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Halter is a venture-backed agtech company transforming livestock grazing through innovative wearable and infrastructure technology. The company enables farmers and graziers to manage cattle herds without traditional fencing, quad bikes, or dogs—using precision hardware and software instead. Backed by tier-1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, and DCVC, Halter is reshaping sustainable agriculture.
You will take full ownership of key electronics components in Halter's collar hardware, driving design decisions from concept through mass deployment. This is a deeply technical, fast-moving role where you'll own the complete hardware lifecycle: ultra-low power design, RF optimization, antenna tuning, solar conversion, battery systems, audio circuits, and high-voltage pulse generation.
Your responsibilities include:
- Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for animal wearables and infrastructure
- End-to-end electronic design ownership: component selection, analysis, simulation, schematic design, PCB layout, prototyping, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and testing
- Innovate continuously to improve reliability and performance while hitting cost targets
- Collaborate across firmware, mechanical, production, and farm teams
- Design for manufacturing, testing, and EMC compliance
- Develop and execute validation plans for critical features
- Conduct root cause analysis on manufacturing and field returns, providing feedback for design improvements
Halter operates an office-first culture based in Auckland, with travel required to China and Thailand. The company emphasizes in-person collaboration, high-trust relationships, and rapid problem-solving in a startup environment.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Tertiary degree in Electronics Engineering or equivalent relevant qualification
- Minimum 1+ years professional experience in a larger engineering organization, with demonstrated growth and increasing autonomy
- Proven track record designing reliable electronics hardware and delivering designs into high-volume mass production, ideally with full product lifecycle ownership
- Hands-on experience designing circuit boards with MCUs, SoCs, IMUs, GPS, WiFi, LoRa, I2C, SPI, OpAmps, ADCs/DACs, SMPS, LDO, and analog/digital mixed-signal design
- Demonstrated expertise in ultra-low power IoT electronics: power generation (solar, high-voltage generation and insulation), power conversion (DC-DC), and power consumption optimization
- Proficiency with EE tools: SPICE simulation, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators, LCR meters, current clamps, HV meters
- Strong organization, time management, and communication skills
- Ability to thrive in self-driven, demanding startup environments
- Based in Auckland with willingness to travel to China and Thailand as required
- Previous startup or scale-up experience highly desirable but not essential
