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

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.

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.)

Seattle/Kirkland--A Great Place to Live!

In 1998, Washington's economy was ranked the best in the U.S. The state also earned the top ranking for entrepreneurial growth. The study by the Corporation for Enterprise Development gave Washington straight A's in three key measurement areas: economic performance, business vitality and development capacity.

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Jobs Contact Information

Email: careers@netacquire.com
Fax: 425.952.0468, Attn: Human Resources
Postal Address: Attn: Human Resources, 12000 115th Avenue NE, Kirkland, WA 98034-6900