About Us

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference in your next role?

At Basis, our purpose is to radically accelerate the clean-energy revolution - starting with smarter, safer, and more efficient homes. We’re focused on improving experiences for people through the application of technology, data, and a deep understanding of human behaviour.

Why? As a society, we need to decarbonise and accelerate the transition to alternative energy sources. Existing solutions are expensive and disparate, with limited functionality.

Basis is driven by purpose, real innovation, and ambition. We have a talented team spread across New Zealand, with a creative space by the beach in Takapuna, and a Design Lab in Christchurch where our physical products come to life.

We've closed our Series A Capital Raise so we are well-funded and ready to grow. Our team is smart, curious and has some big goals - so if you’re interested in joining a fast-growing and startup that is design-led and puts people at its core, then we’d love to hear from you!

The Role

To support the growth of our engineering team and R&D lab, we are now looking for another Electronics Lab Technician. This is a very hands-on role where you'll contribute by supporting a wide range of engineers day to day in the lab, building and modifying circuit prototypes as well as keeping the lab stocked with the right components and consumables. With mentoring from our experienced lab technician as well as the wider hardware team, you'll be able to further grow your skills in this role.

Some of the things that you might be involved in include:

• Lab Equipment: Ensuring all our gear is running well, replacing, purchasing, wiring and organising as needed.
• Stockist: Ensuring we have ample supplies of parts and materials to keep us humming. This can include running errands for urgent items.
• Electronics Prototypes: We build lots of SMT prototypes and PCB assemblies (some in-house, some at our factories). You will assist with in-house assembly, modifications and other custom parts, and generally help prepare quick-turn prototypes for testing.
• Mechanical Prototypes: Light fabrication to facilitate product testing. 3D printing, working with local fabricators, drilling and assembling.
  
• Test Systems: We need to build lots of test systems, from simple jigs for testing concepts, to some really complex setups. Some of these will be small-signal systems, and some will be quite high power mains connected units. Work with our senior technician put these together, ensuring our wiring and connections are tidy and safe.
• Testing: with all this gear, we need to use it for testing. You will no doubt be performing some testing to assist our R&D program!
• Scripting: We predominantly use Python to interface and execute out tests efficiently. At the very least you will be proficient in running other people's Python scripts, but there is also opportunity here to really grow this space, learning from our testing team.

Please note; this role could be based from Auckland or Christchurch, but will require travel for a few nights approximately once per month to the other location to support our staff with their needs, or for training and team support.

About You

We think you’ll be a fit for this role if you have/are:

• A tertiary qualification in Electronics, e.g. Certificate of Engineering or similar
• Approximately 2 years (or more) experience in an electrical role in engineering
• Demonstrable skills in electrical wiring, electronics and SMT soldering
• Diligence in capturing outcomes and preparing documentation sufficient for the purpose
• Familiarity with electrical test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and methods of testing systems in an electrical lab
• Ability to develop and run python scripts
• Demonstrable experience in cable selection, termination, and safety testing for standard low voltage (230v) apparatus
• A full driver's license is ideal as you may need to run errands in a company vehicle from time to time

Some nice-to-haves include:

• An EWRB registration
• Experience working in an electronic RnD lab

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet ~ 60% of the job criteria, women and other marginalised groups tend to apply only when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but are not sure you check every box, we still want to hear from you 🙌

Benefits

• A competitive salary and employee share scheme (ESOP)
• Unlimited annual leave so that you can take the time that you need to re-energise
• Tools of the trade, including laptop and headphones, and we also pay your phone bill!
• Flexible hours - we focus on effort and outcomes, so adjust your hours around your children, hobbies, or other commitments
• A schedule of fun team events throughout the year (Lego Battle Bots, Board Games Evenings, Drag Queen Bingo, what's next?)
• Office dogs and the flexibility to bring your own dog to the office - as long as the resident office dogs approve
• Access to Clearhead, our well-being programme which gives you 5x free sessions with a psychologist per year
• A $200 one-off payment towards your home workstation
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion: Pride Committee, DEIB Committee, EEO Policy and well-being strategy!
• Parental leave policy that tops up wages to 100% for the primary caregiver for up to 22 weeks (conditions apply)
• The opportunity to learn and develop from some of the best and brightest minds in the industry!

Let's Talk!

We’d love to hear from you! No need to submit a cover letter - just click 'apply' to answer a few short questions of ours (we find this gives us more insight) and attach your CV.

If you have any questions about the role, fire them over to Steph at [email protected]

Department

Engineering

Role

Electronics

Locations

Christchurch

Hybrid - Office/WFH

Yes