The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to what you put on paper. Tap on words or drawings in your notes, and the smartpen replays recorded audio from the time you were writing. Transfer notes to your PC to backup, replay, and share them online.

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Livescribe – Exciting Ground Breaking Technology!

Livescribe will fundamentally change the way people capture, use and share information with pen and paper, making the possibilities of pen and paper endless. With Livescribe, people will no longer have to settle – they can have the best of both the paper and digital worlds. The company is designing innovative solutions that enhance personal productivity, learning, communication & creative expression. Livescribe is the forerunner in this new era of mobile computing.

Livescribe is funded by VantagePoint Venture Partners and has an executive management team with deep experience from successful technology companies such as LeapFrog, Palm, Apple and IBM. Livescribe incorporated in January 2007 and was founded by Jim Marggraff, the inventor of paper-based computing including the LeapPad & FLY Pentop.

Livescribe offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including the following:

Kaiser Medical HSA
Anthem Blue Cross Lumenos Medical HSA
MetLife – Dental
Metlife – AD&D/Life/Short term-Long Term Disability
Vision Service Plan
Metlife Employee Assistance Plan
John Hancock 401k

Current positions available:

Senior Software Product Manager
Senior Product Manager, Developer Tools
Senior Java Software Engineer
Mac Desktop Software Engineer
PC Desktop Software Engineer
Senior Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer
Embedded Systems Engineer
Senior Electrical Engineer
Senior Systems Administrator
Development Tools Software Lead Engineer/Manager
Web Application Engineer
Senior Web Application Engineer
Senior Web Software QA Engineer
Customer Service Advocate
Human Resources Manager
Lab Administrator / Master Technician
Mac Program Manager
Senior Mac SQA Engineer

Please email all inquiries to jobs@livescribe.com and include the job title in the subject line. Please attach your resume in either word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

Senior Software Product Manager

We are seeking a candidate to fill our newly created position of Software Product Manager for Mac Software. The successful candidate for this position will define and manage our new desktop software efforts from a business and marketing perspective and will help build a new software product from the ground up.

Responsibilities:

Play a lead role and in defining and delivering our newest desktop software product.
Work closely with the Software Engineering and UI Design teams to assure the final product includes the necessary functionality, fit and finish to satisfy our customer base.
Create actionable requirement documents and specifications and drive them to fruition.
Be at times both inward focused while working with teams within Livescribe to design, develop and deliver the final product, and outward focused to evangelize and demonstrate the product in the marketplace.
Take responsibility for feature and functionality versus time to market.
Lead a cross-functional team and “own the business” of this software product.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in high-tech product management, including taking products from concept to market.
5+ years of Mac software experience a requirement, preferably delivering a variety of software solutions to the Mac community
A working understanding of Mac OS X a requirement.
CS/BS/BA or similar technical degree required, MBA degree a plus.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Start-up experience a plus.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a logical thought process, be a quick learner and have a good sense of humor.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Senior Product Manager, Developer Tools

We are seeking a candidate to fill our newly created position of Product Manager for Developer Tools. The successful candidate for this position will define and manage our developer tools efforts from a business and marketing perspective, while working closely with our Developer Relations Group in order to assure the delivered product satisfies the needs of developers for the Pulse smartpen platform.

Responsibilities:

Play a lead role and in defining and delivering developer tools for the Pulse smartpen.
Work closely with the Developer Relations team and our developer base, to determine the appropriate functionality necessary to create applications and solutions for the new Pulse smartpen platform.
Create actionable requirements documents and specifications and drive them to fruition.
Be at times both inward focused while working with teams within Livescribe to design, develop and deliver the final product, and outward focused to evangelize and demonstrate our tools and communicate our programs to the marketplace.
Lead a cross-functional team and “own the business” of developer tools.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in high-tech product management, including taking products from concept to market.
CS/BS/BA or similar technical degree required, MBA degree a plus.
Good written and verbal communication skills required.
Start-up experience a plus.
Software development background a plus.
A working understanding of Java and the Java Platform a plus.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a logical thought process, be a quick learner and have a good sense of humor.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Senior Java Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Play a lead role and in defining and implementing the Java Platform on the “Pulse” smartpen.
Work closely with our applications team to drive and expand the platform applications as needed to assist in the rapid application development.
Build applications using the Java Platform.
Work closely with QA to develop testing plans for the API features.

