Electronics Technician

About BinSentry

BinSentry is an extremely fast-growing ag-tech company started here in KW. BinSentry is focused on providing solutions for the agriculture supply chain that help increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance profitability. As a leader in the use of artificial intelligence, BinSentry offers technology solutions that pair best-in-class optical sensors with user-friendly software to provide our customers with enhanced forecasting and decision-making capabilities.

 

With our technology, feed mills, commercial grain handling facilities, and protein producers are enhancing feed ordering efficiency, raising healthier animals, improving employee safety, reducing their environmental footprint and - most significantly - uncovering new savings. Today, BinSentry is monitoring more than 60,000 bins in real time across North America. When it comes to the future of agricultural supply chain management, BinSentry is leading the way. For more information visit www.binsentry.com

Job Summary

BinSentry is growing by multiples every year and we need great talent to help analyze any failures and improve the quality of our systems.  We need someone who is resourceful and can efficiently diagnose hardware failures, as well as analyze the data and continue to help us make tomorrow’s product better than ever. If you think you're ambitious enough, feel free to apply!!

Qualifications

• Electronics Technologist Diploma or Electronics Engineering Degree
• 3-5 years of experience in electronics troubleshooting.
• Capable of hand soldering small SMD components (0402 or smaller)
• Hands-on experience with multimeters and power supplies
• Ability to use hand tools to fabricate test fixtures
• Experience in using oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers
• Able to interpret schematics to determine and circuit’s operation
• Experienced in troubleshooting complex analog and digital circuits
• Familiar with electronic circuit board manufacturing and assembly
• Comfortable with command-line tools
  

What is an Electronics Technician expected to do?

• Analyze field returns to determine the cause of failure
• Document all failures in our QC application, Jira
•  Disassemble returned units to allow re-use of good components
• Carefully track and transfer parts in our inventory system, Odoo
•  Develop and build test fixtures to support production
• Develop and perform tests on prototypes to verify functionality and durability
• Create and deploy test fixtures to support R&D systems
• Maintain and train new employees on the ESD mitigation program

BinSentry is creating the Mill of the Future

BinSentry is an Internet of Things (IoT) startup in the AgTech (agriculture technology) industry. Our sensors help monitor inventory for feed bins by predicting future consumption using deep learning and generating optimal shipping routes using genetic algorithms. We design, manufacture, and assemble our own hardware but we put a heavy focus on software services as well. Our software leverages the power of our sensor to automate numerous aspects of a feed mill; from ordering feed to delivering it. We offer both our hardware and software as a service (HaaS and SaaS). 

Tell me about BinSentry's Culture and benefits!

We are pleased to offer:

 

• Full, company-paid group health and dental benefits plus your choice of an annual HSA or PSA
• Competitive compensation and an equity package
• Mentorship, guidance and a meaningful mission in which you are invited to participate
• Brag-worthy swag
• Awesome company events

We use artificial intelligence tools to support parts of our recruitment process, such as screening or assessing applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our hiring team.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.