SSCS is built on the strength of its members and their volunteer efforts. SSCS programs require member involvement to facilitate, plan and execute projects. As a volunteer for the Society, you will play a key role in the future of SSCS.
SSCS is looking for volunteers to help with the projects in the disciplines listed in the box at right. Please click each link for more information on the available volunteer opportunities and fill out the linked forms.
If you are an applicant and have any questions, please email . If you are a committee chair or volunteer lead with an opportunity to promote, please use the same email address and include the following information:
- Opportunity name
- Responsibilities
- Estimated Time Commitment (e.g., hours per week)
- Is this Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date?
- Additional Information
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SSCS Volunteer Opportunities
Please fill out the form here if you are interested in any of the below volunteer opportunities.
Membership
Women in Circuits
Opportunity Name: VLSI Symposium Women in Circuits Event Committee
- Responsibilities: Lead/Work with a committee to host an event promoting engagement and participation as part of the VLSI symposium
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1hr, bi-weekly 6 months. A new committee forms every year.
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? Starts in April, Ends in July
Opportunity Name: ESSCIRC/ESSDIRC Women in Circuits Event Committee
- Responsibilities: Lead/Work with a committee to host an event promoting engagement and participation as part of the ESSCIRC/ESSDIRC conference
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1hr, bi-weekly 3 months. Volunteering/Attendance at the conference is encouraged
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? Starts in July, Ends in Sept
Opportunity Name: A-SSCC Women in Circuits Event Committee
- Responsibilities: Lead/Work with a committee to host an event promoting engagement and participation as part of the A-SSCC conference
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1hr, bi-weekly 3 months, Volunteering/Attendance at the conference is encouraged
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? Starts in Aug, Ends in Nov
Opportunity Name: ISSCC Women in Circuits Event Committee
- Responsibilities: Lead/Work with a committee to host an event promoting engagement and participation as part of the A-SSCC conference
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1hr, bi-weekly 9 months, Volunteering/Attendance at the conference is encouraged
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? Starts in Jun, Ends in Feb
Opportunity Name: SSCS Magazine Women in Circuits Issue
- Responsibilities: Guest editor, writing tutorial articles
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1hr, bi-weekly 6 months
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? Starts in Mar, Ends in Sep
Young Professionals
Opportunity Name: Virtual Mentoring Platform Volunteer (Chronus)
- Responsibilities: Manage the Virtual Mentoring Platform, Attend quarterly meetings with mentoring platform administrators, Help with the advertisement of the mentoring platform, provide YP chair with stats, brainstorm on how to grow the platform.
- Estimated Time Commitment: An hour per week
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? This opportunity does not have a start-end date, and help will be needed as long as the platform is live.
- Additional Information: This platform is fairly new, growing very quickly, and we want to help it grow further. There is also a lot of room for improvement and experimenting. We also need help marketing, i.e. spreading the word.
- Qualifications Required: No prior volunteer experience is required. We prefer ECE graduates within +15 years of their graduations (i.e. Young Professional volunteers). Willingness to work within a team and a passion for serving the community.
- Qualifications will be Gained: The volunteer will be a part of SSCS Young Professionals Committee. With this role you are expected to improve organizational and communications skills, make connections, and get the satisfaction of giving back to the community and making a difference for our younger members all over the world!
Opportunity Name: Webinars for Young Excellence Volunteer
- Responsibilities: Be part of the organizing committee that meets and organizes webinars quarterly, communicate with the presenters, help with the webinar run (during Q&A or as a moderator). provide the YP chair with stats, brainstorm on the upcoming topics & presenters.
- Estimated Time Commitment: On average less than an hour per week
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? This opportunity does not have a start-end date, and help will be needed for each webinar.
- Additional Information: WYE is free and open to all. A great way to introduce IEEE SSCS to the general ECE population. Webinars for Young Excellence already has a great group or organizers, we are looking for more help to sustain the workload and train new volunteers within this nice project.
- Qualifications Required: No prior volunteer experience is required. We prefer ECE graduates within +15 years of their graduations (i.e. Young Professional volunteers). Willingness to work within a team and a passion for serving the community.
