We are currently looking for an Engineer with extraordinary skills in Communication Technologies and IoT, passionate about letting hardware components talk to each other and the cloud. Your responsibilities will vary, but mostly you will be work on the design and development of communications for our newest power electronics and battery systems project.

• You’ve enjoyed a technical education (Master in Computer Science, Robotics, Electronics or related engineering field) and gained experience in the world of IoT and communication tech.
• A successful candidate will demonstrate a passion for their work and the ability to defend their vision towards sustainable products such as battery packs and power electronics.
• Hands-on experience with integration of separate components, sensors, A/D communication, software platforms and the cloud. You’ve created functional applications from A to Z (this can be professional or in your free-time)

• You are extraordinary.
• Organised – You have proper documentation practices and proficient ability to use Microsoft Office Applications.
• Analytical – You know your way around industry software.
• Efficient – You work effectively with minimal supervision and can learn new skills fast.
• Commercially aware – You know what is happening in today’s energy market.

We offer flexible hours, a young and explorative company to advance your career, international colleagues and maybe beer and pizza Fridays, but we are still working on a name.

Who we are:
We are Lifepowr, a young company focused on enhancing the energy transition using residential storage systems. Lifepowr develops residential storage systems consisting of batteries and power converters that allow end-users to store their solar-produced energy in order to increase self-consumption and reduce their energy bill. We aim to provide a complete solution including the hardware components (batteries – inverters) and smart control of the storage system by means of local and remote energy management.

At this moment, the enthusiastic R&D team of Lifepowr consists of electronic engineers, product designers and junior software developers. To strengthen the R&D team, a senior software engineer is required that can take control over the full software development and that can manage the software developers.

Technical skills

• Minimally 3 years of experience as a full stack developer with knowledge of databases, back-end development and front-end development.
• Master in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent by experience.
• Experience in developing large software projects in teams of minimal 3 people.
• Experience with (or knowledge of) software architecture for projects with both back-end and front-end functionality.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming.
• Fluent in Javascript or able to improve rapidly. Preferably knowledge of NodeJS and Angular/ReactJS.
• Fluent in English, both conversational as written.
• Good communication and reporting skills.

Personal skills

• Result-driven and a high hands-on mentality.
• Good interpersonal skills and able to motivate and guide a team.
• Eagerness and ability to learn constantly and to respond rapidly to changes.
• High sense of ownership and willingness to take responsibility over large projects.
• A structured work-ethic with clear task planning and division over team members.
• The ability to provide clarity on complex topics and to communicate effectively within and outside the team.

• Experience with AWS (lambda functions/DynamoDB) or similar is a plus.

The candidate for this position needs to have the required technical skills but, equally important, needs to have the ambition and personality to create value in a start-up environment. If you do not have all the skills required here, do not hesitate to contact us anyway and tell us why you believe you could be a match for Lifepowr’s R&D team!

• High responsibility with high impact on SW solutions of Lifepowr
• A competitive salary with benefits and the option to grow rapidly
• A young and ambitious team located in Antwerp South
• The opportunity to be part of the core of a growing company

Electronics Engineer – Ready to make a real impact? We offer autonomy, flexible hours and an office located in the best part of town.

We are a growing company based in Antwerp; focused on enhancing the energy transition through residential energy storage systems. LIFEPOWR develops the complete energy storage system to simplify the complete solution, bridging the gap between hardware (batteries – inverters – converters) and software (smart control through local and remote energy management). This will allow end-users to store their solar-produced energy in order to increase self-consumption and reduce their energy bill.

We are looking for an Engineer with a broad skill set ranging from (Power) Electronics, Communication Technologies and IoT, passionate about building deployable systems and subsystems consisting of both hardware and software components. Your responsibilities will vary, but mostly you will be work on the development and testing of our newest power electronics and battery systems project

• A young, friendly and dynamic team in constant cooperation driven by one common goal: providing the best residential energy storage solution to our customers.
• A creative environment where your input is highly valued, and where the only limit is your own imagination.
• The opportunity to quickly acquire a high responsibility at a rapidly growing company.
• Lunch and occasional breakfasts
• You can find us close to station ANTWERPEN–ZUID or take a Velo bike and get your exercise for the day.
• A fully negotiable salary package tailored to your added value to the company

Technical Education; Master in (Industrial) Engineering Science in Electronics, Electromechanics or related engineering field and gained experience in the world of IoT.

