Department: Manufacturing
Location: Champaign, Illinois
Commitment: Full-Time

Cobalt Digital Inc. is an award-winning video conversion manufacturing company seeking a full-time electronic test technician. In this role you’ll test and process Cobalt Digital products before they are shipped to customers. This position reports to the Director of Manufacturing. Cobalt Digital offers group health insurance, a 401(k) with matching contributions, and a generous company holiday schedule.

A typical day in Cobalt’s test department will include processing untested products as they arrive from our factories. The work is in a fast paced environment and shifting priorities can be expected depending on customer, engineering, and sales requirements.

Skills you will need to be successful:

• Experience reading and interpreting test procedures, schematics and engineering drawings
• Familiarity with measurement tools such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, and test signal generator monitors and analyzers
• Have an understanding of electronic circuit theory and design
• Ability to troubleshoot printed circuit board assemblies to the component level
• Soldering skills and ability to do precision work
• Strong attention to detail
• Communicate and describe unexpected issues to supervisors and/or engineering as they arise
• Knowledge of broadcast video is highly desirable
• Have fun in a challenging and rewarding environment

The above statements are a general description of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

To apply, please submit your resume to hr@cobaltdigital.com.

Department: Engineering
Location: Champaign, Illinois
Commitment: Full-Time

Role and Responsibilities:

As principal engineer for Cobalt Digital’s leading edge hardware designs you will be in charge of the full design cycle at Cobalt. Including but not limited to project requirement documentation, schematic capture, layout, design verification and test, and manufacturing test generation. Designs will include the latest technologies available for the broadcast market using the cutting edge FPGAs, processors, IP transport network, and SDI.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelors in EE, CPE, Electronics Engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years relevant work experience in analog, digital, and mixed electronics system design
• Full lifecycle design experience of multilayer SMT printed circuit boards
• Design through test, debug, and integration
• Simulation experience (e.g. SPICE simulator)
• Schematic capture and layout design using Altium Designer
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• US Citizenship

Preferred Skills:

• Broadcast product design
• Programming/scripting experience C/C++/Python
• VHDL/Verilog
• High Speed Simulation
• SolidWorks or similar

To apply, please submit your resume to hr@cobaltdigital.com.

Department: Administration
Location: Champaign, Illinois
Commitment: Full-Time

Role and Responsibilities:

The Controller will be responsible for the accounting operations at Cobalt Digital. This could include management of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and company-wide budgeting. Financial reports will need to be generated to inform management of different areas of the business. In addition, the role will need to help implement cost controls designed to mitigate risk and enhance the efficiency of the company’s operations.

• Issue timely and complete financial statements
• Assist with development of financial reporting tools, such as inventory valuation, cogs, royalty reporting, sales commissions, project costing, etc
• Contribute to implementation of company ERP system
• Assist with development of corporate and departmental budgets
• Create data driven key performance indicators with reporting for department heads
• Process Payroll
• Process and pay corporate, sales and payroll taxes
• Work with auditors, banks or other 3rd parties to compile financial information
• Assist in administration of human resource functions such as insurance, 401(k), and time tracking
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A BA in finance, business, or related field from a four-year college is required with at least 7 years of related experience.

Preferred Skills:

• CPA, MBA, PM or other such advanced degree
• Knowledge of INVOR VISUAL or similar ERP
• Knowledge of Salesforce or similar CRM
• Knowledge of Python, or other language for basic data manipulation
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Power BI
• Experience with inventory management
• Experience in the Broadcast Engineering space

To apply, please submit your resume to hr@cobaltdigital.com.

Department: Engineering
Location: Champaign, Illinois
Commitment: Full-Time

Role and Responsibilities:

The Sales Engineer will assist the Sales Team and communicate complex technical solutions to Cobalt customers. The candidate must have extensive knowledge of the video and audio signal processing industry and the underlying technologies.

The Sales Engineer will team with the Sales Managers to help provide technical assistance to the sales process by recommending product or services based on the customer’s needs. Interaction with the engineering group will be necessary to communicate customer requirements and/or issues.

• Identify current and future sales requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual customers in collaboration with the sales team.
• Provide product technical information by answering questions and requests.
• Develop sales team and customers by providing technical material and training.
• Help with technical proposals: workflow diagrams and product recommendation.
• Prepare sales engineering reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information on sales, engineering, competitive landscape and application trends.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications.
• Contribute to sales engineering effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed, courses of action and solutions’ implementation.
• Assist main industry events such as trade shows: equipment planning, configuration, installation/pack up.
• Support customers’ equipment evaluations/demos.
• Communicate between sales/customer feedback and engineering.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

Problem Solving, Product Knowledge, Selling to Customer Needs, Presentation Skills, Technical Understanding, Verbal Communication, Requirements Analysis, Innovation, Ability to Travel, Experience in the Broadcast Industry, Organizational Skills. 4 Year degree in related technical field or advanced degree in related field. Understanding of networking, Involvement in AIMS, VSF, or SMPTE Implementation of SMPTE 2022, 2110, NMOS, or related IP systems.

To apply, please submit your resume to hr@cobaltdigital.com.

Applicant should be US citizen, with current passport, and valid driving license.