[Infowarrior] - EFF Seeks Staff Technologist

[Richard Forno]

EFF Seeks Staff Technologist

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an Internet civil liberties
nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, is seeking a fulltime Staff
Technologist to work in our Mission District office.

EFF works in that difficult space where law and technology collide. Unlike
other nonprofit lawfirms, EFF is known for our technical expertise. Along
with our webmaster and sysadmin, EFF's tech staff includes a couple of
technologists who translate technical issues to two major audiences: 1) EFF
attorneys, who need to understand the specifics of how technology works in
order to do their legal work and 2) the general public, which looks to EFF
to explain what's really going on in non-technical jargon.

The staff technologist job includes being part of litigation teams, writing
white papers, attending technical meetings, public speaking, preparing
evidence or declarations to be presented to courts, and working with the
rest of EFF's staff. Technical expertise is absolutely required, as is great
writing skill and a healthy respect for deadlines. As part of the tech team,
the staff technologist will sometimes be asked to pitch in and assist with
whatever tech issue happens to be causing a problem at the moment. A
willingness to be a team player is a must. The job requires some travel.

Requirements:

    * Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science or a
related technical field (mathematics, physics, etc.), or equivalent
experience;
    * Strong writing and public speaking skills. Must have technical writing
sample(s) illustrating the explanation of a technical topic to an
intelligent lay audience;
    * Detailed knowledge of and experience using and programming for at
least one computer operating system;
    * Detailed knowledge of and experience using at least one (preferably
low-level) programming language, such as C;
    * Knowledge of or willingness to learn about information security topics
such as cryptography and digital rights management (DRM); and
    * Familiarity with Internet architecture and network protocols.

In addition, the ideal candidate will have:

    * Experience with radio frequency technologies and communications;
    * Detailed knowledge of the Microsoft Windows platform (development,
    * debugging, reverse engineering, etc.);
    * Hardware engineering experience;
    * System administration or system programming experience; and/or
    * Experience presenting at technical conferences.

To apply, send a cover letter and your resume to stafftech at eff.org. Please
send these materials in a non-proprietary format. No phone calls please!
Principals only.