Showing posts with label engineer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label engineer. Show all posts

Monday, January 5, 2015

Transition to Biomedical Engineering Role

Q: I am eager to enter a new field, specifically biomedical engineering. I have an undergraduate degree in a related field (biology). However, my biology degree is not a perfect match for a biomedical engineering job. Do I have to return to school and earn a second undergraduate degree? This seems like a huge investment when I have some transferable work experience.
A: Congratulations! Your targeted field of biomedical engineering is a growth field and will likely offer tremendous career opportunities. I don't think you need to return to college and earn a second bachelor's degree. Instead, I would recommend that you consider exploring a certificate in biomedical engineering. After a quick search online, I found two Massachusetts colleges who offer certificate programs in biomedical engineering. The first college is University of Massachusetts Lowell. It seems that this program is primarily online. The other program I found is offered by Tufts University. Students at Tufts can receive credit for the certificate coursework if they are interested in pursuing a graduate degree at Tufts. Both are reputable colleges with strong biomedical engineering programs.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the job outlook for biomedical engineers is quite strong. Biomedical engineers often work in hospitals, research facilities or manufacturers of specific medical devices or healthcare instruments. The BLS reports the median pay for these roles is around $86,000 per year (2012 data).

One other resource to explore is the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). Visit www.bmes.org for more information. This site is a wealth of information and offers a job posting section as well.

Your degree in biology will be a solid foundation for your career in biomedical engineering. Good luck on your journey!

Pattie Hunt Sinacole is a human resources expert and works for First Beacon Group in Hopkinton, an HR consulting firm. She contributes weekly to Boston.com Jobs and the Boston Sunday Globe Money & Careers section.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Job Doc chat with Pattie Hunt Sinacole @ Boston.com 09-08-14

This week Pattie answered questions about changing careers, the engineering field, resume building, resume writing, volunteering, career advancement, interviewing, high demand careers and healthcare jobs. Read the transcript at http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2014/09/monday_noon_job_doc_chat_with.html.

Pattie Hunt Sinacole is a human resources expert and works for First Beacon Group in Hopkinton, an HR consulting firm. She contributes weekly to Boston.com Jobs and the Boston Sunday Globe Money & Careers section.


Saturday, February 25, 2012

Tech/Pre-Sales Engineer

The Company (www.seewhy.com)

SeeWhy was established in 2003 and has headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and Windsor, London. SeeWhy delivers a breakthrough in website conversion technology by providing marketers with the real-time, automated website analytics and re-marketing tools necessary to immediately reach out to website visitors at the moment that they abandon their online purchase or form. SeeWhy’s Conversion Manager provides one of the highest and most easily attainable ROI's of any online marketing initiative, generating 10 times the revenue of traditional email marketing campaigns.

The company’s target markets are online marketers and ecommerce executives in ecommerce and online businesses.

Due to continued success and growth, SeeWhy is hiring an engineer to contribute to business growth in the USA and also penetration of the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market place.


The Role
This role will be the primary technical resource in the US to own SeeWhy’s customer implementations. This role has three primary areas of responsibility, as outlined below:

1. technical expertise – must be able to tag customer websites, check and trace data, configure service and troubleshoot for each customer, provide guidance on campaign best practices, configure customer’s email system and assist with monitoring and administration of SeeWhy architecture
2. customer relations skills – ability to translate technical requirements and specifications to non-technical audience, develop rapport with customer, be responsive, communicative and helpful with customer issues or concerns
3. project management skills – ability to adhere to deadlines and time-sensitive targets, must be able to think sequentially and logically and be able to “own” and solve hurdles with customer implementations

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
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• Four-year college degree in computer science or related field

• Three–five years of related experience; technical knowledge of the leading e-mail service providers and e-commerce platforms is key, preferably in the B2B space

• Knowledge and experience of SaaS implementations

• Working knowledge of HTML, Javascript, SQL (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server) and Linux/Unix

• Must be able to communicate well (both verbally and in writing) with customers

• Must be able to work effectively in deadline-driven, results-oriented role

• Expertise and experience with configuring email interfaces including follow-up troubleshooting and testing

• Must be able to understand dashboard metrics, including abandonment rates, number of recoveries, value of recoveries

• Communicate best practices with respect to email campaigns, including design and content

• Able to multi-task and to handle multiple priorities, across different time zones and locations is essential (without dropping the ball, while maintaining a sense of humor!)

• Enthusiastic and adaptable approach to work – some flexibility will be required due to international time-zones, must be able to work independently

• Additional responsibilities as needed


If interested, please contact (email preferred):

Patricia Hunt Sinacole
First Beacon Group LLC
psinacole@firstbeacongroup.com
www.firstbeacongroup.com

(508) 435-9889
(508) 435-9779 (fax)
(508) 380-0830 (cell)

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Job Doc - October 24, 2010

Read Pattie's response to an engineer with resume challenges!