Qualifications:

7+ years of experience with Java and C.
Bachelors Degree in CS, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Experience with J2ME is highly desirable.
Excellent OO development skills.
Demonstrated ownership and leadership for projects and assignments.
Demonstrated passion for creating an outstanding user experience.
Demonstrated experience working in a collaborative environment.
Experience with component-oriented iterative development practices.
Experience demonstrating best practices with attention to detail.
Ability to work on your own, with a history of good technical choices and decision making.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Mac Desktop Software Engineer

We are looking for senior software engineers that have a passion for creating a great user experience. As a member of the desktop software engineering team, your creativity, technical expertise, great sense of design, and excellent communication skills will be key factors in enabling you to successfully create our state of the art rich desktop applications.

Responsibilities:

Prototype, design, develop, test, and deliver components of our desktop applications.
Contribute to the architecture and design of our desktop applications.
Work closely with the SDK/Tools and Web Services teams to integrate their components and services.
Work closely with QA to ensure effective development of acceptance criteria and functional tests.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated ownership and leadership for projects and assignments; ability to work independently and in a team environment with a history of good technical choices and decision making.
Familiarity with modern agile development methodologies and test-driven, component-oriented iterative development practices.
Expertise in developing consumer-based applications and services that were successfully delivered to a wide audience.
Excellent OO development skills, as demonstrated by the release of consumer oriented applications and services.
Strong OO design and programming with Objective C (Cocoa) and the XCode development IDE.
Proven expertise developing Mac applications.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.

Nice to have, but not required:

Experience with UML and Design Patterns.
Strong experience with cross platform development.
Wrapping C-Level libraries into Objective-C.
Experience developing web-enabled desktop applications.
Subversion experience.
Working knowledge of PDF.
Quicktime, Animation and Leopard Experience.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

PC Desktop Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Prototype, design, develop, test, and deliver components of our desktop applications.
Contribute to the architecture and design of our desktop applications.
Work closely with the SDK/Tools and Web Services teams to integrate their components and services.
Work closely with QA to ensure effective development of acceptance criteria and functional tests.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated ownership and leadership for projects and assignments.
Demonstrated expertise in developing consumer-based applications and services that were successfully delivered to a wide audience.
Experience delivering consumer application in a Windows environment.
Familiarity with modern agile development methodologies and test-driven, component-orinted iterative development practices.
Excellent OO development skills, as demonstrated by the release of consumer oriented applications and services.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.
Strong OO design and programming skills.
Experience with UML and Design Patterns.
Expertise with Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET (2.0), C#, .NET Framework, XML.

Nice to have, but not required:

Understanding of text-to-speech, handwriting recognition or Anoto forms.
Experience developing web-enabled desktop applications.
P/Invoke, C library integration.
Custom Control development.
Krypton toolkit.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Senior Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer

We are seeking a "hands on" Senior Hardware Quality and Reliability Engineer who is a high energy, quality minded individual who has been involved in multiple product development and launch cycles and exudes enthusiasm for product quality bordering on evangelism!

The Senior Hardware Quality and Reliability Engineer's primary responsibility is to identify the current status of the project and to develop the tests necessary to identify potential issues. The engineer will work with engineering to reduce or resolve these potential failures through the implementation of testing protocols. In addition, the ideal candidate will develop and implement long term company wide policies and procedures, and recruit and secure resources and staff to ensure the design and release of high quality, high reliability products to the marketplace.

This candidate will be responsible for testing and qualifying engineering designs at various points along the product development path, reliability and long term testing of final product as well as directing and managing contractors that provide consulting servicing, facilities for testing and burn-in, including environmental and agency testing.

