PetrosA
Senior Member
- Location
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
One of the things I do for fun is beta/field test equipment for Agilent's handheld division. If you're not familiar with Agilent, they are the test equipment division of Hewlett-Packard which spun off from the parent company a few years back and they make everything from sub-$100 DMMs to handheld and bench oscilloscopes, RF testing equipment and hugely expensive medical equipment. Their handheld division is based in Malaysia and they have in-house design and production - IOW, they don't sub the manufacturing out to others. They are the same kind of players as Fluke, Hioki or Gossen-Metrawatt in that sense. The handheld division is relatively new and is in the process of becoming it's own entity this year under a new name, Keysight.
Anyway, they take their jobs and their products seriously. I was first approached by them a few years ago to give feedback on the design of their new line of clamp meters (at that time...) which led to field testing of their U1177A Bluetooth system and it's been amazingly fun. I know that there are a number of people in addition to myself who do field testing, but the people in charge want even more feedback which is why I'm posting this here.
To be perfectly clear, this isn't a paid gig (although they may let you keep what you test), you have to want to do this kind of thing. If you DO enjoy using your test equipment to troubleshoot and do your daily work and you don't mind writing up relatively simple reports and talking with an organizer from time to time, you might really enjoy it. I really enjoy the challenge and they value the feedback.
If you think you might be interested, PM me so I can get some basic contact info to forward to them.
Thanks!
P.S. Here are some links to give you an idea of what they do, as well as what uses the feedback we give is put to:
http://www.home.agilent.com/en/pc-2106357/handheld-oscilloscopes-analyzers-meters?&cc=US&lc=eng
http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5991-2084EN.pdf
Anyway, they take their jobs and their products seriously. I was first approached by them a few years ago to give feedback on the design of their new line of clamp meters (at that time...) which led to field testing of their U1177A Bluetooth system and it's been amazingly fun. I know that there are a number of people in addition to myself who do field testing, but the people in charge want even more feedback which is why I'm posting this here.
To be perfectly clear, this isn't a paid gig (although they may let you keep what you test), you have to want to do this kind of thing. If you DO enjoy using your test equipment to troubleshoot and do your daily work and you don't mind writing up relatively simple reports and talking with an organizer from time to time, you might really enjoy it. I really enjoy the challenge and they value the feedback.
If you think you might be interested, PM me so I can get some basic contact info to forward to them.
Thanks!
P.S. Here are some links to give you an idea of what they do, as well as what uses the feedback we give is put to:
http://www.home.agilent.com/en/pc-2106357/handheld-oscilloscopes-analyzers-meters?&cc=US&lc=eng
http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5991-2084EN.pdf