DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The role will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Work as an Engineering team member within the Agsol structure and report to the CTO
• Design electrical circuits and PCB’s
• Idea, design, and implement test setups, train personnel on test processes for improvement, safety, and quality control
• Build automated testing equipment with logging capability
• Identify shortcomings in the current product design and/or engineering processes, propose solutions, perform R&D
• Troubleshoot problems, and find suitable solutions
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance
• Support the assembly process
• Detect production issues early and find robust technical solutions
• Define new workshop processes and introduce them
• Define and undertake the quality control of the assembled products
• Create documentation for relevant equipment, and processes
• Procure necessary electrical components in Kenya and from abroad
• Continuously train yourself
• Be a proactive member of team meetings, propose new ideas and solutions
• Propose efficiency and productivity-enhancing improvements
• Take initiative where improvement is needed

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field
• Demonstrated expertise with electronics, embedded systems
• Experience with Autodesk EAGLE or equivalent PCB design software
• Experience with SMT and PTH soldering
• Experience with diagnosing, testing, and evaluating printed circuit boards
• Experience with embedded firmware development in C/C++
• Mastery of MS Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint