS.
• Own the implementation of many user facing features.  We have many functional areas to build out would like our developers to become the topical experts and fully own those areas.
• Work directly with the design team to create a compelling user experience that is easy to use and fast to implement.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• No farming/ agriculture experience required! 
• 5+ years of experience developing user-friendly web UIs in a fast-paced, small team environment
• Significant experience with a mainstream technology.  We use the technologies listed below, but they are not a requirement.
• Excellent code quality and attention to detail. Must be passionate about avoiding technical debt.
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Mobile development experience is beneficial
• Passion to do something new and different with your hard-earned software development skills

TECHNOLOGIES USED

AngularJS, CSS3, HTML5, AJAX, Pyramid, PostgreSQL

To apply please go to the Granular online job application here

Front End Software Engineer

Champaign, IL

Design and build out our web and mobile UI, creating great user interfaces for customer-driven data analysis and visualization.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Become an expert with our front-end development stack, including AngularJS
• Own the implementation of many user facing features.  We have many functional areas to build out would like our developers to become the topical experts and fully own those areas.
• Work directly with the design team to create a compelling user experience that is easy to use, and fast to implement.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 3+ years of experience developing user-friendly web UIs in a fast-paced, small team environment
• Significant experience with a mainstream technology.  We use the technologies listed below, but they are not a requirement.
• Excellent code quality and attention to detail. Must be passionate about avoiding technical debt.
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Mobile development experience is beneficial
• Passion to do something new and different with your hard-earned software development skills

Technologies Used

AngularJS, CSS3, HTML5, AJAX, Pyramid, PostgreSQL

To apply please go to the Granular online job application here

Starfire Industries LLC

Full-Time Software & Embedded Control System Engineer Position

Starfire Industries LLC is a leading manufacturer of the IMPULSE^TM pulsed power modules for thin-film deposition systems and nGen^TM compact particle accelerators for neutron generation.  We are looking for an experienced engineer with a background in microcontrollers and software programming for desktop and embedded control systems to join our team.

Starfire has a fast-paced, small-company atmosphere with an opportunity to work with an incredible team, contribute to multiple products in development/production and make an impact.  We are located in Champaign, IL on the Research Park at the University of Illinois.  We offer a flexible work environment with competitive salary and bonus.

• Job description
• Work on desktop and embedded control systems for Starfire’s industry leading neutron generators, plasma sources, and power supplies
• Assist engineering teams on communications, protocols and external controls
• Develop Windows desktop applications to be delivered to our customers
• Develop applications to support other business areas
• Required
• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related fields or A.A.S. in Electronics or Electronics Control Systems (or similar)
• Minimum of 6+ years’ post-college work experience
• Experience in:
• C# / .NET
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2013+
• Development of Windows desktop applications
• WPF or Windows Forms
• and/or Experience in:
• Embedded programming, programming of microcontrollers
• Control systems
• Communications protocols such as I²C, SPI, CAN, RS-232, RS-485, Modbus, EtherCAT, etc.
• Desired
• Experience in:
• .NET Micro Framework
• C / C++
• Version control systems (Git, Mercurial, Subversion, CVS, etc.)
• Data acquisition, processing, and display
• UI design
• Installation frameworks such as Windows Installer (MSI), InstallShield
• VBA / Microsoft Office macros
• MSDOS or BASH scripting
• Circuit modeling, design, layout, and testing
• IT skills including administration of Windows Server, Active Directory environments, Cisco routers, and general troubleshooting
• Nuclear Engineering, plasmas, or power supplies
• Comfortable in a laboratory environment

Applicants must be eligible to obtain security clearance (requires U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status).   To apply visit starfireindustries.com/careers or email your resume to hr@starfireindustries.com.

Product Development Engineer / Lean Manufacturing

Starfire Industries LLC is a leading manufacturer of the IMPULSE^TM pulsed power modules for thin-film deposition systems and nGen^TM compact particle accelerators for neutron generation. We seek an experienced electrical or mechanical engineer with a passion for developing new product systems. Emphasis on lean manufacturing with a commitment to quality is desired to transition to full-scale manufacturing.

Starfire has a fast-paced, small-company atmosphere with an opportunity to work with an incredible team, contribute to multiple products in development/production and make an impact. We are located in Champaign, IL on the Research Park at the University of Illinois--and are expanding engineering and production space in 2016. We currently have 20 employees.

• Job description
• Ability to take ownership on key engineering development tasks for new product development, e.g. electrical or mechanical design
• Assist engineering teams on customer requirements, design specifications, issue tracking, testing and validation, manufacturing flow and setup, quality control and reliability with QMS/ISO9001 documentation
• Perform project management, coordination with outside consultants and development partners
• Interface with testing laboratories, compliance and auditors for CE Mark/SEMI
• Work on amazing products with disruptive or enabling capability
• Required
• B.S. in Engineering or related fields, M.S. preferred
• Minimum of 6+ years’ post-college work experience
• Experience in:
• Mechanical, electrical or system design/product development
• Project tracking and/or resource management
• Comfortable in both R&D prototyping environment and production facility
• Excellent communications skills
• Desired
• Experience in:
• Lean manufacturing or “lean-thinking”
• Materials requirements planning (MRP)
• Comfortable with ISO9001 quality management system
• Nuclear Engineering, plasmas, or power supplies

Applicants must be eligible to obtain security clearance (requires U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status).  To apply visit starfireindustries.com/careers or email your resume to hr@starfireindustries.com.