From memory, this position has come up time and time again over many
years. I don't know if it has ever been filled.
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Subject:Web Accessibility Engineer position open at W3C/WAI
Resent-Date:Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:52:57 +
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Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:41:13 -0400
From: Judy Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: WAI Interest Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear WAI Interest Group Participants:
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) is currently seeking a Web Accessibility Engineer. Please feel free
to circulate this notice, avoiding cross-postings where possible.
The job description is listed below, and is also available on the MIT/CSAIL
Web site along with instructions on how to apply. Please note that any
correspondence related to the position should be sent via the contacts on
the MIT/CSAIL site, not in reply to this email.
Regards,
- Judy
Job description and application instructions:
http://www.csail.mit.edu/contact/jobs/2002.html
Job Description:
Title: Web Accessibility Engineer
Req Number: mit-2002
WEB ACCESSIBILITY ENGINEER, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory, to
ensure that core web technologies support accessibility for people with
disabilities as part of the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web
Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Will assist in developing guidelines,
techniques, and test suites for authoring tools, browsers, and media
players; provide staff support to W3C WAI (http://www.w3.org/WAI/) working
groups; assist in reviewing W3C technologies while under development to
ensure their support for accessibility and develop and negotiate technical
solutions for accessibility requirements; manage issues lists for comments
received on working group documents; edit working group documents; and
maintain working group resource pages. Will also give presentations on
W3C/WAI technical work, provide technical assistance on implementation of
WAI guidelines, and liaise with organizations pursuing related work.
REQUIREMENTS: computer science or related degree; a minimum of two years'
experience working in team settings; and in-depth knowledge of W3C
technologies and WAI guidelines, including WCAG, ATAG, UAAG, XAG, and EARL.
Must be familiar with the web industry, accessibility support in mainstream
web technologies, assistive technology, disability communities, and the
accessibility research community. Excellent oral and written communication
skills needed. Must be available to travel. Knowledge of project
management, W3C process, web applications, QA procedures, CMS, user
interface design, VoiceXML, RDF, Semantic Web, and DOM preferred.
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Judy Brewer+1.617.258.9741http://www.w3.org/WAI
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G530
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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