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Curt Huot from Digi-Key will be conducting on campus interviews on Thursday, November 19 at UMD Career Services. Information about Digi-Key is below. For complete job descriptions please go to your GoldPASS account. If you are interested and meet the qualifications, sign-up for an interview. Digi-Key, located in Thief River Falls, MN, is one of the fastest growing electronic component distributors in the United States. Digi-Key has had an annual sales growth rate of over 20% per year since 1982 and almost $1 billion in sales projected for 2009. The company employs 2000 people and in the past year the company received over 4 million phone calls, served 330,000 customers worldwide and processed over 2 million orders. Digi-Key’s main business applications are custom developed and maintained by Digi-Key’s Information Technology department. The software is interactive on-line and supports order entry and fulfillment, customer history, accounts receivable, inventory control and other management and accounting activities. E-commerce is also an exciting area of development at Digi-Key. In the electronics distribution industry, Digi-Key’s website (www.digikey.com) has consistently been rated #1 for ease of navigation, organization of site, access speed and product search engine for the past fourteen years in a row by electronic engineers. Executive management at Digi-Key is keenly aware of the importance and advantages technology provides the company and fully supports continued enhancement and expansion of our computer systems and the people that support them. The IT department currently includes 35 software engineers, 18 operations personnel, 10 business analysts and 12 QA/Testing specialists. The IT department is also responsible for the software/hardware development, installation, and maintenance of over 2000 PC systems. With Digi-Key’s competitive salary, great benefits package and superior working environment, the software engineering positions offer real advantages to someone with strong technical abilities and a desire to live in a smaller community. |