Vence Collar Tech Lead

Role Summary

As the Vence Collar Tech Lead, you will provide technical leadership for the animal wearable device (collar) within the broader Vence solution. You will lead the technical design and execution of the collar from concept through mass production, ensuring the solution is technically robust, manufacturable, reliable, and scalable in real-world farm environments. You will work as part of the Vence core product team, in close partnership with the Vence Collar Product Manager, R&D teams, NPI, Operations, Customer Success, and manufacturing partners. You will be accountable for technical architecture, system integration, validation, risk management, and technical readiness for launch and ongoing support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical architecture and system design for the collar, including electronics, mechanics, embedded software, RF communications, integration, and validation.
• Define and drive engineering solutions that meet performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost constraints.
• Evaluate technical feasibility, complexity, and risk for proposed design changes and solutions.
• Own collar-specific product outcomes and metrics (e.g., field failure/return rates, installation/activation success, battery life, robustness, unit cost) and use these to guide design trade-offs.
• Drive and participate in product discovery for collar-related problems: engage with Customer Success, field teams, and customers to understand pain points.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D functional managers, engineers, product design, NPI, Operations, Supply Chain, and Customer Success to ensure alignment and delivery.
• Define and oversee validation strategy, technical acceptance criteria, and readiness activities.
• Identify risks early and proactively define mitigation strategies.
• Support ongoing operations by investigating and resolving field issues and feeding insights into future improvements.
• Track and report technical metrics such as reliability, test coverage, yield, field failure rates, and risks.

Required Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in technical leadership or technical project management for multidisciplinary hardware products.
• Proven experience working in a product team and collaborating cross-functionally.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in medium and large-scale companies.
• Comprehensive knowledge of IoT architecture, embedded systems, hardware, mechanics, integration, and validation.
• Experience developing mass-production products for wireless IoT or wearable devices.
• Proven experience working throughout the entire product life cycle, from discovery and concept through design, validation, and mass production.
• Experience working on complex products requiring a high level of technical know-how and coordination across multiple geographic locations.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in geofencing, animal technology, or similar field-deployed hardware solutions.