About MistyWest
MistyWest is a hardware engineering consultancy that exists to create novel technologies that enable a healthier planet and bring prosperity to all humankind, with a focus primarily on hardware projects that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
About the Role
At MistyWest, our Technical Lead is a senior engineering leader who delivers best-in-class client experience.
You have the unique ability to quickly and accurately translate the client's stated hardware product vision into elegant project architecture, as well as core system-level requirements. You drive the systems design process while communicating and collaborating on that process with your project team. You work closely with our project managers to lead a multidisciplinary team of research scientists, engineers and designers to complete both product research, development, design and manufacturing tasks, across a variety of industries as well as intersecting technology verticals and horizontals.
You crave getting deeply involved in the technical aspects of the project, as well as the system design, and have a very hands-on approach. You look for ways for your multidisciplinary technical experience and education to shine.
MistyWest develops products in many innovative and unproven applications, so you must be obsessed with learning new skills and technology as well as highly comfortable with ambiguity and the unknown. You are used to working with diverse product development teams and are a great communicator. You thrive in collaborative environments and look forward to working in our beautiful offices in Mount Pleasant a minimum of one day per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or equivalent multidisciplinary degree, diplomas or certificates
- At least five years of previous work experience in hardware product design
- At least two years of experience working in an external client-facing role in an engineering environment
- Experience in electronics engineering and/or firmware/embedded software
- Multidisciplinary experience (mechanical, electronics, firmware, software) is a must
- Experience applying systems engineering methods to complex systems which integrate sensors, optical systems, motion control, and various communication protocols
- Experience with imaging hardware such as cameras, microscopes, and lens systems
- Experience developing applications for embedded Linux platforms like Raspberry Pi
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams
- Awesomeness
Nice-To-Have Qualifications (in order of preference):
- Experience in 3D CAD software (SolidWorks preferred)
- Have a hands-on approach, are comfortable prototyping, and working in a workshop including 3D printers, power tools and hand tools
- Experience with Altium for schematic capture and layout
- Some comfort level with firmware for microcontrollers (Free RTOS)
- Experience with microfluidics or micro-mechanical design
- Experience with optical simulation (ray tracing)
- Valid passport and the ability to travel internationally on occasion
Salary
Compensation for this role will be commensurate with experience and the degree to which the candidate fulfills the various requirements of the role.
Total Cash Compensation for this role will land in the range of $81.5-$97.2k including banked time, profit sharing and equity-based compensation.
In addition to our competitive base salaries, MistyWest offers a dynamic salary based on profit sharing, equity, banked time and benefits, which is a bit different from conventional compensation programs. We also work a 37.5 hour work week, to encourage healthy work-life integration.