Halter is a New Zealand startup that builds solar-powered smart collars for cattle enabling remote herding, virtual fencing and health monitoring.
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. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund https://foundersfund.com, Bessemer Venture Partners https://www.bvp.com/, BOND, https://www.bondcap.com/ DCVC https://www.dcvc.com/, Blackbird https://www.blackbird.vc/, Promus Ventures https://www.promusventures.com/, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures https://www.icehouseventures.co.nz/?utm_term=icehouse%20ventures&utm_campaign=Brand+Keywords&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4064636360&hsa_cam=16902737884&hsa_grp=134004309485&hsa_ad=592971340272&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1082530126230&hsa_kw=icehouse%20ventures&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v-gBhC1ARIsAOQdKY0J0DepRVFDmjQlAkJPbZuQnLSA5UVzUzOXYiPxkjX-SeVa513_BhkaAr-MEALw_wcB. To find out more, visit our LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/halter-limited & Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeathalter/. ABOUT THE ROLE Mechanical engineering at Halter is about to take off. We’ve just released our best collar yet, and in the next few years, we’re going to aggressively scale up production to support farmers and ranchers all over the world. Our hardware needs to last a very long time in an extremely harsh environment, and this needs to hold true for every collar we build (and we plan to build a lot of them). There are very few applications in the field of mechanical engineering as unique and challenging as ours, which makes it the obvious next step in your career... With our recent series D fund-raise, Halter has reached elite status as a start up, and we’re just getting started. Our mission is to make global agriculture more sustainable and more profitable, and our hardware is a core piece of that mission. With plenty of new markets to unlock, there will be no shortage of exciting mechanical projects, all of which require problem solving, critical thinking, and the ability to execute to a high standard. These projects will offer ample opportunity for up-skilling, leadership, mentorship and career development. At Halter, our teams are small and agile, which means you get to work on the most important projects, and contribute to the company's success, whatever your role may be. For the next stage, we need talented, disciplined mechanical engineers who know how to develop hardware. And beyond that, the desire to innovate and create all that’s yet to come in our journey to revolutionize farming. Join the mechanical team and you’ll get to work on something truly world class for a world class tech company. You’d be crazy not to. EXPERTISE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WOULD BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE HERE AT HALTER - Highly reliable device design.Experience developing robust products. E.g. automotive, agricultural or military. - Verification and validation.Designing, conducting and documenting high quality tests.Validating production processes for high volume manufacturing. - Injection Molding.Experience in setting up contract manufacturers to produce high quality injectionmolded parts.Experience with tool commissioning at contract manufacturers.Good understanding of injection molding processes and the common issuesencountered. - Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).Designing and iterating parts and assemblies to make them easy to manufactureand easy to assemble. WHAT YOUR DAY COULD LOOK LIKE - High ownership and high accountability. You have to be committed to the mission and drive success for yourself, for the team, and for the organization. - Rapid hands-on development delivering robust electro-mechanical products through to production. - Time spent on the farm with our farmers, ranchers and animals. If you like cows, you’ll love working in the mechanical team as we have a strong focus on ergonomic design. - Collaborating with external suppliers to optimise designs and streamline manufacturing processes. - We spend a lot of time at our suppliers in China and Thailand (~10% of the year), so ideally you’ll be available for travel (but open for discussion). - Be part of, and contribute to, a high performance team. We want you to add to the culture and push growth within the team. We want drivers not passengers. - We’ll never lose our start-up culture, so you’ll be rolling your sleeves up and helping with whatever is required to make our customers and cows happy OUR BENEFITS - Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow. - Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Southern Cross Health Insurance to support your well-being. - We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family. - Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth. - Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave. - Importantly, we offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.