Responsibilities

• As a domain leader in the area of electronics, oversee the complete lifecycle of IoT electronics from design, documentation, test, deployment to continuous monitoring.


• Work with business, product and engineering stakeholders to capture learnings from KOKO’s operations and deliver on the hardware aspects of KOKO’s product roadmap to address key opportunities, issues and risks identified.


• Lead electronics component sourcing & evaluation of parts for existing and new products.


• Support the process of production setup for prototyping, new production mass production and change management in collaboration with internal and external teams.


• Help define test strategies / build test rigs for R&D, production and operational needs.


• Use data from the field to inform change management for existing products


• Serve as a technical authority representing the electronics design, by developing comprehensive documentation, test data, and associated knowledge management.


• Help build the engineering culture at KOKO, mentor and guide junior engineers and instill engineering excellence into the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands on experience in electronics design


• Strong track record developing  and delivering significant electronics projects through to mass production.


• Significant experience in the following areas with deep expertise in a few: Electronics systems design, PCB schematic design, RF design, component selection, PCB layout, manufacturing processes, control theory.


• Skills in prototyping with development kits (e.g. Arduino or Raspberry Pi)


• Expert in electronics CAD tools e.g. OrCad / Altium / Eagle


• Demonstrated experience in control systems, control theory and hardware Integration.


• Well developed skills in designing for testability, reliability, security and maintainability.


• Experience in design for global safety / regulatory requirements (CSA, UL, etc.).


• Strong communicator, both written and verbal.


• Empathy for your colleagues, encouraging team members to think creatively while knowing where to intervene to tackle tough problems and navigate conflicts.


• Embedded software (bare metal / RTOS / Linux) development in C/C++


• Understanding of the greater IoT tech stack (MQTT, security etc..)


• Knowledge of automated dispensing systems design for liquids and solids.


• Knowledge of fuel distribution industry