Job Code:EE/MM/130712
Number of Positions Open:1
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Summary:
Our client designs, manufactures and sells highly functional, highly affordable vehicles as a transportation platform empowering local entrepreneurs to mobilize the developing world.
Summary:
Our client designs, manufactures and sells highly functional, highly affordable vehicles as a transportation platform empowering local entrepreneurs to mobilize the developing world.
They recognize that appropriate transport is a key enabler to socio-economic development in deprived communities across the developing world and aim to unlock this vast potential by designing, manufacturing and selling a new vehicle for Africa, starting in Kenya.
They are looking for exceptional individuals who share their vision and possess the skills and attitude necessary to make a valuable contribution to our work in Africa.
Primary Responsibilities:
Technical Engineering:
They are looking for exceptional individuals who share their vision and possess the skills and attitude necessary to make a valuable contribution to our work in Africa.
Primary Responsibilities:
Technical Engineering:
- Create and maintain electrical schematics and perform circuit analysis.
- Identify and specify new electrical parts and work with sourcing team to evaluate suppliers.
- Create and maintain a hardware verification plan and performance document.
- Develop and maintain Electrical Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis (DFMEA).
- Define hardware test software, if needed.
- Supply electrical information to ECAD for system layout.
- Ensure electrical design is compatible with mechanical design and manufacturing processes.
- Support interior and exterior electrical design layout and review.
- Provide technical support for product builds.
- Complete electrical hardware verification as per the verification plan.
- Build, provide and archive electrical test harnesses, simulators, exercisers and loads for validation.
- Maintain feasibility of engineering approach for low volume production tooling and limited in-country resources.
- Review and revise engineering and/or production processes in response to feedback from colleagues, safety concerns, quality issues, loading requirements etc.
- Advice and assist team of local Kenyan mechanics and welders on the prototype vehicle build and general workplace best practices (e.g. equipment safety standards).
- Ensure high quality standards throughout the vehicle build; develop test procedures and conduct tests using software packages and physical testing methods.
- Utilize in-country equipment and materials and adapt approach to the low-tech resources available.
- Identify, create solutions, and resolve technical design conflicts collaboratively with Design
- Engineer, Quality Engineer and Cost Engineer.
Project Management:
- Lead and facilitate engineering review sessions; revise approach with stakeholder feedback.
- Take ownership of projects; plan milestones, timelines, budgets, resources and identify potential risks to deliver engineering aspects within agreed completion dates.
- Be proactive regarding task completion and periodically advise wider team on project status, timing, resources, issues, and ability to deliver on-time with excellence.
- Ensure adherence and compliance to general automotive industry engineering standards and best practices; maintain structured and versioned data outputs daily and backup data weekly.
- Work as an active member of the team, ensure effective communication between colleagues and positively contribute regularly to meetings and briefings.
Skills and Certification:
- An ideal candidate should combine outstanding technical skills in electrical engineering with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
- They should be rigorous, pragmatic and on-the-ground solution focused – not overly academic.
- Bachelor degree (minimum) in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar
- GPA or higher from a top university worldwide
- Ability to read and write electrical schematics
- Proficiency in SolidWorks, CATIA or AutoCAD
- Passion for prototype development and a pragmatic attitude
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working environment and work within a diverse team
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humor
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with others
- High level of analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to follow a design from initial requirements definition through test and delivery
- Ability to self-manage; taking ownership of projects: budgeting, work planning, resource
- management and reporting
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial, ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail,
- structured thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
Desired:
- Master’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, Mechanical
- Engineering or similar
- 2-5 years of automotive-related experience, preferably on a vehicle build project
- Detailed understanding of automotive exteriors, interiors, manufacturing and operations
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of Kenya)
Experience:
1-2 years of automotive-related experience, preferably on a vehicle build project
How to Apply:
Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references are encouraged to apply with detailed CV’s, inclusive of names and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address by scrolling down and clicking on: Electrical Engineer
1-2 years of automotive-related experience, preferably on a vehicle build project
How to Apply:
Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references are encouraged to apply with detailed CV’s, inclusive of names and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address by scrolling down and clicking on: Electrical Engineer