Responsibilities:

Provide early involvement support during product definition and engineering development to ensure designed in quality and reliability.
Manage all agencies testing to FCC Standards, EMI/EMC, UL, CE, and ASTM.
Collaborate with software QA to establish governing product standards.
Define HW QA Reliability test which will be supplemental to DVT and should be effective for exposure of the HW design and Reliability issues.
Report bugs to developers and maintains documentation of test results; ensure closure; analyze test results and provide reports.
Provide review of all test data and establish release criteria for all products entering manufacturing.
Ensure the various developmental and final versions of hardware meet the product PRD and Functional Specs before releasing to prototype and or manufacturing and passes all reliability and quality tests.
Develop, write and implement HW QA test plan.
Develop and execute HW Quality and Reliability test plan with prototype, pilot and release boards and associative products.
Develop theoretical (using Bellcore) and experimental MBTF analysis and tests of individual components, PCBAs and product assemblies and identify product weaknesses and long term reliability issues.
Develop reliability testing policies, procedures and protocols to ensure quality product releases and low/no product related quality returns.
Support engineering with design review leveraging the best and brightest SMEs and suppliers.
Plan and implement testing strategies and procedures.
Work with project and program manager and developers to review the DVT test plan and test results.
Participate in release planning.
Develop, maintain, and upgrade test plans.
Manage third party contractors implementing test and burn-in procedures.
Analyze product deficiencies and test results.
Ensure customers' needs are being met per functional specifications.
Utilize defect tracking software to report and record status of testing.
Review business requirements and functional specification documents.
Develop standards and procedures by determining minimum requirements for production release, establishing escalation guidelines, communicating processes to development team.
Assist in testing releases by planning test cycles, tracking test results and informing development of any issues. Accurately document defects, validate fixes, and update defects.
Provide management with test case coverage and defect metrics to substantiate release recommendations.
Work with other members of the team to improve our processes, tools, methods, effectiveness and efficiency.

Minimum Requirements

10+ years of previous experience as a QA/Reliability Engineer working with development teams in a hardware testing environment
Working knowledge of FCC Standards, EMI/EMC, as well as UL, CE, MIL STd's and ASTM standards
Experience with multiple product development lifecycles
Experience in creating formal test plans and documenting test results
Experience with cable stress testing and failure and analysis
Strong working knowledge and understanding of QA process and methodology
Experience with complete project life cycle of analysis, design, implementation, testing and regression testing
Proficiency in Windows and Linux environments
Experience with setup and configuration of hardware and troubleshooting
Ability to handle multiple priorities, in a fast paced environment while working as part of a team and to apply creative solutions to complex problems.
Must have strong interpersonal skills, be able to work both independently and as part of a team and thrive on technical challenges
Expertise in analytical and troubleshooting skills, as well as excellent written, documentation and verbal communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering; related engineering field or equivalent experience

Nice to have, but not required:

Familiarity with manufacturing processes including injection molding, metal forming and pcb construction
Experience with handheld communication devices and wireless technologies
Familiarity with software QA

This is a 4 month temporary position with a possibility of turning into a permanent position.

Embedded Systems Engineer

If you have a desire to transform the mobile computing industry, we may have an opportunity for you. We are looking for embedded system engineers that have a passion for smart consumer devices.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and implement embedded subsystems to be deployed in a low-power mobile computing environment including hand writing recognition, audio, networking, communications and file systems.
Overall responsibility for the Livescribe pen's digital media framework
Qualify and integrate 3rd party runtime components

Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in EE, CS, or related technical fields, or equivalent work experience.
5+ years experience developing device software for handheld mobile devices.
Demonstrated success with shipped, commercial product
In-depth knowledge of C and Java language programming and the Java VM
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent teamwork and willingness to mentor others as the company grows
Experience with J2ME and implementing JNI/KNI layers

Nice to have, but not required:

Knowledge of Audio CODECs and low power audio ICs
Experience with CLDC HI and JSR-135
Experience in the scons build system

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Senior Electrical Engineer

If you have a desire to transform the mobile computing industry, we may have an opportunity for you. We are looking for a senior Electrical Engineer that has a passion for building cool consumer products.

Responsibilities:

Architect and design the next generation of Smartpens selecting cost-effective components in a constrained form factor.
Work with external CAD layout resources to develop high-volume manufacturable designs.
Assemble and debug prototypes, managing external vendors as required.
Work with product test and certification groups to ensure the highest quality.
Support manufacturing to bring existing and future designs to high volume production.
Create laboratory experiments to study new components as required.

