Interested candidates, please email us a resume and cover letter highlighting your skills to info@loadstarsensors.com.  No phone calls please!

Location: Fremont, CA
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Entry to Mid-Level
Industry: Sensors / Electronics / Manufacturing

We’re looking for a hands-on Calibration Technician who loves working with tools, solving problems, and getting things done right. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our sensors are accurate, reliable, and ready to go. If you’re good with your hands, sharp with numbers, and comfortable around computers and electronics, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Calibrate Sensors
Use precision tools and custom software to ensure sensors meet performance specs.
Troubleshoot & Debug
Identify and resolve issues in sensor systems, cables, or hardware. This may include checking signal outputs, testing connections, and soldering components.
Perform Basic Calculations
Convert units, calculate tolerances, and spot measurement errors to maintain high accuracy standards.
Operate Software & Maintain Records
Use PC-based tools to log data, print calibration certificates, manage files, and communicate via email.
Use Test Equipment
Confidently operate multimeters to measure current, voltage, and resistance, and interpret the results to validate performance.
Soldering Repairs
Perform clean, reliable soldering to fix or build sensor connections when needed.

Required Skills

• Familiarity with sensors and how they work (force, weight, pressure, etc.)
• Proficient with multimeters and basic electrical diagnostics
• Comfortable with basic math and unit conversions
• Solid computer skills: Google Sheets, email, printing, basic software troubleshooting
• Capable of soldering wires and components cleanly and effectively

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

• Experience with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or similar platforms
• Exposure to 3D printing or basic CAD design
• Familiarity with small-scale prototyping or DIY electronics

Who You Are

• A problem-solver who’s persistent and resourceful
• Detail-oriented with a high standard for accuracy
• Comfortable learning new tools and techniques
• Hands-on, reliable, and not afraid to get into the nitty-gritty

How to Apply

Ready to join a small, dynamic team where your technical skills make a real impact? Apply now and help us keep our sensors sharp.

Email your resume to info@loadstarsensors.com

Looking for someone who can help current team members with operations tasks. 

Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Pick up and move or place items or packages up to 50 lbs
• Pick and Kit parts to complete orders based on products ordered
• Calibrate sensors 
• Generate and Apply labels to products
• Perform quality checks and QA/QC tasks 
• Pack orders with sufficient packing to avoid damage during shipping
• Generate shipping labels and documents to domestic and overseas customers using UPS, FedEx, USPS etc
• Send out emails about shipment status to customers after shipment
• Organize parts inventory and periodically assess low inventory that needs to be ordered, get quotes, and generate POs based on approved quotes

Candidates can initially start with as low as 2 hours a day, five days a week, mid afternoon and go up to 20 hours a week. 

Looking for electronics or mechanical engineers (about to graduate or with one or two years experience) to join our small but exciting startup and help with all aspects of the business including:

• Pre-Sales Application Engineering
• Post-Sales Customer Support
• Marketing & Business Development

Primary Desired Skills:

• Micro-controller Development Skills (Arduino, Microchip & TI MSP430 a big plus)
• Embedded Systems development (PCB layout skills e.g. Eagle a big plus)
• Firmware development with C/C++
• VisualStudio//Python/Javascript/Java/CSS/HTML
• LabVIEW/Matlab
• SolidWorks

Bonus Skills:

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator 

Huge ground floor opportunity for energetic, open-minded, versatile and flexible candidates. Want team players with all round skills who can participate, contribute and help us grow the business exponentially. Interns as well as entry-level full time jobs available.

Looking for someone who can help current team members with sales and marketing tasks. 

• Handle incoming customer inquiries via phone, email, social networks 
• Send out Estimates
• Follow up on estimates
• Receive and enter orders
• Create kits for processing orders
• Send out payment instructions 
• Receive payments 
• Help pack and ship orders
• Follow up with tracking numbers
• Update and maintain customer records in Zoho CRM
• Create and share weekly, monthly, quarterly sales data with management 
• Identify sources for new leads and generate leads for new customers
• Assist with representing company at Trade Shows

Ideal candidate will be literate and skilled at:

• Excel
• PowerPoint 
• Zoho CRM (will train)
• SEO (can learn)
• Some HTML/CSS/Javascript familiarity