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ESP32 programmer summer job Enviro365 (Aberystwyth)

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I have been contacted by Tony Powell (tony@enviro365.org) regarding their need for someone to do some Summer work on an IoT project. The have set an initial deadline for expressions of interest March 14th. They are based on the Aber Innovation Campus.

As discussed we are looking to undertake the following and have the need for a programmer to progress the sensors as follows :

Project Profile. (Aqua Eye)

An esp32 based microprocessor that communicates over LoRaWAN.
The Microprocessor has a range of sensors below feeding information through a dac converter.
The output is then forwarded via WAN to a front end web page where the data can be read

Our requirements

Looking for someone with experience of LoRaWAN and C++ that can take our outputs which we currently have running from the processor displayed on screen via Ardunio IDE and programme the device to output via lowran to the web as a readable format.

The sensor types and manufacture name are identified below

DF Robot – Analogue to Dissolved Oxygen (DO)Sensor
DF Robot – Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Sensor
Optical Turbidity Sensor
PH Sensor
Phosphate Sensor
Nitrate sensor

What we have achieved to date

Providing a coms route from an esp32 outputting through SMS on alarm conditions. But for this project we would like to use a base station and LoRaWAN to reduce the costs of sim cards as part of the system.

Future Scope

To date we are finding it very difficult to get someone with experience and therefore are looking for a long term commitment once we have the initial program sorted to help develop the range of sensors as we expand.

Tony

Keysight Technologies IY Opportunities

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Keysight are recruiting IY students again this year after 2 a two year pause due to the pandemic. We have has students at Keysught in the past and indeed the last one is now a permanent graduate employee. The role that is relevant to us is:

https://www.gradcracker.com/hub/376/keysight-technologies/work-placement-internship/43557/r-and-d-internship-protocol-conformance-test-systems

They are looking for 2(i) or 1st calibre students – the roles are demanding and require a good deal of self reliance and initiative.

My contact is
david.watson@keysight.com and I am sure he will he will be happy to answer any questions about the role. David said it is probably best if you apply through Gradcracker “Apply” links although he will accept CV’s directly. I am happy to put you in contact with the Aber CS grad (2018 IY student) who now works there if you email me (nns) .

Collins Aerospace – Software Engineering

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I have just met with Collins and as always they have fantastic opportunities and an extremely valuable package(below). Collins have taken an Aber CS IY student for many years now so the chances are good they will again for 2022-23, although they do recruit from a number of universities. We have a student their this year (email nns and I’ll put you in contact). Here is the technical job spec:

Software Engineering Intern 2022

Here are the benefits that they provided me with earlier (for informal enquiries please contact Russell.Coleman@collins.com)

We offer a salary of £20,000 and the following benefits.

25 days Holiday

8 Public Holidays

Flexi-time: ability to build up to 2 days flex-days per month

The ability to select from a number of benefits some that are tax and national insurance efficient:

  • Private medical insurance
  • Dental cover
  • Pension (Defined Contribution)
  • Life assurance
  • Group income protection
  • GymFlex
  • Cycle2Work
  • Holiday Buy/Sell
  • Travel Insurance

They aim to be making decisions by Easter, and have not set a hard deadline for applications. I suggest you send CV/covering letter as soon as you can. They will be reviewing them periodically over the coming month or two and once they have a shortlist they will arrange interviews etc.

Software Engineering Intern 2022

AberForward – Software Testing Assistant – Work Experience

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The Law and Criminology Department’s project Veterans Legal Link is seeking to hire a Software Testing Assistant through the AberForward Scheme. This is an opportunity for one of your students to gain valuable work experience.

If you would be kind enough to send this out to the students in your department it would be much appreciated. I have included a description of the role below. If any of your students would like to apply for the role or have questions about the AberForward scheme they can contact Alex Baldwin [alb128] with questions or request and application form from Profiad Gwaith / Work Experience [ymlstaff@aber.ac.uk] and send the email for the attention (FOA) Gwen.

Software Testing Assistant

Your role will be to test the security and accessibility of our online portal software.

Duties will include penetration testing, QA testing, and systems administration. The role will primarily involve trying to break our system to test for security vulnerabilities and logic errors. Additional responsibilities will include testing the accessibility of the web portal.

The portal is being developed on the LAMP stack, so a strong applicant would have requisite knowledge of Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and PHP. JavaScript and HTML knowledge would also be useful for the role.

This position is avaliable to 2nd year and above Computer Science students or students who can demonstrate a strong ability for programming. Placement duration is 146 hours. A part time position would be 15 hours a week for 10 weeks. A full-time option is also avaliable. The position would be fully remote.

Summer camps in America, Canada and Europe.

