We are an award-winning, innovative company designing and building advanced technology to automate farming. Our world leading guidance control techniques shift cows remotely removing the need for fences and eliminating the manual nature of shifting animals. Halter aims to enable a new generation of more efficient, sustainable farming globally.

What will you be working on?

Our GPS enabled, solar powered devices are designed to remotely guide cows. These require robust, long-range wireless communication and conservative power consumption. They also require multiple levels of control software in order to record everything about the animal, understand it and act on this information accordingly. We use this to monitor stock health, feed, behaviour and emotion so that farmers can better understand and treat the needs of each animal. We are always pushing to use the latest advancements in technology and want you to be a part of this process. Being a young, dynamic company, there is potential for a person in this role to have a big influence on Halter’s future direction.

Core Duties

Contribute to the electrical and mechanical design of the Halter system.

Support engineering teams with rapid prototypes to quickly evaluate new ideas in field trials.

Test and validate individual components, and the system as a whole.

Support the on-farm testing units.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for big thinkers who know how to execute. We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and utilise your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Desired Skills

Engineering Bachelors University degree or equivalent.

Hard working, practically minded engineer with strong first principles problem solving skills.

Comfortable designing, executing and recording tests to thoroughly validate concepts, components or designs.

Experience using CAD, preferably SolidWorks.

Experience with PCB design and debugging.

Hands on experience in soldering, wiring, reflowing, manual pick and place and using test equipment.

Ability to manage a workshop, including keeping spaces clean, tools accessible and consumables in stock.

Experience with 3D printing is preferred but not a requirement.




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We are an award-winning, innovative company designing and building advanced technology to automate farming. Our world leading guidance control techniques shift cows remotely removing the need for fences and eliminating the manual nature of shifting animals. Halter aims to enable a new generation of more efficient, sustainable farming globally.

 

What will you be working on?

Our GPS enabled, solar powered devices are designed to remotely guide cows. These require robust, long-range wireless communication and conservative power consumption. They also require multiple levels of control software in order to record everything about the animal, understand it and act on this information accordingly. We use this to monitor stock health, feed, behaviour and emotion so that farmers can better understand and treat the needs of each animal. We are always pushing to use the latest advancements in technology and want you to be a part of this process. Being a young, dynamic company, there is potential for a person in this role to have a big influence on Halter’s future direction.

 

Core Duties

Lead the technical design of our front end systems and help build a world-class front end practice.
Provide early input to our design team to streamline designs for implementation, and participate in design reviews for new features, products, and systems.
Collaborate with our design team to create interactive interfaces and rapid prototypes of design concepts as well as responsive and accessible designs.
Contribute to the creation of a common development framework and set of patterns that will enable both rapid and reliable implementation whilst allowing both the engineers and teams working on the project to scale independently.
Contribute to the high level systems architecture and help to ensure the architectural vision is carried out by the various development teams.
Drive the evolution of development standards and patterns which guide the architecture of our front end systems.
Mentor team members and grow front end engineering competencies throughout the engineering team, provide feedback to improve the usability of the product and reduce the complexity of the user interface.
Maintain high levels of communication with fellow engineers and other teams about product requirements, timelines, risks, and priorities.
Stay up-to-date with your area of expertise and ensure the team is aware of new technological advances and better ways of working.
Assist with the hiring and training processes as required.


Who are we looking for?

We are looking for big thinkers who know how to execute. We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and utilise your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines.




Desired Skills

At least 5 years’ front end development experience. You must be a strong JavaScript developer familiar with modern development practices and building interactive, single page applications. Demonstrable experience with React and Redux or equivalent frameworks necessary.
At least 2 years’ experience leading the technical design of a complex front end application in production use.
Experience with React Native is highly desirable but not essential, though you must be willing to learn quickly. Any other experience with mobile development would be a bonus.
Experience with unit testing, integration testing and writing testable code.
Familiar with working in a highly collaborative team environment using Agile methodologies is desirable.
BSC or BE in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field is preferred but not required.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.




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We are an award-winning, Auckland-Waikato based ag-robotics company designing and building advanced technology to automate farming. Our world-leading guidance control techniques shift cows remotely, removing the need for fences and eliminating the manual nature of shifting animals. Halter seeks to enable a new generation of more efficient, sustainable farming globally.




We recently closed an $8 Million Series A capital raise led by Data Collective with additional investment from Founders Fund (Peter Thiel’s investment fund) and Ubiquity Ventures. This group of investors have invested in other world-leading companies including Rocket Lab, Facebook, Spotify, SpaceX and Palantir.




What will you be working on?

