Creative & Technical Content Specialist

SparkFun Electronics • Niwot, CO

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This exciting position will create projects and demonstrations that showcase SparkFun products, make electronics more approachable, and inspire people to build something of their own. SparkFun has spent more than 20 years helping people explore electronics, learn new technologies, and turn ideas into reality. We make the hardware that makes those ideas possible. Now, we're looking for someone who can help us show people what's possible. We're looking for a Creative & Technical Content Specialist to join our Marketing team and become the technical engine behind the projects, demonstrations, tutorials, and creative content we share with the SparkFun community. This isn't a traditional marketing role. It's not a traditional engineering role, either. You'll sit right in the middle of technology, creativity, education, and marketing — taking interesting ideas and SparkFun products and turning them into projects that people actually want to watch, build, learn from, and share. If you love building with embedded electronics, explaining how they work, experimenting with new technology, and seeing other people get excited about what you've made, this position is for you!

Requirements

• Strong experience with coding with Arduino and MicroPython
• Strong experience with microcontrollers and development boards
• Strong experience connecting projects to IoT and other wireless technologies
• Strong experience with sensors and peripherals
• Strong experience with basic electronics and circuit design
• Strong experience reading datasheets and technical documentation
• Strong experience debugging hardware and software
• High capability and genuine passion for working with embedded electronics, troubleshooting, and completing projects independently.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ESP32
• Experience with BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRa, or other communications technologies
• Experience with robotics
• Experience with computer vision
• Experience with machine learning / edge AI
• Experience with GNSS/GPS
• Experience with Raspberry Pi
• Experience with 3D printing or fabrication
• Ability to quickly learn and build.

Responsibilities

• Build Interesting Projects: Combine multiple products into compelling, useful applications, quickly prototype ideas and iterate until they work, explore new technologies, sensors, microcontrollers, communication protocols, and development platforms, create projects that range from approachable beginner builds to more advanced technical applications, and think strategically about how SparkFun products can work together to solve problems, demonstrate interesting applications, and introduce our audience to products they may not have otherwise considered.
• Document & Share: Turn successful projects into clear, repeatable, shareable resources that others can understand, recreate, and build upon. Document hardware, components, wiring, code, and setup. Create clear build instructions and project documentation. Write approachable explanations of how a project works and why it matters. Capture photos, diagrams, screenshots, and other supporting materials. Organize project files and assets. Work with Marketing to identify opportunities to turn projects into tutorials, videos, social content, product demonstrations, and other content.
• Teach & Inspire: Create approachable technical content that shows people how things work and what they can build. Explain technical concepts in a way that makes someone think, "I could do that," while maintaining enough technical depth for experienced engineers and electronics enthusiasts.
• Collaborate & Communicate: Communicate on camera when appropriate, work closely with the Marketing team, engineers, and other teams throughout SparkFun. Explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Communicate project ideas and requirements with the Marketing and creative teams. Work comfortably alongside video, photography, design, and product marketing. Be comfortable appearing in content when it makes sense. Take feedback and adapt projects or explanations to better serve the audience.

Benefits

• Access to entire catalog of electronics, tools, development boards, sensors, and technologies
• Own workstation in the office
• Opportunity to work closely with engineers
• Freedom to experiment, build fun things, fail, try again, and turn successful experiments into content
• Part of a tight-knit, fast-paced Marketing team
• Competitive salary (starts at $70,000 per year)
• Medical/dental/vision plan
• Matching 401(k)
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• Casual dress code
• Dogs allowed at work
• Full gym with climbing wall or monthly gym stipend
• Employee discount
• Opportunities to create and share content with the SparkFun community
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid time to volunteer
• EcoPass (public transportation pass)
• Summer BBQs, work parties, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed