Cirque Corporation
Aaron Smith has extensive work experience in various roles within the quality and operations field. Aaron is currently serving as the Director of Quality and Operations at Cirque Corporation since May 2022. Prior to this, they founded their own company called Aaron Smith Technical Services in 2015, where they served as the President. In this role, they provided laboratory services and consulting work related to quality, engineering, and manufacturing. Before that, they held the position of Chief Technology Officer and Senior Engineering Fellow at Spectra Symbol from July 2015 to May 2022. Lastly, they worked at Fairchild Semiconductor for over a decade, starting as a Defect Management Engineer in May 2000 and progressing to roles such as Failure Analysis Laboratory Manager and Site Quality Manager.
Aaron Smith completed their education in a chronological order. From 1994 to 2000, they attended the University of Utah and obtained a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. Following that, from 2001 to 2006, they pursued their Master's degree in Electrical Engineering at Walden University. Lastly, they attended Brigham Young University from 2008 to 2010, where they earned an MBA. No specific field of study was provided for their MBA degree.
Cirque Corporation
What is more intuitive than the human touch? That’s what inspired Cirque’s founder almost 30 years ago to provide a better interface solution using capacitive touch technology. At the time trackballs and joysticks for laptops were ok, but using your own fingers to perform simple or complex navigation task was even cooler. So Cirque invented the GlidePoint® Trackpad that has now proven to be a very reliable and versatile user interface for decades. Cirque continues to push the innovation envelope today by providing customers with both custom and standardized solutions for notebook touchpads, VR gaming accessories, secure point of sales touch screens, and proximity sensing capabilities. In 2003, Cirque became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (6770:JP). In addition to our own products, Cirque functions as an ALPS R&D center for capacitive sensing. Working together with ALPS Electric allows us to refining existing products and introduce Cirque’s capacitive touch technology into countless new applications that improves both the form and function of human interface platforms. Cirque is currently hiring for multiple positions so check out our cirque.com/careers page and apply. We offer competitive benefits as well that elevate our employees lives. Here are just a few: Medical, Dental, and Vision - Cirque pays 100% of the premiums for you and a minimum of 85% for your spouse/domestic partner and children. Health Savings Account (HSA) - $5k for Family and $3k for individual HSA deposited per year. Wellness Reimbursement - We give employees $750 each calendar year to go towards wellness activities like, biking, skiing as well as gym memberships. It’s cirques way of promoting healthy life activities. Generous 401k match that is 100% vested on day 1. Recharge with 120 hrs PTO for your first and second year, 160 hrs of PTO after 2 years, and unlimited PTO after 5 years of service.