Freelance Technical Trainer – Altium (now Part of Renesas Electronics)

⚡️ Why Altium?

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

• Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space

• More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium

• We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry

About the role:

The Certified Trainer – Content Developer is a member of the Altium Training group responsible for the delivery of industry leading instruction on Altium’s products. The training is aimed at enabling customers to fully utilize our product features and capabilities with best practices. Customer training is integral to the success and long-term growth of Altium through engaging technical training using various media formats.

We are looking for an individual with a passion for delivering technical training as well as reviewing and verifying training content. Must be able to train customers with a high level of professionalism while demonstrating tool proficiency.

Exclusivity:

This is an exclusive arrangement with Altium. This role is a freelance, self-employed position, where you will work as an independent contractor. You will not be an employee of Altium or Renesas. We welcome ex-employees and retirees who have experience with Altium products and are passionate about training and content development to apply for this role.

Please note that an External Certified Trainer may not use the provided Altium Training Content, course outlines, or other Altium intellectual property to deliver training through their own business or independent practice. However, trainers may provide Altium software instruction using their own proprietary training materials and methodologies.

Deliverables:

Customer training with a high level of professionalism using Altium Training Content.

• Courses to be delivered by you will include:

• Altium Designer Instructor Led – Essentials

• Altium Designer Instructor Led – Advanced

• Altium Designer Instructor Led – Fundamentals Schematic

• Altium Designer Instructor Led – Fundamentals PCB

• Altium Designer Instructor Led – Harness Design

• [New ILT Trainings as and when available]

• Training content development for the Altium Designer and Altium products.

Course structure:

• Essentials ILT is 3 days at 8 hours per day

• Advanced ILT is 3 days at 8 hours per day

• Fundamentals Schematic 2 days at 8 hours per day

• Fundamentals PCB 2 days at 8 hours per day

• Harness Design ILT – 1 day at 8 hours

• There will be a total of 12-15 students per class

• Courses are delivered online as well as onsite at customer locations.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Instruct Altium Customers using Altium Training Content.

• Provide Online and Onsite Customer Training.

• Maintain knowledge of all Training Content provided to Altium Customers.

• Collaborate with other Trainers and colleagues.

• Must always represent Altium in a professional manner.

Experience includes but not limited to:

• Required: Fluency in Spoken and Written English.

• Required: 2+ years of Experience with Altium products.

• Required: 2+ years of System / Board design experience using Altium Designer.

• Required: Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills (Oration and Technical Writing) in English

• Required: Fluent in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Required: Must be able to effectively communicate the status of each project/tasks as needed on-time.

• Required: Be driven, self-managed, organized, and motivated.

• Preferred: 1+ years previous experience as a Technical Trainer, both Face to Face and live web-based Training.

Working conditions – Remote working, occasional visits to regional offices. This job will require delivering online training through our chosen training platform, as well as on occasion some travel for onsite customer training.

🏢 Our hybrid schedule

Our global hybrid model allows employees to work remotely two days per week. Our designated In-Office Days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This is when we come together in-person as a team to collaborate, learn from one another, and accelerate innovation. Some exceptions apply.

🌍 Also, we would like you to know

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

💡 Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE

✈️ Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits

👏 Are you already an Altium employee? Please apply directly through our internal Greenhouse job board. If you have questions, please contact HR.