Electrical Engineer

Role- As an electrical engineer at Local Roots, you’ll be designing and building the electronics to grow healthier, more delicious food. You’ll be specifying, sourcing, prototyping, and building your own solutions alongside a team of engineers and growers. You’ll be solving challenges in electronics that will transform agriculture, crop maintenance, and food. We are looking for an exceptional and creative engineer to usher in the next era of farming.

Responsibilities – You should be confident making significant contributions in the following categories:

• Designing complex multi-layer Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
• Designing, building, and integrating highly efficient solid-state light fixtures
• Sourcing, designing, and installing new sensors and instrumentation
• Building wireless mesh networks

Requirements – Your background should include the following:

• Extensive experience in PCB design
• Hands on experience with wireless protocols including Zigbee, WiFi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Fast prototyping skills, including hands on soldering, and bread boarding
• Confidence managing engineering projects from start to finish with little guidance
• Enthusiasm to problem solve, innovate, hack, and build
• Excitement in the face of uncertainty

Bonus Skills – Bonus points if any of these also describe you:

• MS or PhD in electrical engineering
• 3+ years in lighting, wireless, and sensor design and manufacturing
• 5+ years of professional experience
• Expertise in plant physiology
• Expertise with user interfaces, networking, agriculture, and food processing