Experienced Electronics Engineer
Halter
Auckland, New Zealand
Posted 6+ months ago
About the role
At Halter, we’re changing the way the world farms, and that takes deep thinking, fast execution, and world-class engineering. We’re growing quickly, expanding into new global markets, and we need experienced people to help us scale.
We’re looking for an electronics engineer to take full ownership of key parts of our collar hardware. This isn’t a support role — you’ll be driving design decisions, solving complex problems in the field, and seeing your work through from concept to mass deployment.
You’ll work across everything from ultra-low power design, RF optimisation, antenna tuning, and solar conversion, to battery systems, audio, and high-voltage pulse circuits. It’s deeply technical and fast-moving, the kind of environment where strong engineers thrive.
We want someone who’s excited to build for the real world, not just the lab. Someone who gets energy from turning tough constraints into smart solutions.
What your day could look like
- Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for world-leading animal wearables and infrastructure.
- End-to-end electronic design ownership including component selection, analysis, simulation, schematic design, PCB layout, prototyping, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and testing.
- Consistently innovate to improve reliability and hardware performance while minimizing cost to hit ambitious targets.
- Collaborate with firmware, advanced systems, mechanical, production and farm teams.
- Design for manufacturing, design for testing, and design for EMC.
- Develop and execute validation plans to verify all critical features.
- Root cause analysis of manufacturing and field returns, providing clinical feedback for design improvements.
Who we’re looking for
- Someone who has had a taste of professional experience and is eager to forge a career in testing, troubleshooting and debugging electronics.
- Electronic circuit fundamentals, and has had simple product development experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable electrical hardware from concept through production.
- Is driven to ship electronic products in high-volumes Strong organisation and communication skills.
- Ability to thrive in a self-driven and demanding startup atmosphere.
- Foundational experience in ultra-low power IoT electronics design across power generation, consumption and usage. Passionate about creatively minimising power consumption by utilising cutting-edge tech.
- Foundational experience designing and implementing circuit boards from concept through production using MCUs, SoCs, IMUs, GPS, WiFi, LoRa, I2C, SPI, OpAmps, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, solar power, high voltage generation and insulation, DC-DC converters and ultra-low power.
- Proficiency with EE tools (SPICE simulation, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators, LCR meters, current clamps, HV meters etc.).
- Able to travel to China, Thailand etc
- BE degree in Electrical Engineering or similar relevant qualification.
Why our team loves working at Halter
At Halter, we’re committed to creating an environment where people thrive. We offer unlimited paid annual leave, as well as additional wellness days. Each year, every team member receives a $1,000 self-development budget to invest in whatever fuels their personal growth.
We offer six months of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and four weeks of fully paid leave for secondary caregivers, along with a range of additional family-friendly benefits. To support your wellbeing, we offer subsidised health insurance through Southern Cross.
And finally, everyone at Halter is an owner. Every employee is part of our stock ownership plan; when we succeed, you share in that success.
Our office-first approach
Being office-first is a core pillar of our culture. We believe in-person connections are key to driving your own growth, learning, impact, and building genuine long-lasting relationships.
We’re office first, not office only. This means that working from the office every day is our default setting, but we flex when needed. Your growth, learning, and impact are truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together, solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.
We have a state-of-the-art, dog-friendly office in the heart of Auckland City and a test farm in Morrinsville. Delicious snacks and drinks are readily available.
About Halter
At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices and revolutionizing grazing with Halter. People join Halter to do meaningful work. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse Ventures.
Join our team
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV.
If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily meet every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
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