Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 17 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
We are Zembo, the start-up paving the way to the e-mobility revolution in Africa. Zembo sells electric motorcycle taxis, offers a battery swap service and operates recharge stations. After six years of operation, Zembo is the most experienced African provider of electric motorcycles and solar battery swap on the continent. We are now scaling up in Uganda, providing an affordable and environmentally responsible mobility solution. www.zem.bo

As a start-up working under the principles of a teal, non-hierarchical leadership, we offer you a motivating and dynamic environment. You have a lot of responsibilities, autonomy, and the possibility to shape our young company.

Your role
Zembo sells electric motorcycle taxis, offers a battery swap service and operates recharge stations. Your role is to design, build and implement all the automations we need to operate: this includes battery charging, battery swap automated cabinet, power source management, … This roles involves both hardware (controllers, devices, IOT, …) and software to control these systems on the field. Your objective is to enable Zembo to develop from a start-up managing hundreds of bikes and 30 stations to a recognized company operating thousands of motorcycles and hundreds of stations.

As the automation engineer, you’ll have the responsibility and autonomy to design and develop this system, leading the automation team and deciding which technologies we’ll use.

Requirements
Your profile
• Experience as automation engineer role for significant automation projects involving both hardware and software (5+ years)
• Experience in low level programming in C or Assembly
• Education: master’s level preferred
• Entrepreneurial and problem solver spirit
• Willing to stand behind and be part of a teal organization
• Time and location: full-time, based in Kampala but remote work possible during some periods of the year, starting as soon as you can
• While persons of all gender, origin, orientation, age, and identity are encouraged to apply, we actively promote women in leadership positions and strongly encourage women to apply

Benefits
Competitive salary and a chance to work for a transformative company transitioning the African transport sector to electric.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
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