So we've been sitting here brainstorming some sort of catchy intro for about 20 minutes now, and everything we come up with is either too corporate, or too lame to really come across as anything catchy. So this is what you get, not a super corporate, not super lame intro, which is essentially us saying "Hey, we might not be very good at writing catchy introductions, but we're good at being honest and authentic! Come join us on our development journey.”

CRWN.ai is a machine learning company that uses sensors to detect, localize, and categorize electrical discharge in real time, without an operator in the field. That's the how. The why? Identifying the changes in frequency in electrical discharge allows us to give insight into areas of wildfire risk, power outages, and exceptional electrical discharge on powerlines. If this gets walked backwards you can start to see how we can look at CRWN as an application to clean energy, through providing real time data to identify areas of inefficiencies in the power grid (and obviously reducing the risk of wildfires is pretty clean and cool too).

We are looking for an energetic self motivated Electronics Engineer to join our team. You will sit in between our hardware and firmware engineer and be participating in all aspects of the design and prototype of our custom IOT node. As part of a team of hardware and software engineers it is expected that you will participate in daily standups and weekly planning meetings as well as any brainstorming or reviews. Depending on the nature of the task you may be expected in our office but remote work when possible is part of this role.

Our office is located in Kelowna. Some travel for deployment and testing may come up from time to time.

Job Duties

• Device design which considers everything from ML to software to firmware
  
• Specify, design, develop and test engineering prototypes and test fixtures as required
• Experience doing rapid prototypes
• Test and develop RF communications functions
• Research support
• Schematic entry and PCB layout using Altium
• Parts management
• Liaise with vendors
• Test jig design and build
• Engineering test
• Surface mount assembly
• Write, test and evaluation firmware
• CAD support
• Write procedures, specifications and reports
• Participate in final test and assembly of small to medium sized deployments

Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of industry experience
  
• Experience in designing, developing, testing and production experience in a startup environment.
• Experience with microphones, audio processing and using sensors
• Intimately familiar with Altium
  
• Ability to use common electronics test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters and logic analysers.
• Familiar with ARM microprocessors
• Familiar with typical wireless communications protocols
• Experience with IoT devices
• Proficient with hand soldering

Besides the Tech we have some pretty sweet perks:

• Company paid for lunch on all sprint planning days
• Flexible working environment: Monday - Thursday 10am-2pm PST hard hours, the rest is up to you!
• We have an office in Kelowna, B.C. where everyone pops in and out of as needed. Some people are there 4 days a week, some are only there once a week (or not at all!)
  
• No meeting Fridays (except for a quick 15 minute stand up in the morning)
• 5 weeks paid vacation + Mandatory Christmas shut down
• Healthy options plan!

HINT: A lot of our hires have stood out with a cover letter that hits on our main value of authenticity, so don't be scared of not sounding corporate enough in your cover letter. In fact, one of our best developers was hired based on his cover letter alone. We read every one!