- Qualifications will be Gained: The volunteer will be a part of SSCS Young Professionals Committee. With this role you are expected to improve organizational and communications skills, make connections, and get the satisfaction of giving back to the community and introducing SSSC to the general ECE population!
Opportunity Name: Mentoring Sessions (in sponsored SSCS conferences such as ISSCC, CICC, VLSI, ESSCIRC/ESSDERC, and A-SSCC)
- Responsibilities: Be part of the volunteers that meet and organize online mentoring sessions. Communicate with the mentors, help with the marketing & advertising of the event, work with the collaborating groups & societies, help with the session run. provide the YP chair with stats, brainstorm on the upcoming event formats & topics.
- Estimated Time Commitment: On average less than an hour per week
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? This opportunity does not have a start-end date, and help will be needed for each mentoring session. It is also possible to volunteer only for a specific conference event (only for CICC or A-SSCC for example).
- Additional Information: We collaborate with Women in Circuits, Electron Devices Society, local student groups and local chapters for these events. It is a great opportunity to form lasting connections and make an impact for our younger members.
- Qualifications Required: No prior volunteer experience is required. We prefer ECE graduates within +15 years of their graduations (i.e. Young Professional volunteers). Willingness to work within a team and a passion for serving the community.
- Qualifications will be Gained: The volunteer will be a part of SSCS Young Professionals Committee. With this role you are expected to improve organizational and communications skills, make connections, and get the satisfaction of giving back to the community and making a difference for our younger members all over the world.
Education
Arduino Contest
Opportunity Name: SSCS Arduino Contest Ambassador
- Responsibilities: Act as a local champion by sharing contest details with students in your school, city, or professional network. Ambassadors help bridge the resource gap for students by promoting the program and the Free Starter Kit initiative to ensure diverse participation.
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1-2 years.
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended? Does it have a start-end date?: Open-ended
- Additional Information: This role does not require any background in electronics.
Opportunity Name: SSCS Arduino Contest Judge
- Responsibilities: Evaluate student submissions, including 3-minute project demonstration videos, to identify technical excellence and ingenuity. Judges are responsible for providing constructive feedback and determining the distribution of over $15,000 in annual prize money.
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1-2 years
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended? Does it have a start-end date?: Open-ended
- Additional Information: This role requires a background in electronics through formal education and/or career experience.
Opportunity Name: SSCS Arduino Contest Mentor
- Responsibilities: Provide the “human connection” to the global engineering community by guiding student teams through technical hurdles, from basic wiring to final project logic. Mentors also provide career-focused advice to help students transition from hobbyists to professional careers in IC design and engineering.
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1-2 years
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended? Does it have a start-end date?: Open-ended
- Additional Information: This role requires a background in electronics through formal education and/or career experience.
Publications
Opportunity Name: Readership Survey
- Responsibilities: Design a survey targeted at young readers (what kind of articles do they find useful, format etc.), process the results, present data etc.
- Estimated Time Commitment: Less than an hour per week
- Is this Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? This opportunity starts now, and help will be needed for about 3 months.
Conferences
Opportunity Name: Conference Performance Metric Analysis
- Responsibilities: Work with society management team and conferences to track conference performance indicators and perform trend analysis. Work with conferences to review and maintain trend analysis.
- Estimated Time Commitment: Less than an hour per week
- Is this Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? This opportunity does not have a start-end date, and help will help with conference development
- Additional Information: Will use excel style data tables and email for gathering data from conferences
Technical Committees
Technical Committee for Open-Source Ecosystem (TC-OSE)
Opportunity Name: SSCS Open-Source Design Contest Judge/Mentor
- Responsibilities: Attend weekly online meet-ups with contestants, provide technical guidance during meet-ups and via the contest’s Slack channel, help select teams for final tape-out round.
- Estimated Time Commitment: 1-2 hours per week
- Is the Opportunity Open-Ended, Does it have a start-end date? Annually from ~April – November
- Additional Information: Please see the link for contest details here.