Barbara Van Kirk, founder and President of IQ Inc. in Murrysville, has been awarded the distinction of 2011 Woman-Owned Business of the Year by the Western Pennsylvania Small Business Network.

 

The award recognizes exceptional leadership, talent and dedication in small business organizations in the Western Pennsylvania region.

 

Founded in 1994, IQ provides professional consulting and software development services to companies with engineering needs, and assists professionals in securing their ideal jobs. IQ specializes in providing Software Engineering expertise at the project level and in consulting service agreements.

 

Barbara attributes her success to the dedication and integrity of her consultants and staff in successful relationship-building and understanding clients’ needs for technical solutions and problem-solving capabilities. Her business model allows the flexibility for IQ consultants to develop their career path and seek new challenges, while continuing to provide clients with the expertise they have come to expect.

 

She will be recognized at the 35^th Annual Small Business Awards Luncheon and Tradeshow at Station Square on Friday, May 27^th.

 

The Western PA Small Business Network is a consortium of area business, academic & community centers with a focus on growing smaller businesses to strengthen our regional economy.

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April 11, 2011 – The Pittsburgh region is now recognized as a top destination for global business investment. According to fDi, “Foreign Direct Investment” magazine, Pittsburgh ranked first overall in the large cities category among the fDi2011/2012 Americas Cities of the Future. Pittsburgh also was recognized as third for foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy in that category, and 10th for both economic potential and human resources. fDi Intelligence selected its 2011/2012 Americas Cities of the Future through a market research process that’s similar to the one used by site selection consultants to identify locations for business investment. “Data and numbers are important. But what’s equally important and unique is Pittsburgh’s spirit of collaboration. It’s how we do business, and it makes the difference,” said Dewitt Peart, president of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance.

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Responsibilities:
•           Work on development of Linux drivers
•           Configuration of Linux operating system
•           Design and implementation of DSP softwareÂ
Requirements:
•           BS or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Electrical Engineering (minimum 3.0 GPA required)
•           3-10 years Software Engineering using C/C++ in a Linux environment
•           Experience with real time operating systems
•           Experience with Device Driver
•           Experience with Linux operating systems and experience with programming Texas Instruments DSP applications a plus.

Please forward your resume along with salary expectations to resume@iq-inc.com and note job # 2010-0134

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 Responsibilities:

•           Responsible for conceptual design and documentation of real time embedded system software. 

•           Responsible for coding and maintenance of embedded software.

•           Provide project leadership to both Technical and Non-Technical team members. 

•           Track development project status and meet schedule requirements. 

•           Look for ways to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of the organization’s systems, processes and tools.

•           Balance science and business issues.

        

Requirements:

•           BS Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.  MS engineering/science preferred.

•           5-10 years applicable experience.

•           Experience with embedded software development and in-depth understanding of low level interfacing, system testing and debugging. 

•           Proficient in C/C++, and Assembly languages.

•           Proficient in developing Windows applications software preferred. 

•           Strong working knowledge of structured design, embedded real-time systems and hardware/software interfacing. 

•           Excellent oral and written communication skills.

•           Demonstrated project leadership experience.

•           Able to formulate creative solutions to difficult problems.

•           Work individually and/or with a team of skilled Software Engineers using an agile development process. Able to thrive in a fast paced, team oriented, new product development environment.  Ability to concurrently handle multiple tasks.

 

Please forward your resume to Resume@IQ-Inc.com and include reference #2010-0167

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Responsibilities

•           Verify that application changes are functioning correctly before installation to production. 

           

Requirements

•           Must be skilled in all phases of software development methodology including requirements documentation, participation in required reviews, functional and non functional testing.

•           Bachelor’s degree

•           Minimum 3 years experience

•           Significant and practical experience testing web applications in all phases

•           Experience designing and running unit, system, performance, integration and acceptance tests

•           Experience using the following toolsets within a corporate environment:

o          HP LoadRunner

o          HP Quality Center

o          Quick Test Pro

•           Experience in automating test scripts using Quick Test Pro and integration with Quality Center

•           Excellent communication and coordination ability

•           Ability to solicit cooperation from developers and encourage their acceptance of a Quality process

•           Ability to ensure maintenance of a consistent Quality software product in production

 

Pluses

•           Java/Oracle development experience

•           Familiar with Clearcase/Clearquest and HP ServiceCenter software

Please forward your resume to Resume@IQ-Inc.com and include reference #2010-0160
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Responsibilities

•           Investigate application issues, determine technical solutions, and make enhancements to existing applications.

•           Troubleshoot, debug and solve technology integration and performance problems.

 

Requirements

•           Bachelor’s degree

•           Minimum 6 years overall technology related IT experience        

•           Experience in JAVA-J2EE technologies as well as Microsoft Web Technologies.

•           Able to communicate with customers to work on functional and technical requirements.

•           Application development experience in a) Manufacturing functional domain, b) Application Integration, c) Web and Application Security, d) Performance, e) Quality, f) and Operational aspects

•           Collaborate with architects to ensure products and components work together, meet defined standards, and meet objectives and performance goals as defined in the requirements.