Hands-on experience with integration of separate components, sensors, A/D communication, software platforms and the cloud. You’ve created functional applications from A to Z (this can be professional or in your free-time)

• You are highly motivated, and you have a high inner drive to provide the best solution.
• You can work independently, and you are not afraid to make impactful decisions.
• You are a fluent communicator, and you can explain your work adequately to people with and without inside knowledge.
• You enjoy taking risks, and you can motivate yourself in the absence of supervision.
• You are result-driven, and you can handle hard deadlines.

• You know your way around a Raspberry Pi and/or other SoC’s.
• You know how to handle testing equipment such as oscilloscopes, and if something’s new, you are fast and eager to find out how it works and how to use it.
• You are fluent with the physics behind energy and its conversion principles.
• You can design electronic circuits
  • An extra asset is an experience in drawing production-ready Gerber files
• You have a profound base of coding skills, and ideally, you’ve used JavaScript/Java/Node/SQL before.
  • An extra asset is a knowledge or interest in cybersecurity and data encryption.

We’re developing residential storage systems consisting of batteries and power converters which allow end-users to store their solar-produced energy in order to increase self-consumption and reduce the energy bill. We aim at providing a complete solution including the hardware components (batteries – inverters – converters) and smart control of the storage system by means of local and remote energy management.

Our enthusiastic R&D team consists of electronic engineers and product designers and is looking for software developers. Important to note is that we are building this software team from scratch which means that you will build your entire architecture (schematically represented in the figure below) as you think is best without being limited by constraining code environments of previous developers.

On the one hand we are looking for back-end developers as the storage systems need to be controlled locally while remaining in constant interaction with cloud-based servers that allow for data extraction and state control. Moreover, partnerships with external parties such as grid-balancing providers and home energy management modelers are ongoing which requires highly reliable 2-way interfaces with their corresponding servers/api’s.

On the other hand, front-end developers are required to create an attractive and user-friendly user interface. This is needed for both web-based UI’s and app development to provide the customer with the best possible user-experience.

Soft Skills

• You are highly motivated, and you have a high inner drive to provide the best solution.
• You can work independently, and you are not afraid to make impactful decisions.
• You are a fluent communicator and you can explain your work properly to people with and without inside knowledge.
• You enjoy taking risks and you can motivate yourself in the absence of supervision.
• You are result driven and you can handle hard deadlines.

Technical skills

• You have a wide range of software development skills. Preferably with a higher degree in computer science / software engineering or the ability to demonstrate equivalent skills.
• For back-end developers we are looking for someone who:
  • Has the ability to work server-side in connection with the local storage system using one or more of the following: JavaScript/Java/Node/SQL (other languages are an asset)
  • Can enable web-connectivity, set up databases and do database operations with the additional possibility to communicate with external partners.
  • Has knowledge or interest in cloud environments such as AWS / Azure.
  • As an asset has knowledge or interest in cyber security and data encryption.
• For front-end developers we are looking for someone with:
  • Solid understanding of JavaScript and HTML/CSS, preferably but not necessarily with extension to React/Angular/Vue/Javascript ES6.
  • A track record in UI development, preferably supported with a portfolio.
  • A first experience with app development, preferably demonstrable with a first app
• For full-stack developers: an applicable and fluently extendable combination of the requirements of front-end and back-end developers.

• A young, friendly and dynamic team in constant cooperation driven by one common goal: providing the best residential energy storage solution to our customers.
• A creative environment where your input is highly valued, and where the only limit is your own imagination.
• The unique possibility to set the direction of the software development with your own decisions.
• The opportunity to quickly acquire a high responsibility at a rapidly growing company.
• The possibility to arrange your own work-schedule and location. Regular meetings (min. once a week) and fluent communication are required but you can work at home regularly if preferred.
• A fully negotiable salary package tailored to your added value to the company.

Want to work for LIFEPOWR but don’t find your profile in our vacancies? Send in your open application! We are happy to give you a fair chance for a job opportunity. Impress us with your excellent skills, and we’ll soon be calling each other colleagues!

We offer flexible hours, a young and explorative company to advance your career and international colleagues. Maybe beer and pizza Fridays, but we are still working on that.