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> I am just writing to you to see if you could possibly help with passing on a message to all years of your Computer Science students who will hopefully find this very interesting, and give them a much needed fun summer experience.
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> Due to the current pandemic we aren’t able to come onto campus like we have done in previous years, so this time we are working with the Careers Dept in hosting a virtual information talk next Tuesday 26th October @ 5pm on working at children’s summer camps in America, Canada and Europe over the summer holidays, and would love to spread the word and invite all the students as it would be perfect summer placement/job for them, like it was for me when I was at Uni. I know students are itching to get back some form of normality in their life since the pandemic took hold, especially over the summer (which they most likely missed out on this past couple of summers), so doing something fun, exciting and rewarding like this could be the perfect opportunity.
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> Working at a Summer camp in America, Canada or Europe is the perfect opportunity for the students to make the most of their summer, working in a different country/culture doing what they love for 9 weeks followed by up to 30 days traveling afterwards – the ideal job and holiday rolled into one. Working with around 800 camps (made up of Traditional, Specialist, Under privilege, Special Needs, Specific requirements, Day camps and Religious camps) we look for people to work in Sports, Science, Ecology, Performing Arts, Music, Technology, Adventure … literally everything you can think of. Not only will they have fun and meet people from around the world, but it will also enhance their studies, learning development and confidence, whilst at the same time increasing their cultural awareness and employability/life skills.
> With this in mind, would there be any possibility in passing this information on to your students, as we would love to invite any that are interested? The information talk starts at 5pm and will be hosted via Teams. Students just need to click on the following link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmI5YmMxY2UtYjU3NS00Y2QxLWFlNGQtN2IxN2Q0MWM5YWI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22d47b090e-3f5a-4ca0-84d0-9f89d269f175%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a1df00a8-83f0-48e4-8f8d-fdad7faefc9b%22%7d and will last for about 45 mins. I understand some people may have lectures etc, so I would love them to have my contact details if interested so they don’t miss out and then I can pass on the relevant information.
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> If this isn’t something you are able to do, or you feel I would be best speaking to someone else, please let me know and I will contact them. I really appreciate you taking the time to read this and if you are able to do anything to assist. I have attached a word document to send out to your students if you are able to, plus an image we have been using to advertise the talk for social media if you have that available (please note, you will need to add the Teams link and login details separately with the image).
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> Anything you can do would be amazing, but completely understand if you can’t or don’t have the time. If you have any questions, or I can provide any further information please just ask?
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> Kind regards
> Dunc
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>
> Duncan Jane (Mr)
> UK Director
> Duncanj@ccusa.co.uk
> www.ccusa.co.uk

IY opportunity (Technical Support Engineer) at Hive Communications (Salisbury)

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In the past, I have had three Industrial Placement students from Aberyswyth.

We are looking for more staff as we grow, and I wanted to ask if you have any excellent candidates finishing this year who live nearby to Salisbury or who would relocate here.

I am attaching the Job Specification that we have posted.  I understand that your graduates would not have the experience that we are looking for, but we are after three people so we would be able to take at least one student.

Job Specification – Technical Support Engineer June 21

see also linked in post for the job:

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/hive-communications-ltd-jobs-worldwide/?f_C=11151654&trk=top-card_top-card-primary-button-top-card-primary-cta&position=1&pageNum=0

Graduate Web Developer

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Forloopconsulting: Graduate Web Developer

Job Description:

The company consists of a small group of motivated individuals with a strong academic background in Mathematics and Computing. The role will involve working closely with one other developer in the creation of a learning management platform. You will collaborate by writing full pages and components in React for which you will write your own endpoints in Express.js using Mongoose to write your own NoSQL queries to access any required data while conforming to version control practices. This opportunity is an exciting way for a person with the right drive to kick start their career in an environment that provides good career progression and plenty of experience.

Must-haves:

• A degree closely related to Computer Science or equivalent demonstrable experience.

• Highly motivated and capable of producing clean code with limited intervention by extrapolating on objectives.

• Demonstrable coding experience and exposure to the required technologies through either personal projects or previous employment.

• A constant desire to learn new technologies and best practices.

• Outstanding work ethic

• Polite and respectful

Bonus if you have the following:

• Previous experience in developing web platforms

• Worked with Amazon S3, Wasabi, or similar data storage services

• Worked with Cloudflare or a similar CDN

• Experience with MongoDB Atlas

Benefits:

• Good career progression

• Constant learning opportunities

Contact Chris Dawkins  chris@forloopconsulting.com with CV and covering letter.

IY or graduate opportunity at the University for a software engineer

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At Veterans Legal Link we have a Software Developer post open at the moment that would fit nicely into an industrial year, should a suitable candidate exist. I understand that most students will have already found placements, but I thought it worth flagging up anyway on the off-chance. Here’s the post on E-Recruiter:

https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/software-developer-veterans-legal-link-443556.html

I’d be very grateful if you would pass it on to anyone who might be intersted (undergarduate or graduate).

Management consultancy training & internship opportunity with Basis

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Someone might be interested in this short internship during the summer.

Basis Internship Description

Basis training – an introduction to consulting & organisational change

Basis, a management consultancy with an office in Wales, is offering training in “An introduction to consulting & organisational change” over 2 x half-days on 6 and 13 May dates tbc (see attached slide); at the moment, this training is just being offered to Aberystwyth and Cardiff University students subject to application.

Basis is advertising a 1-month internship (see attached description) that will be offered to one of the Aber students or graduates attending the training. This will be paid. Further details for the vacancy have been added to ABERcareers for students to access.

https://careers.aber.ac.uk/leap/jobSearch.html?id=33255&service=Careers+Service

Graduate web developers – Gloversure Welshpool

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We are looking to take on graduates to train up here, one role to become a Magento Developer and another as a web developer building custom web portals etc.

More details can be found on the links below but either positions could be based at our Welshpool or Chester offices and flexibility for a percentage of home working after initial training. If you could forward to this years graduates that would be much appreciated.

https://gloversure.co.uk/careers/junior-web-developer

https://gloversure.co.uk/careers/junior-magento-developer