I’m a software engineer stuck in Iceland. Highly interested in getting into audio-related programming since my main hobby is music production.
Does it make sense to search or remote jobs in this field ? Not much happening here in Iceland 
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Absolutely !!!
Software Engineering is probably one of the most remote-able sort of skills, especially ?Post?-Covid.
To prove that here’s a Manufacturing Engineering position, that is remote possible, with flying in occasionally. Manufacturing Engineering seems to me one of the least likely engineering jobs to be able to do remotely.
This is at Sequential Circuits in the Bay Area, California. The manufacturing is done at and around Sequential’s home base.
Details
Manufacturing Engineer
Sequential is a premium synthesizer maker and our team members have been a leading force in the popularity of analog synthesizers for decades. Our products combine innovative electronic design, embedded software, and great feeling keyboards and controls to produce musical instruments loved by the world’s leading performers and recording artists. We design and manufacture in the San Francisco Bay Area and we are seeking a manufacturing engineer to integrate our engineering and contract manufacturing teams. You’ll help keep our products shipping in high volumes at high quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive new product introductions: Program manage release of schematics, BOMs, and documentation, oversee pilot build and design validation, and ensure a smooth transition from design to production
- Sustaining engineering: Regularly interact with our contract manufacturers to resolve production issues arising from quality, component availability, or required design changes
- Reduce risk: Identify alternatives for long-lead time or hard-to-obtain components, and make recommendations on safety stock levels
- Continuous improvement: analyze quality and cost and look for ways to improve designs. Help us find and qualify new suppliers and sub-contractors.
- Keep us clear: Ensure everyone can find and follow manufacturing documentation, that we have accurate production and prototype purchase orders in place, and maintain the smooth flow of information
- Green and clean: Ensure our products have the right design and documentation to achieve compliance and sustainability ratings which let us ship globally in a planet-friendly way
Key Skills
- At least 5 years of experience in an electronic products manufacturing environment
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering required, electronic/hardware-related engineering skills preferred
- Strong project management skills, with high attention to detail and eager follow-through
- Strong analytical skills: great at reconciling facts and quantities across multiple systems
- Ability to work well under pressure and solve problems fast
- Excellent communication, teamwork, leadership skills
- Experience with and passion for musical instrument design is a big plus
Location: San Francisco Bay Area Preferred. Remote work possible if able to travel to our HQ 8-10 times annually.
BTW: I love the way they describe this job. It just says, “We’re cool, come work for us !”
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Another dev here. Here’s a suggestion:
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- Grab yourself a copy of this:
The Audio Programming Book
- Grab yourself a copy of this:
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- Get rich writing VSTs
I’m joking of course, my personal output is currently abysmal.
Although the book is a sincere recommendation!
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A friend send this to me, I’ll share it here. Seems like a nice starter gig in a music scene.