Qualifications:

BA/BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
8+ years of experience in electronic design and fine-pitch PCB development.
Experience with embedded digital, audio, and wireless designs in low-powered space-constrained products.
Some firmware experience – able to get a design working reliably from the ground up.
Great organizational and computer skills, including schematic capture.
Disciplined at product verification and design-for-test techniques
Good interpersonal skills to work with engineers locally, overseas, and at vendors, and personal initiative to solve problems.

Nice to have, but not required:

Power supply, charger, and related analog design experience
Fundamentals of programming (C or Basic)
Familiar with advanced packaging and manufacturing techniques
Knowledge of battery properties and chemistries.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Senior Systems Administrator

Livescribe is looking for an experienced Senior Unix Systems Administrator that is seeking a challenging, fast paced environment in an early stage, revenue generating, cutting edge technology company! In this key role, the Sr. System Administrator will help guide and support the company’s rapidly growing online community by implementing and supporting world class infrastructure.

In this position, you will be responsible for all levels of support, which includes troubleshooting uncommon issues, installing, configuring and maintaining all systems related to our service. In addition, you will perform capacity planning, upgrades for Mac OS X Server and installing, configuring and maintaining all application systems related to the service.

You will also be responsible for taking the lead role in investigating appropriate technologies to support our growth as well as architecting new solutions to improve on line reliability and performance. The majority of our current systems are OS X Xserve servers and the applications running on those servers are a mix of standard software packages as well as internally developed applications.

Responsibilities:

Administer and maintain all applications systems related to Livescribe online services.
Support medium to large scale web application deployment and maintenance and ensure network security issues.
Provide second-tier on call support for production services.
Identify, troubleshoot and resolve production issues quickly and effectively under pressure.
Develop tools and scripts to facilitate improvement and support ongoing maintenance.
Identify, define and write clear and concise technical documentation related to systems and applications.
Install and setup systems as required to support growth.
Work well in a team environment and be able to work with and provide feedback of technical information to developers to identify and resolve issues.
Provide recommendations for scalability and performance improvement.
Work independently on new projects, completing them on time.
Service monitoring and capacity planning
Writing the company tools as needed (e.g. task automation, data migration, custom monitoring)
24 x 7 on call status to handle internal support issues
Stay up to date on current directions of relevant technologies.
Support medium to large scale web application deployment and maintenance and ensure network security issues

Qualifications:

Technical BS/MS degree
5+ years in UNIX system administration in a large scale production environment (at least 50+ servers)
Managed at least one direct report
Successfully managed outside contractors/consultants
Is a hands on contributor with a “get it done” attitude
Strong background in OSX/BSD, Solaris and networking
Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written.
Experience with load balancing - (DNS, Citrix Netscalers, Foundry ServerIrons, etc)
Experience with NetApp, EMC, SANs, NAS, or other storage systems XServe-RAID/Fiber Channel
UNIX shell scripting, python/perl experience required
Command line administration
Experience setting up and using Nagios or BigBrother, Cacti, Cricket or other RRD-based reporting tool
Strong experience writing, documenting and maintaining custom scripts
Strong understanding of networking: HTTP, HTTPS, OSI layer and higher.
Familiarity with LDAP in general

Nice to have, but not required:

Familiarity and usage of the following tools: Apache, postfix, ssh, Perl, tcpdump, WebObjects and Java
Asterisk PBX Telephony solution experience
PC/Desktop support a plus

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Development Tools Software Lead Engineer/Manager

We are looking for a Tools Developer Software Lead Engineer who can successfully drive the design and implementation of development tools for our platform. Enabling application development by 3rd party developers and by our user community is a critical component of our business model; consequently, our work will play a pivotal role in the success of the company. Your creativity, technical expertise, and excellent communication skills will be key factors in enabling you to be successful in developing extensible java base integrated development environments.

