Lifehive is a Swiss technology startup dedicated to saving honey bees. We are committed to creating innovative solutions for the beekeeping community, to enable healthier bees, more robust food systems, and a sustainable planet. We develop and distribute hardware and software solutions for beekeepers. Our flagship product is a chemical-free parasite treatment, using the principle of heat. The core team consists of technicians, scientists, marketers, and beekeepers working together to save the bees. To accelerate our development and to grow our team, we are looking for a
Your role will be to lead the development of the embedded software for an AgTech product. In this space, we strive for reliability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
The success of the product will be measured in field trials, and your work will be distributed to an audience of international beekeepers which we target through a Kickstarter campaign in spring 2025.
Tasks
* Lead development of robust embedded software for STM32 microcontrollers, for a connected master-slave system, in a hands-on way.
* Optimise and finalize our software architecture and platform, and provide feedback on electrical designs.
* Guide junior engineers, manage repositories, and interface with other teams.
* Design our testing framework — from unit tests to hardware integration testing.
* Some examples of the interesting topics we work on:
* A proprietary 2-wire communication standard for our specific design challenges.
* Always-online worldwide connectivity through LTE and NB-IoT.
* Fully autonomous IoT system without external power source.
Requirements
* Experience with STM32 and real-time operating systems.
* Basic knowledge of electrical engineering to understand and review hardware design.
* Programming languages: C++, C (and optionally Python)
* Experience using oscilloscopes to debug communication signals, e.g. UART.
* Comfortable with git and Linux.
* Swiss or EU passport, existing Swiss work permit, or permanent residence (B / C permit)
* An interest in a healthier world and bees.
We specifically invite talented engineers wanting to make the next step in their career to apply — as a small start-up we may not be able to offer salaries that compete with larger companies. We do, however, offer you the opportunity to take charge of a major component of a challenging project with a talented and idealistic team.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact our Head of Product, Karol Pelzner. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
Come join our team and let’s save the bees together!
Warm regards,
Lifehive team
Disclaimer: The legal company behind Lifehive is called Vatorex AG.
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