Savics is a social startup with an international reach. Our
mission is to provide connectivity solutions and analytical expertise to
increase the impact of diagnostic technologies on individualized patient care,
disease surveillance and health-care management at the global level. We work together
with global institutions and national governing bodies to tackle important
global health issues such as tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis and malaria, because
everyone matters.
Whether finding new ways to improve patient care, accelerate
national health decisions, or solving long lasting problems, we are relieving
people from suffering through our new products. Check us out at www.savics.org. Savics is currently recruiting for the following position:
Job Position: Product
Research Engineer-Biometrics
Your role
As a member of a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team, you use
your creativity and diverse range of engineering experience to explore
solutions to a variety of engineering problems to build a specific biometrics
device. As a technology engineer, you will perform analysis, define the design,
and build a prototype of the new tool. You work in a product-oriented
development environment and collaborate with outside sources in order to get
the best of what is existing in our new product.
Your competencies
You live in a low resource country and you want to reinvent
the shape of IT solutions:
balancing user experience, performance, and cost. You like
to work on a team that balances these in an innovative and user-friendly design
that complements and enables the technology. You are comfortable working on the
borders of risk, actively communicating among the team to establish a design
direction, creating prototypes that prove it, and working to scale that
prototype.
Your
responsibilities
Own the subsystem and individual part design from paper to
production
Interact with partners to debug, design and guide it
successfully to market
Make up-to-date recommendations on design architecture and
manufacturing processes
Be sympathetic to human ergonomic requirements and innovate
around humans-machine interfaces
Required
qualifications
BS in Engineering Technology (software and hardware), or
equivalent practical experience.
At least 3 years of relevant work experience with consumer
and handheld product design.
Experience in hardware development experimentation in
consumer electronics products
You have a programming experience in Java.
Preferred
qualifications
5 years relevant work experience
Experience collaborating across project teams with ID and
electrical
Experience working with imaging optics and optomechanical
systems
Hands-on fabrication experience
You have a solid track-record in software architecture
You have professional experience in development for mobile
devices as well as in-depth knowledge of Android SDK
You are familiar with the following technologies: JavaScript,
Node.js, HTML5, AngularJS.
Ability and willingness to learn new programming languages
You are fluent in English and French
Nice to have
Open source and/or community exposure (i.e. Stackoverflow,
GitHub)
A portfolio of applications published in the Google Play
store
Knowledge of other mobile platforms such as iOS or mobile
web
At Savics, you will find an environment where humanist
values are nurtured. You will be independent, responsible for finding solutions
to global problems and surrounded by highly entrepreneurial people. We are all
happy to be part of the team and to learn every day from each other. Our goal
is to make an important impact on global health.
Please be mindful of our Business Conduct Manual (to be
found on our website jobs page http://savics.org/jobs-at-savics/ prior applying
to this position.
Method of
Application
Interested persons should click here to apply online
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