3 months ago
Auckland, New ZealandSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement embedded C/C++ firmware for resource-constrained collars running on FreeRTOS.
- Develop LoRa mesh networking, cellular connectivity, BLE communication, and protocols including CoAP, OSCORE, and protobuf.
- Design signal-processing, timing, synchronization, filtering, estimation, and related hardware-near algorithms.
- Own firmware from initial design through implementation, testing, mass deployment, and production support.
- Debug intermittent field issues using logs, telemetry, and system-level analysis.
- Collaborate with hardware engineers on sensor, radio, power, analog, and digital interfaces.
- Improve platform quality, reliability, tooling, and issue-detection practices.
- Support and mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Experience designing and delivering firmware for resource-constrained embedded devices.
- Strong C/C++ fundamentals and experience with interrupts, memory constraints, real-time behavior, and concurrency.
- A mathematics and/or physics background, or equivalent depth gained through professional experience.
- Experience with wireless or networked communication systems such as LoRa, BLE, cellular, or mesh networking.
- Comfort working close to hardware and following complex technical problems to root cause.
- Strong ownership, collaboration, and feedback skills.
Benefits
- Daily snacks and drinks.
- Southern Cross Health Insurance support.
- Six months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers and four weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave, plus additional parental benefits.
- Annual $1,000 self-development budget.
- Wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave.
- Salary, benefits, and employee stock ownership plan.
- Office-first work arrangement with working from the office every day as the default, with flexibility when needed.
About Halter
Halter builds a livestock management system combining solar-powered smart collars, farm sensors, and software to virtually fence, move, and monitor herds. It sells hardware with a subscription platform to dairy and grazing farmers, letting them remotely shift cattle and track health and behavior. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, the privately held company is backed by investors including DCVC and Blackbird.