Junior Electrical Engineer- Biomass at BURN

About the Role:

• BURN is currently seeking a mission-driven candidate to serve as an Electrical Engineer in our manufacturing facility in Nairobi, Kenya.  
• The Electrical Engineering Fellow will be primarily involved with the development of BURN’s Kuniokoa Turbo products with stove tracking. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, prototype, debug and optimize sensor subsystems and custom PCBs. 
• Work with manufacturing partners for timely prototype and series production 
• Undertake electronics design analyses in support of product development activities.
• Testing and assessing existing forced draft cookstoves’ circuitry. 
• Designing a custom forced draft stove powered with a thermo-electric generator. 
• Customizing existing stove tracker to work for Biomass cookstoves. 
• Testing additional temperature and pressure sensors 
• Ensuring forced draft cookstove electronics to comply with international safety standards. 
• Work with the product development team on design for manufacturability and robustness 
• Developing electrical products by studying customer requirements; researching and testing manufacturing and assembly methods and materials 
• Assuring product quality by designing electrical testing methods; and testing finished products and system capabilities. 
• Conducting electrical circuit hardware testing and troubleshooting 
• Maintaining accurate documentation of concepts, designs, drawings, and processes 
• Resolving PCB design issues with fabrication and manufacturing vendors 

Skills and Experience:

• Electrical engineering background and hands-on electrical engineering experience, product engineering experience, or development experience 
• Experience with electronics; familiarity with electronic systems, electronics troubleshooting, and designing consumer hardware.
• Experience with Printed Circuit Board Design (KiCAD, Proteus, Altium). 
• Experience with microcontroller programming (AVR, ARM). 
• Experience with IoT (TCP, MQTT). 
• Experience with DC motors. 
• Experience with low-power product design. 
• Strong ability to interpret electronic schematics required; ability to design circuits highly desired. 
• High-level organizational skills 
• Works well in a team setting with line employees and technicians.
• Experience with sensors, sensor / PID controllers, or similar is a plus 
• Experience with electric cooking technology is a plus