Vice President Of Engineering (Hardware)

Locations: Halifax, Mississauga, or Buffalo

Visa requirements: Canadian work-permit sponsorship will be considered if the candidate is strong

DO YOU PASS THE PRE-SCREEN QUESTIONS?

• Does working on a high-powered multi-disciplinary team get your creative juices going?
• Do you prefer working in an environment where you do huddles as opposed to getting “meeting’ed to death”?
• Does working on disruptive, innovative solutions get you excited to come into work in the mornings?
• Do you prefer an environment where your thoughts are valued based on ingenuity and not seniority?
• Do you prefer working in a non-hierarchical flat environment?
• Does building solutions that impact a bigger global cause make you care about your role?

If your answer is YES to ALL of the boxes above, read further!

WHO ARE WE?

Savormetrics is an award-winning industry leader in rapid testing technology based on a sensor and Artificial Intelligence platform. Our sensing devices are used to detect quality characteristics for food and ag products. Our software applications make our devices smarter and easier to use while providing intelligence to address customers’ specific needs. At Savormetrics, we are disrupting the way food companies make critical business decisions by providing novel, predictive metrics. Our technology helps reduce food waste which provides an economic, social and environmental benefit to businesses and society. Our applications are being used by leading multinational food companies.

WHAT DOES THIS JOB ENTAIL?

• Work in an iterative PDCA style on features that take a month or two to develop, not a year or two!
• Document your work in a structured manner, with focus on knowledge sharing.
• Deploy commercially viable solutions for world renowned customers.
• Develop the next generation of industrial solutions for food and agriculture quality check/ quality assurance, using computer vision techniques.
• Work alongside our world class team of hardware and software engineers and business teams to deploy innovative Savormetrics’ solutions.
• Improve our industry leading results, as well as shepherding future products to production.
• Take a leadership role in coaching staff.

WHAT EXACTLY WOULD YOU BE DOING?

As a key member of a small and versatile team, you will

• Coordinate with electrical engineers to advance the electrical architecture of our system
• R&D: Explore, simulate, and test new hardware products and configurations
• Lead our hardware development by setting objectives and driving tasks in collaboration with other team members
• Conduct detailed engineering analysis to drive design decisions
• Provide strategic direction and recommendations for the development of our product
• Coordinate with our software development team and AI team to ensure smooth integration of hardware updates

While this is a VP role that involves high-level decision-making and management, it also requires the candidate to roll up their sleeves and support the team hands-on when required.

WHAT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE?

• Passion for well-engineered products with significant design experience on integrated systems with electrical, and mechanical components
• 10+ years as a technical director or engineering manager with responsibility for directing and managing cross-functional technical teams to develop electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems
• Ability to transform research articles into working solutions to solve real-world problems.
• Undergraduate or master's degree in mechanical or electrical Engineering or similar
• Exposure to Mechanical, electrical, electronics, AI and Software management at some point in career
• Excellent communication skills
• Experienced with Camera sensors and Lens optics and its respective equations
• Proven track record of delivering hardware products
• Appreciation for documentation
• Hands-on mechanical experience recently in career
• Team player excited about working in a dynamic startup environment

SAVORMETRICS CORE VALUES YOU MUST BELIEVE IN TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM!

• Savormetrics is a Family, We Care for Each Other!
• Nothing is Impossible!
• We All Lead!
• We Make Results Not Excuses!
• Deliver Early, Deliver Extra!
• Just Get it Done!
• You miss 100% of the Shots You Don’t Take!
• Communicate! Communicate! Communicate!
• Aim High, Deliver Higher!