Are you an ambitious hardware developer who thrives working with both daily tasks and complex projects? Do you want to contribute to an efficient and sustainable food production? Then we’ve got the opportunity for you!

SKOV’s ambition is to be the largest and most acknowledged supplier of climate and farm management solutions for livestock production, ensuring optimum conditions for animals, people, and the environment. The company is in a strong position and expects substantial growth in the coming years.

You will become part of our HW and Core SW organization within R&D, focusing on all hardware-related areas. This includes cooperation with Product Management, internal specialists, partners, procurement, and customer support. You will join a team of 4 innovative hardware developers and be responsible for the platform foundation on which we build our products.

Your everyday tasks will consist of:

• Participation in teams with other talented developers and experts working with further development and maintenance our existing portfolio of fans used for chickens, pigs, dairy and insects, where we work with AC-motors (1 and 3-phase, <480VAC, <4kW), PM-motors (3-phase, <4kW), PM-motor drives (1 and 3-phase, <480VAC, <4kW) and actuators(24VDC, <6000Nm)
• Performing hardware support for the other teams/groups in the development department and within the company
• Work is based on agile methods and Scrum planning, and you will have an active role in all the team's tasks
• Product development through the complete life cycle:
  • New concepts – higher performance - lower energy consumption – lower product cost
  • World-wide and regional variants
  • Analyze and specify design/development
  • Internal development and/or close cooperation with partners, sub-suppliers, external specialists, and knowledge institutions
  • Production maturing, including preparation of production-related documentation and solving design-related production challenges
  • Lab test, field test, and follow-up with the customers
  • Product test and system test
  • Regulatory requirements/directives/approvals - general and local
  • Provide technical input and review of product documentation for installer and end-user. 

As a person, you:

• Will bring optimism and like to learn from, inspire, and motivate your colleagues
• Wish to build knowledge within complicated technologies, and to take the lead and set the direction in certain technical aspects
• Are structured and have an analytical approach
• Are driven by the quality of your work and take pride in understanding and solving complex challenges
• Dare to challenge how we work and propose ideas for improving processes and our technical setup
• Are innovative and see possibilities that accommodate both the customer’s and SKOV’s business.

To be a success, we imagine that you:

• Have an education in HW, electronics, or something similar, with at least 5 years of experience in an electronics manufacturing company
• Experience with specification, development, and testing of HW at the product and system level
• Knowledge – or desire to acquire competencies - within basic motor technologies and concepts
• Preferably, knowledge of basic mains power topologies and issues
• Are a quality- and result-oriented person for whom hardware development is a passion
• Have experience from participation in and implementing development projects.
• Can work as an independent, thorough, quality-conscious, and results-oriented person with the ability and the will to cooperate internally and externally
• Thrive working in smaller teams, and you find it easy to collaborate with our English-speaking colleagues worldwide.

We offer you: 

To be part of a team where the department's work culture is built on the open-minded exchange of knowledge and experience through daily dialogue, feedback, and reviews. To have a significant influence on the choice of solution and the execution of solving the specific tasks, based on  SKOV's internal processes and guidelines as well as the requirements for the assigned tasks. You will also be able to have your skills and competencies continuously developed via internal or external training.

If you would like to know more about the job, you are welcome to contact hiring manager Carl Christian S. Bæk-Jørgensen.

We look forward to hearing from you!

SKOV is an industry leader on the international market for climate control and farm management of animal production. We develop, produce and market systems and components for ventilation systems, livestock house air cleaning and production control. We create climate for growth, regardless of where in the world our customers and partners conduct their business.