Responsibilities:

Help define our overall tools strategy.
Play a lead role in defining and implementing our Java development tools
Play a lead role in defining and implementing our Rapid Application Development tools.
Work closely with our application development group and runtime services engineers to ensure that the development tools meet the needs of the applications and leverage the capabilities of the platform.
Work closely with SQA to ensure the development of effective test plans and test cases.

Qualifications:

Seven or more years of experience with cross platform JAVA with C++ preferred.
BA/BS or higher in Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Excellent engineering design skills
Proven commercial software development experience.
Cross-platform development experience.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice to have, but not required:

Experience developing application frameworks
Experience developing Eclipse plug-ins
Experience with different graphic file formats and multiple audio formats
2D drawing experience

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Web Application Engineer

We are looking for a talented Web Application Engineer who demonstrates their strong knowledge in the Web technologies with proficiencies in Java development, OO methodologies, and Apple WebObjects or similar web application server technology.

As a member of the web engineering team your creativity, technical expertise, and excellent communication skills will be key factors in enabling you to successfully learn and create our state of the art web applications and services.

Responsibilities:

Develop, test, and deliver components for the Web infrastructure and services.
Develop code based on functional specification and technical design while adhering to development techniques and standards.
Conceive and document technical design for software in development while adhering to architectural standards
Develop designs that take into consideration impacts on other aspects of the software and appropriately leverage existing code.
Work cross-functionally with SQA, Hardware, and Manufacturing Teams to deliver a best of breed mobile device.
Facilitate design walkthroughs with IT and business staff to validate solutions against business requirements.
Analyze and resolve production problems; assess alternatives as appropriate and implement long-term solutions.
Collaborate with Customer Support and QA team to troubleshoot customer issues.

Qualifications:

Two or more years of experience with Software Engineering.
BA/BS or higher in Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Experience with a successful release of at least one major web application/web service in a large scale environment, development or similar engineering environment.
Working with QA, design unit acceptance and functional tests on assigned components and services.
Expert problem solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience working in a dynamic, small start-up environment.
Technical Skills: Python, Java, JSP, XML

Nice to have, but not required:

Experience with Mac OS X : XCode, AppKit, QuickTime and CoreImage
Experience with Apple WebObjects

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Senior Web Application Engineer

At LiveScribe, Inc we are developing the next generation of digital pen technology. We are looking for a talented senior web application engineer who can demonstrate their expertise in the Web technologies with proficiencies in Java development, OO methodologies, Apple WebObjects or similar web application server technology.

As a member of the web engineering team your creativity, technical expertise, great sense of design, and excellent communication skills will be key factors in enabling you to successfully create our state of the art rich web applications and services.

Responsibilities:

Prototype, design, develop, test, and deliver components for the Web infrastructure and services.
Write software code based on functional specification and technical design while adhering to development techniques and standards.
Conceive and document technical design for software in development while adhering to architectural standards.
Develop designs that take into consideration the impact on other aspects of the software and appropriately leverage existing code
Work closely with the SDK/Tools and Desktop client teams to integrate with their components and services.
Facilitate design walkthroughs with IT and business staff to validate solutions against business requirements.
Independently analyze and resolve large, complex, high impact production problems, assessing alternatives as appropriate and implementing long-term solutions.
Provide direction and mentorship to other engineers on the team.
Leverage technology advances through tactical and strategic technology solutions, reference architectures, frameworks, and components

Qualifications:

Seven or more years of experience with Software Engineering or related field.
BA/BS or higher in Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Experience with a successful release of at least one major web application/web service in a large scale environment, development or similar engineering environment.
Expertise with a variety of Web development tools and languages, such as: Java, WebObjects, JSP, XML, Unix Shell Script, Python
Expert problem solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience working in a dynamic, small start-up environment.

Nice to have, but not required:

Experience with Mac OS X: XCode, AppKit, QuickTime and/or CoreImage

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Senior Web Software QA Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Web Software QA Engineer who is as passionate as we are about creating our revolutionary pen. This is an ideal position for someone who thrives in collaborative start-up environment, adapts quickly and has a passion for meeting technical challenges under aggressive deadlines.

