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

We share common convictions, notably on our social and environmental impact, both in our company and personal lives. We innovate on our business model and our technology, but also in our organisation: at Zembo, we have no boss. We believe in trust, fairness and initiative, and we implement an organisation where everybody has roles and the capacity to take decisions.

Your role
Zembo sells electric motorcycle taxis, offers a battery swap service and operates recharge stations. The e-motorcycle (3 kW, mid-drive) is key in our operation and strategy: it should be powerful, robust and reliable to satisfy our clients (motorcycle taxi drivers) in a challenging environment (Kampala roads, traffic and climate)

Your role is both to ensure reliable operations and to continuously improve the motorcycle technology:
• Improve the monitoring system and implement proactive maintenance and repair procedures
• Implement solutions to improve robustness, reliability and performance (efficiency, power)
• Work with suppliers (controller, motor, other parts) to reach the technical and operational objectives (managing orders, test of new models, bike design, …)
• Improve and setup the bike configuration (notably controller settings)
• Relationship with our bike assembler partner + manufacturing oversight
• Lead and train the motorcycle tech team
As the motorcycle technical leader, you’ll have the responsibility and autonomy to lead the motorcycle technical team and develop the future Zembo motorcycle. Your objective is to enable Zembo to develop from a start-up managing hundreds of motorcycles to a recognised company operating thousands of e-motorcycles.

As a start-up working under the principles of a self-organised management (teal), we offer you a motivating and dynamic environment. You have a lot of responsibilities, autonomy, and the possibility to shape our young company.

Requirements
Your profile
– Electrical engineer, Master level preferred
– Experience in e-mobility preferred, evaluation of key parameters, advanced controller functions and sourcing
– Work experience and knowledge about EV integrations and communications with other components (battery, dashboard, …) is a plus
– Entrepreneurial and problem solver spirit
– Willing to stand behind and be part of a teal organisation
– Time and location: full-time, based in Kampala most of the time, 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

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