Senior Network Engineer - Wireless networks

Auckland. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will take ownership of the performance, reliability, and scalability of Halter's collar and tower network. You will design network architecture, manage wireless communication protocols, and lead tower deployment strategies.

What you will do

Translate on-farm connectivity challenges into actionable requirements.
Operate and optimise the collar and tower network.
Design and evolve network architecture including LoRa and tower infrastructure.
Drive network health through monitoring and data analysis.
Lead tower deployment strategy including site selection and provisioning automation.
Set technical vision for the network discipline.
Partner with firmware, backend, and product teams.
Contribute to cross-functional design discussions.
Own the rollout and support of networking tools and diagnostics.
Mentor fellow engineers.

Required qualifications

Deep experience designing and operating large-scale wireless networks, including LPWAN/LoRa, cellular/3GPP, or similar.
Track record of owning network architecture end-to-end in production at scale.
Comfort working across RF, antenna behaviour, tower hardware, edge devices, and cloud systems.
Experience with observability and monitoring for distributed or IoT systems.
Experience growing other engineers.
Ability to stay calm under pressure.
First-principles approach to reasoning.
Willingness to get out on farm.

Nice to have

Experience with mesh networking, spectrum management, or deploying infrastructure in remote or rural environments.
Background in telemetry systems at IoT scale.
Experience with provisioning automation and remote/zero-touch device management.

Benefits

Personal growth fund

Before you apply

Halter can sponsor work visas and support relocation for the right candidate.

About the company

Halter enables farmers and graziers to run productive and sustainable operations. The company is backed by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund and Blackbird.