Junior Reliability Engineer
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Job Location:
Auckland - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Halter were building a world-first system that transforms how farmers manage their land and animals and our hardware sits at the heart of that experience. Every collar and tower in the field needs to perform reliably every day in tough farm environments. As we scale quickly its critical that we maintain quality and move fast when things go wrong.
As part of our Fleet Operations team youll play a key role in making sure returned collars towers and accessories are processed diagnosed and understood with urgency and precision. Youll take ownership of the full returns workflow from intake through to hands-on debugging and detailed fault analysis ensuring we create tight high-quality feedback loops into engineering and operations. This role is essential to enabling Halters growth without scaling manufacturing design or quality issues alongside it.
Youll thrive in this role if youre methodical curious and enjoy getting to the bottom of tricky problems whether thats electronic fault-finding mechanical failures or patterns emerging across returned devices. Your work will directly influence how we improve the product prevent repeat issues and deliver an increasingly reliable experience for farmers.
This role is all about supporting the processing and diagnosis of returned hardware (collars towers and accessories) to ensure quick high-quality feedback loops into our engineering and operations teams. This role is important to enable our growth without growing any manufacturing design or quality issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Process collars and towers through the returns workflow from intake to diagnosis.
- Perform hands-on debugging and detailed fault analysis (electronic and mechanical).Document observations root causes and recommended actions in the returns system.
- Collaborate with logistics/admin teams to ensure accurate tracking and processing of hardware and ensure high urgency collars are returned and diagnosed quickly.
- Provide clear timely reporting of findings to engineering and operations teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of testing methods and diagnostic processes.
Skills Experience & Competencies
- Degree or equivalent experience in electronics mechatronics or related field.
- Strong practical electronics skills (fault-finding measurement tools circuit analysis).
- Methodical and detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
- Comfortable working with data capture tools and basic analysis.
- Curious and proactive in identifying root causes and patterns.
- Able to balance speed with accuracy in a fast-moving environment.
- Strong communicator - able to clearly document and escalate issues.
- Works well with cross-functional teams.
$70000 - $80000 a year
Why our team loves working at Halter
At Halter were committed to creating an environment where people thrive. We offer unlimited paid annual leave as well as additional wellness days. Each year every team member receives a $1000 self-development budget to invest in whatever fuels their personal growth.
We offer six months of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and four weeks of fully paid leave for secondary caregivers along with a range of additional family-friendly benefits. To support your wellbeing we offer subsidised health insurance through Southern Cross.
And finally everyone at Halter is an owner. Every employee is part of our stock ownership plan; when we succeed you share in that success.
Our office-first approach
Being office-first is a core pillar of our culture. We believe in-person connections are key to driving your own growth learning impact and building genuine long-lasting relationships.
Were office first not office only. This means that working from the office every day is our default setting but we flex when needed. Your growth learning and impact are truly unlimited here and a big part of that comes from being together solving problems innovating building context and constantly learning from each other.
We have a state-of-the-art dog-friendly office in the heart of Auckland City and a test farm in Morrinsville. Delicious snacks and drinks are readily available.
About Halter
At Halter were 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 and revolutionizing grazing with Halter. People join Halter to do meaningful work. Our team out-think out-work and out-care. Were committed to delivering real change in the world. Were backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors includingBessemer Venture PartnersDCVCBONDBlackbirdPromus Ventures Rocket Labs Peter Beck andIcehouse Ventures.
Join our team
If this opportunity sounds like you please apply below by sending your cover letter explaining why youre excited about this role and working at Halter along with your CV.
If you think you have what it takes but dont necessarily meet every requirement on this job description please still get in touch. Wed love to chat to see if youll be an epic fit!
Feel free to check out thecareers pagefor more information on working at Halter and dont forget to follow us onLinkedIn&Instagram.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Kubernetes
- FMEA
- Continuous Improvement
- Elasticsearch
- Go
- Root cause Analysis
- Maximo
- CMMS
- Maintenance
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
About Company
Manage your pasture, virtually fence and shift your cows, monitor their health and detect heats. All through solar-powered collars and an easy-to-use app. Trusted by over 1000+ farmers.