•           Knowledge of Microsoft Web Technologies (ASP, ASP.NET, C#) and JAVA- J2EE (to be able to maintain existing applications); additional related skills:  JSP, JSF, Spring, Hibernate, Servlets, JDBC, JMS, JAXB, JDOM, AJAX, XML and Web Services technology.

•           Proficient in the use of software development tools techniques in software projects

Please forward your resume to Resume@IQ-Inc.com and include reference #2010-0162
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 Responsibilities

•       Provide systems administration support for RedHat based environments.  Design, support and troubleshoot RedHat cluster technologies.

•       Define and follow standards and best practices for server and operating system builds.

•       Work in a matrix support environment to provide 24X7 production support for RedHat Linux server environments.

•       Work with project teams to define and build server environments based on customer requirements.

•       Develop and write server and operating system design documents.

•       Develop new processes and technologies to automate operating system installations and builds (custom scripts, RedHat kickstarts).

•       Must be able to pack, unpack and assemble server components, run fiber and copper under floor cables, swap hardware components on malfunctioning servers.

•       Configure and install Dell blade servers, HP servers, iLO, DRAC.

•       Research, test and implement new hardware and software technologies.

 

Requirements

•       5+ years providing support for mission critical RedHat Linux environments.

•       Experience administering RedHat Enterprise 3.X, 4.X, 5.X servers running in a 24X7 environment.

•       In depth knowledge of TCP/IP and UDP protocols and LAN/WAN networking.

•       Experience with PXE, nfs, nis, shell scripting, proactive monitoring, patch management and end user support.

•       Experience with volume management using LVM utilizing both local and SAN/NAS disk storage.

•       Performance tuning and capacity planning.

•       Experience supporting corporate network based services such as DNS, NIS, NFS, SSH, autofs.

•       Experience supporting Oracle 10G and 11G database environments including RAC, ASM, OCFS, raw devices, network bonding, private interconnects.

•       Strong shell scripting skill in bash and ksh and PERL.

•       Strong oral and written communications skills. Must be able to write root cause analysis reports, project plans and architecture and design documents.

•       RHCE or equivalent experience.

•       Solid understanding of SANs, fiber switches and fabric, RAID and server backup/recovery processes and technology.

•       Experience designing, building and supporting application development environments.

Please forward your resume to Resume@IQ-Inc.com and include reference #2010-0150

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Requirements:

5 to 10 years of relevant experience in FPGA design development and verification, preferably in a safety critical environment.

• The candidate should have experience in hardware description language (VHDL or Verilog, VHDL preferred), use of schematic entry tools.
• Knowledge of hardware design using Altera and Xilinx environments for soft-core FPGA-based processors and FPGA design tools.
• Mixed signal circuit design preferred. Working knowledge of C++ and embedded microprocessors desired but not required.
• Strong Problem solving and debug skills a must, familiar with using LabVIEW for integration testing and verification.
• Strong Documentation writing and review skills necessary.
• Bachelor degree in a technical field required
• Local candidates preferred, unable to sponsor or transfer Visa’s.

 Please forward your resume to Resume@IQ-Inc.com and include reference #2010-0148

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US Citizenship required

Responsibilities:
• Software developer on a team of software, electrical and mechanical engineers developing robotic systems.
• Support a common robotic platform architecture that is used on unmanned ground vehicles.Â
• Perform subsystem definition, preliminary and detailed design, design implementation, subsystem and system integration, and testing for a subsystem.
• Participate in software requirements reviews, preliminary and critical design reviews, integration readiness reviews, and software acceptance reviews.
• Research problems discovered by quality assurance or product support and develop solutions to the problem.

Requirements:
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent plus 3 years experience
• Experience developing C++ applications in a Linux environment
• Strong software development skills
• Experience in real-time, robotics, instrumentation, data collection and analysis
• Experience in developing sensor models, sensor simulation, and /or integration with a simulation environment
• Experience designing, developing, and testing software interfaces to various sensors (IMU, LADAR, RADAR, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Pluses:
• M.S. in Robotics, Computer Science or equivalent plus 4 years experience
• Experience developing software algorithms for hardware systems
• Knowledge of UML, OOA/OOD
• Experience using software development tools such as configuration control, bug tracking, code reviews, unit testing, process automation
• Experience in software development for military applications
• Experience with JAUS / AS-4 versions 3.2, 3.3 and / or 4.0
SLAM – Simultaneous Localization and Mapping a plus!

Contract to hire opportunity.  Located in Pittsburgh, PA.

To apply for this position please email your resume to Resume@IQ-Inc.com or visit the Job Openings section of our website

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Responsibilities:
• Oversight and coordination of integration technical processes applied to a program/project.  Includes:
o Integration System Engineering Process, including integration strategy and planning
o Development of project – level Configuration Management Plan
o Configuration Management
o Requirements Management
o Integration Test Strategy and Testing Process
o System Design process,
o Verification and Validation process
o Human Factors Engineering process
o Licensing support
• Training and communications for application ISEP and integration processes/plans to the project.
• Collecting process related metrics and reviewing/communicating them to the ISEL and project management.

Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Configuration Management experience.
• Ability to work with all levels of internal and external staff.
• Excellent communication and people skills.

Contract to hire opportunity.  Located in Pittsburgh/Cranberry, PA.

To apply for this position please email your resume to Resume@IQ-Inc.com or visit the Job Openings section of our website