Thursday, November 7th 2024
TechPowerUp is Hiring a Power Supply (PSU) Reviewer
TPU is looking to hire a PC enthusiast or professional to review PC power supplies (PSUs) part-time. Our current reviewer suvirintojas put out some great work with us since 2023, but has changes in his life that require his attention. We thank him for the wonderful work and hope we find a replacement of equal caliber. TechPowerUp PSU reviews tend to be highly technical, as we dive into the finer aspects of the PSU's switching performance, and quality of electrical output across various voltage domains. We also focus on noise levels and efficiency.
The PSU industry is in a state of transition toward newer standards such as ATX 3.1, PCIe Gen 5 CEM, and perhaps even ATX12VO, which means we'll never run out of new PSUs to review for at least the next few years. This is where you step in—we are looking for a PSU reviewer with fairly high availability for a significant output of reviews. We can help arrange as many PSU samples as you can handle.
E-mail your resume to w1zzard@techpowerup.com along with a cover letter on why you think you're the ideal candidate for this position. Please include some basic details about yourself and where you're from. Optionally, you may provide examples of your work in any content medium (text, YouTube, etc.). It's okay if you're not a PSU reviewer, and think you have what it takes to become one.
The PSU industry is in a state of transition toward newer standards such as ATX 3.1, PCIe Gen 5 CEM, and perhaps even ATX12VO, which means we'll never run out of new PSUs to review for at least the next few years. This is where you step in—we are looking for a PSU reviewer with fairly high availability for a significant output of reviews. We can help arrange as many PSU samples as you can handle.
- The position is paid, part-time, remote, meaning you'll work from your own testing setup
- This means you need some space for equipment to conduct the testing and photography
- We don't have an exact number in mind, but we're looking for several reviews each month, ideally one a week, more if you can. Please only apply if you think you'll have enough time to achieve this throughput eventually (once you've got a routine figured out)
- While you may already have some contacts with PSU manufacturers, we're happy to connect you with them to ensure a steady supply of review units
- If you have our own testing equipment, that's great, but we can also provide gear for you
- For an idea of our testing process, you can check out our recent PSU reviews. This review structure is not rigid—your feedback is always welcome, and we'll work to onboard you with our in-house content management system
- You must have a decent understanding of a power supply and its internals, you don't have to be able to design one yourself
- We don't expect literary works from you, but you must be able to write decent English. Additionally, you should have basic image editing skills to process your photos
- For shipping logistics, we strongly prefer candidates located in the EU, UK, US, CA, TW, CN and JP (in no particular order). However, if you believe you are exceptional, feel free to make your case. We may consider waiving this requirement for the right candidate
E-mail your resume to w1zzard@techpowerup.com along with a cover letter on why you think you're the ideal candidate for this position. Please include some basic details about yourself and where you're from. Optionally, you may provide examples of your work in any content medium (text, YouTube, etc.). It's okay if you're not a PSU reviewer, and think you have what it takes to become one.
113 Comments on TechPowerUp is Hiring a Power Supply (PSU) Reviewer
Sorry to be a downer but I have experience and I just don't see how this all comes together for an enthusiast tech website - an ex hardware test system designer (RF, Telecomms, data).
Also, We are able to provide reviews and buyer guides on most of hardware and laptop categories If TPU is interested. One our motherboard reviews.
Some people are interested in noise and ripple, or at least less noise and ripple; but not to the extent that the review skips it entirely. Why not know which is best and have a specific value to compare against another review. Simply buying from manufacturer X doesn't always work if they release a model that isn't up to their usual standards; judging solely by the soldering job and internal fan type doesn't tell you everything.
If all I wanted to know is how many stars I could see that on the site where I purchase from, including sorting by stars or reviews, etc. But they don't have to be fancy here, we can simply read our power supply (and other technical) reviews elsewhere.
Not a good start!
Not sure how it's gonna work though if you have your own main site, which you seem to operate and which is obviously is your first love. It would be like when I start publishing GPU reviews for another site
Instead of doing "Cookie cutter" reviews I would prefer to do special projects as listed below.
As far as test equipment: I would be tempted to design and build some electronic loads myself. I already have many of the parts needed and could be both interesting and informative.
My current project is how to test an ATX power supply to ensure it meets the PS_On specification. I am using a Seeed Studio XIAO SAMD21Arduino to read and vary the PS_On voltage and current.
Currently I am programing it to test this part of the specification:I should be able to post my results later this week in the project logs section. I am about halfway through testing. I did buy two new power supplies to test.
See this for context:
Former Senior Engineer
PC Power and Cooling
you will be hard to beat