Spezialist (m/w/d)- job post
Warwick GmbH & Co. Music Equipment KG
12207 Berlin
Damit passen Sie bestens ins Profil:
- theoretische und praktische Kenntnisse im Bereich Studio und Recording (Soft- und Hardware)
- hohes Interesse an Technik, speziell im Audio- und Studiobereich
- Erfahrung in Beratung und Verkauf wünschenswert
- gute bis sehr gute Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift
- geübter Umgang mit dem PC und natürlich das Beherrschen der üblichen Office Anwendungen
- Erfahrung mit ERP-Software (Off- und Onlinebereitstellung)
- gute Marktkenntnisse in der MI- und Audiobranche
- Kommunikationsfähigkeit im Umgang mit Usern, Händlern und unseren internationalen Herstellern
- strukturierte, gewissenhafte und selbstständige Arbeitsweise, Flexibilität sowie Teamfähigkeit
- Führerschein Klasse B und Bereitschaft zu gelegentlichen Dienstreisen
Damit können Sie rechnen:
- eigenverantwortliche Gestaltung und Betreuung des zugewiesenen Produktbereichs
- Kommunikation und Zusammenarbeit mit internationalen Herstellern und Lieferanten
- Dokumentation, Zuarbeit und Organisation detaillierter Berichte und Aufbereitung von Daten
- Betreuung von administrativen Aufgaben und Prozessen
- Contentmanagement und Webseitenpflege
- schriftliche und telefonische Kundenberatung und technischer Support im Bereich Studio und Recording
Art der Stelle: Vollzeit, Festanstellung
Gehalt: 2.000,00€ - 2.700,00€ pro Monat
Arbeitszeiten:
- Montag bis Freitag
Leistungen:
- Betriebsfeiern
- Mitarbeiter-Rabatt
- Preisnachlässe auf Produkte/Dienstleistungen des Unternehmens
Möglichkeit zu pendeln/umzuziehen:
- 12207 Berlin: bereit sein zu pendeln oder vor Antritt der Stelle einen Umzug zu planen (Wünschenswert)
Bewerbungsfrage(n):
- Ist es Ihnen möglich ein Vorstellungsgespräch per Teams-Meeting zu absolvieren?
- Wären Sie bereit am Hauptsitz des Unternehmens in 08258 Markneukirchen zu arbeiten/ hier hin umzuziehen?
Sprache:
- Englisch (Wünschenswert)
Reisebereitschaft:
- 25 % (Wünschenswert)
Homeoffice:
- Nein
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Another one! Berlin based.
Verkäufer/in (m/w/d) Tonstudiotechnik und Klangerzeuger
Digital AudionetworX
Gubener Straße 21, 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain
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Winamp is coming back … with a HR recruiting force:
A few minutes a year I regret leaving software development in my early 20’s, it just soaked me up totally and I had to break out of it for my own health.
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I stuck with software ( and hardware ) development, but spent a considerable amount of time consulting with a very good career psychologist, who helped me understand and deal with all the stresses in that career.
A good manager, and a healthy corporate culture helps a tremendous amount. I feel that i became that sort of manager.
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Fender has many job openings, mainly in the Los Angeles, CA area, but also many other places. These range from many factory positions, through to engineering and software, and various corporate support positions, and others. Some positions in the factory, include entry level, “apply in person” jobs too.
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Moog is hiring in Berlin, Neuköln.
- Sales Admin (Moog Europe GmbH)
- General Manager, Managing Director (Moog Europe GmbH)
PS: A Subharmonicon for me if you get the job 
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In time for the Superbooth crowd, that will be dropping by the Moog office in May perhaps ?
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It’s not music production, my my job at The Third Floor studios is always hiring previs/postvis artists, production help etc.
It’s a fantastic job and you can work from home.
They even run a training program and hire people who complete it well.
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Director of Marketing at Empress Effects
Are you passionate about guitars but currently pushing pencils? We are looking for a hardworking and entrepreneurial product marketing professional to take ownership and grow our brand. The successful candidate will be comfortable working closely with the Engineering and Sales teams. They will be responsible for understanding what our customers are looking for and growing our fan base around the globe.
They’re asking for five years related experience.
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Various Jobs Open at Sweetwater in the US
I got a mailer from Sweetwater, that large US music store, and they devoted two pages there recruiting. Looking on their web-site i see Sweetwater has 67 job openings. These range from Barista to VP, some technical, some musical, and all sorts of others.