Our GPS enabled, solar powered devices are designed to remotely guide cows. These require robust, long-range wireless communication and conservative power consumption. They also depend on our cloud based SaaS and industrial IoT platform which is what you will be helping to design and build from the ground up. Our system is used to monitor stock health, feed, behaviour and emotion so that farmers can better understand and treat the needs of each animal.




There are many interesting challenges to be solved, from handling intermittent connectivity to on-farm devices, to designing a highly scalable multi-tenanted system that will grow to support hundreds of thousands of connected devices. We are always pushing to use the latest advancements in technology and we want you to be a part of this process. Being a young, dynamic company, there is potential for a person in this role to have a significant influence on Halter’s future direction.

 

Core Duties

Take ownership of the technical design and delivery of our systems firmware components that your team is responsible for.
Advocate to continually improve the standard of development practices within your team (e.g. testing, software architecture, code quality).
Ensure members of your team are appropriately challenged, supported and encouraged to deliver exceptional results.
Hands on delivery of critical parts of the system.
Work with junior team members to encourage professional growth helping them to achieve individual development goals.
Work with leads across teams to develop an overall target system architecture and ensure we are moving towards it.


Who are we looking for?

We are looking for big thinkers who know how to execute. We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and utilise your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines.




Desired Skills

At least 7 years experience working as a firmware engineer.
At least 1 year experience as a leading role in the design and implementation of firmware systems.
Expert level knowledge in developing production quality systems in C/C++.
Expert level knowledge in developing testable systems and appropriate automated tests.
Good understanding of software architecture best practices and how to apply them in practice.
Understanding of best practice development processes e.g. version control, continuous integration / delivery, code reviews, pair programming, etc.
Experience working with any of FreeRTOS, CMake, Google Test, LoRa, IMUs, GPS, BTLE, AWS IoT or low current battery powered devices is desirable but not a requirement.
A degree in software engineering or equivalent is desirable but not a requirement.


What we can offer you

An open and supportive environment where input from all members is encouraged.
The opportunity to work in a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
A fast-paced work environment that enables and encourages knowledge sharing and skill development
Opportunity for rapid development and career progression.
Competitive package and perks.







Apply - [email protected]

We want to see everything you have that's interesting: CV's, project portfolios, video, links to code, etc. 
 
 
team video:
 
  view all

We are an award-winning, innovative startup, designing and building advanced technology to automate farming. Our world leading guidance control techniques shift cows remotely removing the need for fences and eliminating the manual nature of shifting animals. Halter aims to enable a new generation of more efficient, sustainable farming globally.




What will you be working on?

Our GPS enabled, solar powered devices are designed to remotely guide cows. These require robust, long-range wireless communication and conservative power consumption. They also require multiple levels of control software in order to record everything about the animal, understand it and act on this information accordingly. We use this to monitor stock health, feed, behaviour and emotion so that farmers can better understand and treat the needs of each animal. We are always pushing to use the latest advancements in technology and we want you to be a part of this process. Being a young, dynamic company, there is potential for a person in this role to have a big influence on Halter’s future direction.

 

Core Duties

Support the onboarding, training and implementation of the Halter system on customers’ farms, ensuring all relevant farm owners, managers and workers are able to successfully use the system
Build genuine, authentic and enduring relationships with our farmers and their teams, families and animals!
Work closely with our farmers to empower and enable them to maximize the value derived from using Halter
Use specialist knowledge to demonstrate and educate farmers on relevant functionality to enhance value and increase usage and product adoption
Interpret and take action on usage information and behavioural observation to identify and unlock more value for our farmers. Collect product requests and drive prioritization through development process
Support company scaling and continuous learning through quality documentation and training of other Halter team members
Promote insights relevant to customers’ workflow and act as a voice of the customer internally, feeding back their experiences to engineering, product and marketing teams
Provide transparency to the customer and drive communication and coordination between the customer and the company to ensure we deliver on our commitments
Evaluate, shepherd and where required escalate customers to additional support channels as required
Support the sales team and the sales process when required
Build and leverage industry relationships to establish and maintain Halter's brand


Who are we looking for?

We are looking for big thinkers who know how to get shit done. We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. We want people that are obsessed with helping our farmers to be successful. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and utilise your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines.

This role is about two things - supporting Halter’s farmers all the way through the process to make their farms more productive and efficient, and building genuine and lasting relationships with farmers. These objectives are naturally intertwined and the best candidates will be motivated and excited excelling in both areas.

The role is well-suited to a generalist who is as comfortable sitting around the kitchen table talking as they are in the milkshed and don’t mind getting their hands dirty and helping out on the farm!




Desired Capabilities/Experience

At least 3 years relevant experience in a Customer Success, Account Management, Technical Sales or Implementation role or other experience building meaningful relationships and successfully supporting customers
Dairy farming experience is preferred but not required
Relevant University degree or equivalent preferred but not required




Apply - [email protected]

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