Responsibilities:

Testing of web services and web applications.
Working closely with engineering and product marketing teams to review and understand functional requirements. Participate in software requirements and implementation design reviews.
Develop test plans and specify test cases to be implemented.
Recommend appropriate QA tools for developing, running tests, and analyzing results.
Develop and maintain test plan and test case framework and templates.
Execute manual and automated tests and report and analyze results.
Assess and report severity and priority of problems found during validation cycles, by considering all angles of the problem space: customer perception, functionality, usability, performance, etc.
Ability to guide, mentor and transfer expertise to junior team members. We strive for growth!

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in Web QA and Automation in complex Windows desktop applications and Web Application Deployments (UI, community and store).
Must have a solid understanding of modern software validation techniques and best practices with a focus on automation.
Must have excellent analytical, debugging, and problem solving skills.
Ability to design test strategies, extend infrastructure to support testing needs, and perform entire end-to-end system tests.
Full software development lifecycle (SDLC) QA experience and understanding of the bug lifecycle.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to interact creatively and achieve results in a dynamic small company environment.
Experience using one or more of the following tools: Quick Test Pro, Test Complete or equivalent tools
Technical Skills:

HTML, SQL, CSS, Apache, Soap, XML RPC, AJAX
Experience with automation script programming as well as familiarity with at least one major programming/scripting language other than JavaScript (e.g., C/C++/C#/Java, Perl, Python).
Test Case Management software
SVN or other equivalent version control software.

Nice to have, but not required:

Load testing experience a plus.
Internationalization experience a plus.
Experience with WebObjects.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Customer Service Advocate

We are seeking an outgoing individual, with team oriented spirit to join our Customer Support staff. Do you read, write and speak Mandarin?

Responsibilities:

Logging support cases in our CRM system
Populating our knowledgebase with identified issues and communicating to the customer via email, chat, forum, and telephone
Collaborate with other employees by providing important customer feedback, process-improvement suggestions, new troubleshooting tips and other actions in improving our product and team.
Resolving issues reported by users, providing customer service, working with engineers to resolve and identify issues, data entry, and answering phones

Qualifications:

Excellent organizational, customer service and teamwork skills.
Technical support experience 1-2 years
Ability to identify and troubleshoot computer issues
Outstanding verbal and written communications skills
Pleasant personality and friendly phone voice
Solid understanding and usage of:

Microsoft office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
Operating Systems (PC and Mac)

A positive, constructive attitude in the workplace. This includes presenting challenges in a positive light, offering constructive approaches to overcoming difficulties, and treating all individuals with respect.
Availability to work on weekends

Major plus:

Bilingual in writing and speaking both English and Mandarin

Join us on the ground floor as we experience rapid growth. Interact with every department in our company. Please check out our company and product at www.livescribe.com before applying for this position. If this is the position for you please submit your resume and cover letter addressing the questions below this posting:

Briefly explain why you’re a match for our company
What you think of the product we are providing
What qualifications you possess that would apply to this opening
The hours and days you are available to work (must be able to work weekends)
Your desired salary

Human Resources Manager

Reporting to Chief Financial Officer, the Manager of Human Resources will serve as the senior HR expert, a generalist to the executive staff, and the primary employee relations interface for the entire company.

Responsibilities:

Directing the planning, development, implementation, and administration of Livescribe's compensation and benefits, performance measurement, recruitment, training and development, and employee relations programs
Managing relationships with external regulatory agencies when necessary to ensure compliance with regulations and all reporting requirements
Maximizing employee quality, development, business impact, and long-term potential
Administration and further development of the company's internal employment policies and practices, including those that are required by state and federal regulatory agencies
Focusing on employee morale, trends, and problems as they arise

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree, ideally in human resource management or a related field.
Significant experience as a human resources generalist and manager
Demonstrated leadership in progressive, team-oriented companies
Experience in all H.R. functions (directly or as a main contributor) including staffing, compensation, benefits, training, people development, performance measurement and management, organization design and succession planning, and government regulations
Excellent listener and communicator in both small and large groups

Nice to have, but not required:

MBA degree

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Lab Administrator / Master Technician

We are looking for a Senior Technician that has excellent fine-pitch assembly skills, problem solving and organization skills, and has a passion for building exciting products. As a member of the hardware engineering team your technical expertise, ability to debug, and excellent communication skills will be key factors in enabling you to successfully create the future generations of smartpens.

