Lead Production Engineer

3 weeks ago


Auckland CBD, New Zealand Halter Full time

At Halter, we're unlocking the connection between humans and animals, starting with cows and then expanding to other animals. Passionate about revolutionising farming, our world-first technology helps farmers break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming and empowers a more sustainable future for farmers, their cows and our land. Halter is giving farmers the freedom to spend more time with their families, the technology to increase production and meet the growing demand for food and the data to help them care for their cows, which we know is paramount for farmers.
Founded in 2016, Halter has developed a revolutionary farm management system. We fit our solar-powered GPS-enabled smart collars to each dairy cow. We then equip farmers with a simple App for managing their cows. This system enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour - all through their phones. Scaling rapidly onto farms across New Zealand, we have the privilege of working together with exceptional farmers including some of the largest farms in the country. We care deeply for our farmers and their cows, with our customers heavily involved in product development and animal welfare core to our culture.
Our work is turning heads. In 2021, Halter won in two categories at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards. Our Board comprises tier 1 Silicon Valley investors who have backed the world's best technology companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, Airbnb and Spotify. We’re also fortunate to have Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, as an investor and Board member. We hire the world's best people and provide an epic environment for them to thrive in. Our culture is unique; we care about high performance, about each other, and we're passionate about making a difference for our customers.
**About the role**
Play a critical role in ramping production of New Zealand’s most innovative hi-tech hardware product (NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2021’s winner). Work with our world-class manufacturers to repeatedly deliver our cutting-edge low-power hardware at scale. As the technical lead for production, you will own the design and implementation of production processes that meet our product and business requirements. You will dive into production data to proactively lead elimination of defects, reduction of manufacturing costs and increases in production capacity. Collaborate with our hardware engineering and go to market teams and directly enable Halter’s rapid growth.

**What your day could look like**
- Constantly delivering hardware at scale and executing on our build plans.
- Guiding & supporting the team in designing assembly and test process, risk-based decision making and production validation of electronics for mass production.
- Effectively communicating requirements with suppliers and contract manufacturers to support and influence critical outcomes for Halter.
- Driving production line testing projects to improve performance and reliability of product leaving our factories.
- Proactively using production data to optimise production processes and reduce manufacturing costs.
- Meticulously planning the implementation of changes to ensure production continues to meet forecasts.
- Effectively balancing the focus and resources of the team between sustaining and NPI projects to match Halter’s wider business priority.
- Setting and increasing the standard of technical excellence for the team. Inspire from the front by capably executing or enabling any level of production development.
- Providing expert design for manufacture and assembly input for R&D projects.
- Collaborating with electronics, mechanical, firmware and go to market teams.

**What we’re looking for**
- A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a similar field is highly desired
- Experience shipping high-volume electronics products - and nailing it.
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience as a manager or lead.
- Must be able to demonstrate strong hands-on technical depth and capability.
- 5+ years experience in consumer electronics mass production, design and troubleshooting assembly of production processes; including jigs and fixtures, production firmware, production line data acquisition and factory integration.
- An expert at mass production SMT and through-hole soldering processes and delivering reliable electronics that are reliable when operating in a harsh farm environment. Testing and troubleshooting of PCBAs manually and using AOI, X-ray, and ICT fixtures.
- Deep experience in product life cycle change management in production, from NPI and into mass production.
- Experience in ultra-low power and RF electronics production is preferred.
- Someone who will thrive in a self-motivated and demanding startup atmosphere
- Someone who is positive, proactive and relishes a tough problem to crack
- Ownership of assignments and taking full accountability for overall team success.

**Why our team loves working at Halter**
- A genuin


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