Experienced Mechanical Engineer
Halter · Auckland, New Zealand · 5mo ago
About Halter
At Halter, we’re 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. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard.
We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.
To find out more, visit our LinkedIn & Instagram.
About the role
Mechanical engineering at Halter is about to take off. We’ve just released our best collar yet, and in the next few years, we’re going to aggressively scale up production to support farmers and ranchers all over the world. Our hardware needs to last a very long time in an extremely harsh environment, and this needs to hold true for every collar we build (and we plan to build a lot of them).
There are very few applications in the field of mechanical engineering as unique and challenging as ours, which makes it the obvious next step in your career... With our recent series D fund-raise, Halter has reached elite status as a start up, and we’re just getting started. Our mission is to make global agriculture more sustainable and more profitable, and our hardware is a core piece of that mission.
With plenty of new markets to unlock, there will be no shortage of exciting mechanical projects, all of which require problem solving, critical thinking, and the ability to execute to a high standard. These projects will offer ample opportunity for up-skilling, leadership, mentorship and career development. At Halter, our teams are small and agile, which means you get to work on the most important projects, and contribute to the company's success, whatever your role may be.
For the next stage, we need talented, disciplined mechanical engineers who know how to develop hardware. And beyond that, the desire to innovate and create all that’s yet to come in our journey to revolutionize farming. Join the mechanical team and you’ll get to work on something truly world class for a world class tech company. You’d be crazy not to.
Expertise in the following areas would be extremely valuable here at Halter
Highly reliable device design.Experience developing robust products. E.g. automotive, agricultural or military.
Verification and validation.Designing, conducting and documenting high quality tests.Validating production processes for high volume manufacturing.
Injection Molding.Experience in setting up contract manufacturers to produce high quality injectionmolded parts.Experience with tool commissioning at contract manufacturers.Good understanding of injection molding processes and the common issuesencountered.
Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).Designing and iterating parts and assemblies to make them easy to manufactureand easy to assemble.
The best applications include a portfolio or work samples. Show us what you can bring to the table!
What your day could look like
High ownership and high accountability. You have to be committed to the mission and drive success for yourself, for the team, and for the organization.
Rapid hands-on development delivering robust electro-mechanical products through to production.
Time spent on the farm with our farmers, ranchers and animals. If you like cows, you’ll love working in the mechanical team as we have a strong focus on ergonomic design.
Collaborating with external suppliers to optimise designs and streamline manufacturing processes.
We spend a lot of time at our suppliers in China and Thailand (~10% of the year), so ideally you’ll be available for travel (but open for discussion).
Be part of, and contribute to, a high performance team. We want you to add to the culture and push growth within the team. We want drivers not passengers.
We’ll never lose our start-up culture, so you’ll be rolling your sleeves up and helping with whatever is required to make our customers and cows happy
Our Benefits
Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Southern Cross Health Insurance to support your well-being.
We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family.
Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth.
Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave.
Importantly, we offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
Our Office First Approach
There’s a reason you visit your friends in person, live with your family and don’t do dinners over Zoom. Humans are wired for connection. We believe a world-class, in-person office culture is the best way for high-performing teams.
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. Strong relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, and do meaningful and aligned work. We don’t like having heaps of rules or policies, but this means having strong, trusted relationships is critical.
We’re office first, not office only. This means working from the office everyday is our default setting, but we flex when we need to. We have a high-trust culture, so everyone is trusted to do what’s best for Halter.
Our office vibe is something special, it’s hard to describe until you’re here, but people at Halter who have come from fully remote or hybrid companies say they could never go back - the high energy and spectacular people they are now surrounded by everyday makes work so enjoyable. Your growth, your learning and your impact is truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.
Join our team
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!
Please also feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.
Why our team loves working at Halter:
Work that genuinely matters. Every now and again a company comes along that transforms an entire industry and leaves the world in a better place. Our team gets to be part of something truly meaningful, helping farmers improve their livelihoods, spend more time with their families, and build more sustainable operations.
Spectacular people solving hard problems. Our culture is designed for talented people to do work that changes lives. The team is filled with diverse, kind, and driven people who push each other to do their best work. You'll be thrown into the deep end, tackling complex challenges and building something tangible that solves real problems.
You'll grow here. Autonomy, mastery, and learning define how we work. You'll have the freedom to work on interesting problems, master new skills, and continuously develop yourself, both through your role and our $1,000 personal growth fund.
This isn't easy, and we love that it's hard. Working at Halter will be the most rewarding and the most challenging work of your life. We move fast, take bold bets, and work hard to reshape an entire industry. As one team member put it: "Joining Halter is a bit like strapping yourself to a rocket ship, but it's an epic journey to be a part of!"