Responsibilities:

Prototype, rework and debug new Smartpen designs.
Manage laboratory operations and equipment.
Participate in product tests and certifications
Create records to track problems and engineering designs.
Build and maintain test tools to ensure product quality.
Initiate and follow up on activities with local vendors

Qualifications:

Two or more years of experience in assembly or rework of fine pitch printed circuit boards.
Fluent in reading schematics and debugging printed circuit boards.
Good organizational skills for design documentation and problem tracking.
Working knowledge of common laboratory practices (calibration, maintenance, components stock)
Good interpersonal skills to work with engineers locally, overseas, and at vendors.
Personal initiative to solve problems.

Nice to have, but not required:

Experience with RF design techniques
Excellent phone skills for technical support for customers and clients
Experience with firmware upgrades in consumer products
Working knowledge of schematic entry and layout tools especially PADS
Fundamentals of programming (Basic or C)

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Mac Program Manager

We are looking for a Mac Program Manager who will be responsible for Program Management activities to deliver the Livescribe Mac 1.0 Desktop solution, with the potential for managing other programs on an as-needed basis.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for leading global, cross functional team to deliver the Livescribe Mac Desktop 1.0 product.
Key areas of responsibility include: overall management of product development process, project schedule, dependencies, risk assessment & contingency planning, project communications through all levels of the organization.
Candidate should also have the ability to simultaneously manage other small programs or effectively handle interrupt-driven work on an as-needed basis.

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree in general technical field and 5-7 years related experience, or equivalent combination of training and experience, or Masters Degree
Successful track record in delivering complex software and/or platform products to marketing using industry best practices & methodologies. Experience in delivering consumer products is desirable.
Deep knowledge in waterfall, agile & extreme programming methodologies
Experience in MS Project or equivalent project management & capacity planning tools
Excellent matrix leadership skills to provide focused, results-driven outcomes
Excellent organization skills and project tracking abilities
Ability to build strong, effective working relationships and handle multiple assignments with effective resolution of conflicting priorities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have, but not required:

SQA background or knowledge a plus
Experience managing global teams highly desired

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Senior Mac SQA Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Mac SQA Engineer who has a passion for technology and enjoys partnering with developers to resolve issues and create solutions. The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure the quality of the Engineering releases as designed in the Specifications and Requirements by the Product Marketing team, test planning and execution, and to help define, implement and refine best practices for software testing on the Mac platform.

Responsibilities:

Testing of our Smartpen and Mac desktop application.
Work closely with engineering and product marketing teams on reviewing and understanding functional requirements.
Participate in software requirements and implementation design reviews.
Develop test plans and write test cases to be implemented. Recommend appropriate SQA tools for developing, running tests, and analyzing results. Develop and maintain test plan and test case framework and templates.
Execute manual and automated tests, report and analyze results. Assess and report severity and priority of problems found during validation cycles, by considering all angles of the problem space including customer perception, functionality, usability, performance, etc.
Coordinate and Lead an offshore/offsite test team.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 7 years of experience testing complex Mac & Windows desktop software applications and/or consumer electronics devices. Demonstrated increase in responsibilities over time.
Strong knowledge and application of SQA processes and testing methodologies is essential.
Full software development lifecycle (SDLC) SQA experience and understanding of the bug lifecycle.
Minimum 4+ years testing web & client based software applications.
Minimum 3+ years experience in back-end white box testing (command line, flat files, loading/verification, reports)
Minimum 2+ years of hands-on designing and developing automation tests and execution utilizing Test Complete, Mercury WinRunner/QTP, Load Runner, or equivalent.
Minimum 2+ years of programming/scripting experience required. Obj-C, Java, Perl, C# is a strong plus.
Working knowledge of relational databases SQL, MSSQL and MySQL
Ability to multi-task in a fast paced, dynamic small start-up environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills as exemplified by clear issue explanations, documentation and effective cross-functional team communications.

Nice to have, but not required:

Administration of defect & test case management systems is a plus.
Experience in leading an off-site test team

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.