Attention Jobseekers: Resume Tips

I'm currently wading through about a hundred resumes as we search for new robotics engineers.  I did want to put a few tips to those of you job hunting on making it easier for hiring managers to find you:

1) Do not send in a resume with the filename "resume.doc" or "resume.pdf"  It will go into a pile of other resumes on my laptop in a folder and I'm as likely to delete it as to take the time rename the file with your name on it.  Call the file "lastname-firstname-resume.doc".  Then I can find you again if you make it to the second cut.

2) I like a list of engineering skills somewhere near the top - if you know PID controllers, microprocessors, I2C, SPI, video sensors, 3D sensors, etc. put that where I can see it - its the first thing I look for.

3) Personally I don't look much at education but I do like to know about relevant classes - if you have microcontroller architecture, control theory, linear algebra, robotics of any kind, or engineering classes like systems engineering, UML/SysML, etc.  that is more useful.   

Robotics as a profession requires a lot of different skills - the lines between mechanics, electrics, software, hardware, sensors and control are all pretty fuzzy. We also need people who can design, know systems engineering practices, can read an electrical diagram or schematic, spec out a gearbox, design a servo motor, processes data from a 3D sensor or lidar, and work in a hard real time or soft real time environment. And write documentation. 

Hope this helps - best  of luck. 

Francis Govers