List of job titles :
Product Information Specialist
Bilingual Sales Engineer
Bilingual Sales Account Coordinator
Music Education Technology Sales Engineer
Dishwasher / Kitchen Porter
SEO Specialist
Electronic Bench Repair Technician
Merchandise Demand Planner
Web Software Engineer
Web QA Engineer
Content Creator — Band & Orchestra
Software Engineering Manager
Security Analyst
Customer Service Representative
Fraud Prevention Operation Manager
Concierge
VP of Finance
Product Tester
Performance Marketing Analyst
Client System Technician
Music Store Merchandiser
Management Team Sales
Human Resources Manager
VP of Service Operations
Academy of Music and Technology Coordinator
String Repair Technician
Videographer
Product Copywriter
EZ Pay Finance Analyst
Service Repair Coordinator
Print Shop Graphics Designer
Taylor Guitar Account Manager
Marketing Specialist — Online
Director of Strategic Pricing
Creative Copywriter
Piano Instructor — Academy of Music Technology
Food Service Cook
Sales Engineer
Guitar Technician
VP of Content Marketing
Senior Web Software Engineer
Content Producer — DJ / Producer
Ernie Ball Account Manager
DevOps Engineer
Product Support Specialist
Campus Experience — Front of House
Band Instrument Repair Technician
Guitar Handler
Guitar Tech Support
Talent Acquisition Specialist ( Recruiter )
Business Intelligence Developer
Marketing Analyst
Senior Corporate Paralegal
Corporate Accountant
Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator
Merchandising — Bundle Coordinator
Barista
Accounts Payable Specialist
Production Artist ( Artwork )
Sales Account Coordinator
All these jobs have all sorts of nice employee benefits on-site, like a gym with personal trainer, a spa, a salon, a restaurant, a medical clinic, a coffee shop, a restaurant, plus a concierge to help you. Most of this stuff is available to you with no fee.
Plus, and this might be all i need, they have a discount on their gear, all the way down to wholesale price !!
Most ( not all ) of these jobs are in Fort Wayne Indiana. ( Affordable house prices. )
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I’m interested, but only if they can bump it up to a VP-level role with corresponding pay and benefits.
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Those are the dishwashing jobs.
Do they offer referral bonuses?
Sequential currently has a Tech support job open Sequential seems like it is a bit more than the standard tech support work though with beta testing and some electrical engineering and soldering skills needed. The pay for bay area isn’t exactly great though but it does have good benefits, I decided to throw my hat in the ring despite my lack of EE background 
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Last year (while living in France) I sent a prospective job application to Arturia (my specialisation is copywriting). And less than a month after I moved back to the UK, Arturia’s HR department wrote to me to suggest I apply for a new English copywriter role based in Grenoble, France. I won’t be, but I thought there might be an interested Elektronaut, so here’s the copywriter job description:
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QA Engineer role opening up at Apple in Hamburg, Germany. Maybe someone here who loves Logic and iPads is interested.
https://careers.apple.com/en-de/details/200513527/quality-assurance-engineer?team=SFTWR
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An.idea. This is only for a weekend gig sort of thing, and likely for very small money, but it could help build contacts and pad a resume in the electronic music biz.
Putting together a couple posts recently. Richard Nicol just did a video ( post ) summing up the past year for Pittsburgh Modular. Someone asked him a question about employment and he said they only have seven employees now, they just hired someone, and well … maybe some day.
I also did a thread listing all the shows in 2024 that had electronic music exhibitors.
It occurs to me that quality manufacturers like a Pittsburgh Modular, may have the budget for promotion, but just don’t have the time to do many shows, particularly medium sized shows, that are farther away.
So it seems to me a chance, if you live close to any of those shows i listed, and you are able to present yourself and have a pretty good knowledge of electronic music, you might present yourself, and maybe a friend you can work with, to some of the smaller up and coming companies, like PM, and offer to represent them ( or assist if they are already going ) at the show. You probably can’t ask for much money, besides expenses, and maybe some gear ??, but it might give you the chance to get contact with that company, and every other company you have a chance to contact at the show.
Doing a show is not easy, It can be exhausting, you have to think on your feet, and always keep your cool, and you’re expected to know a lot, and at the same time be willing to say, we’ll get back to you on this. I know other 'nauts have done this exact things for various companies as well, and i’ve seen recruitment ads for similar too.
Just a thought.
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