Electrical Engineer - Quality Assurance

Company Details
Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Description: Greenlight Planet is on a mission to revolutionize rural energy access for the 1.5 billion off-grid villagers who use dirty, dangerous kerosene lanterns for light. In four years we've sold 1.6 million solar lights to off-grid families in South Asia and Africa— all paid for up-front, in cash— the lat… Greenlight Planet is on a mission to revolutionize rural energy access for the 1.5 billion off-grid villagers who use dirty, dangerous kerosene lanterns for light. In four years we've sold 1.6 million solar lights to off-grid families in South Asia and Africa— all paid for up-front, in cash— the latter 1 million customers acquired over the past year. Our products were recognized recently as 'the best solar lamp' in the Economist. Uniquely, we sell our life-changing Sun King solar home lights to off-grid families in India and Africa through a massive direct sales force of trusted, village-level sales agents that penetrate deeply into rural markets to promote our products home to home and build trust in our brand at a micro level. Today 5,000 active Saathis bring clean, safe light to 40,000 new off-grid homes each month. We're now expanding our distribution network from three states to the whole of rural India and East Africa, an under-penetrated market of half a billion emerging consumers. And we are releasing more trustworthy, aspirational products to keep our network busy. Specialties Rural marketing, Solar lighting, India, Africa View more View less
Job Details
Job Type: Full Time
Workplace Type: On-site
Qualification: Diploma
Job Experience: Mandatory
Job Location: Nairobi County, Kenya
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Salary: KES Unspecified / month
Other Pay: Benefits
Job Category: Engineering
Job Description

About The Role:

  • Sun King is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Clean Cooking Quality Assurance (QA) team and take ownership of the testing, validation, and performance monitoring of electronic and electromechanical systems used in clean cooking products, including devices that enable pay-as-you-go access to LPG.
  • The role will work closely with the R&D, Firmware, QA, and Manufacturing teams to ensure devices are thoroughly validated before release and continue to perform reliably across production environments and real-world deployments.

What you would be expected to do:

  • Support testing, validation, and troubleshooting of the electronics and electromechanical hardware used in clean cooking products, such as control devices, sensors, and communication modules.
  • Conduct firmware feature upgrade testing and pre-release validations for clean cooking products.
  • Investigate and diagnose hardware and firmware faults, documenting findings clearly for internal teams.
  • Perform QA testing of software used on manufacturing test stations.
  • Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and inspection checklists for hardware and firmware releases.
  • Support field inspection activities, including occasional on-site hardware checks and performance data collection.

You might be a strong candidate if you have:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechatronics Engineering.
  • 1–3 years of experience working with embedded systems, electronic hardware, or firmware testing.
  • Experience reading printed circuit board (PCB) schematics and layouts.
  • Hands-on experience testing both physical hardware and embedded firmware or software.
  • Familiarity with embedded systems and microcontrollers (e.g., ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi).
  • Familiarity with communication protocols, including but not limited to UART, I²C, and SPI.
  • Proficiency in Python for scripting, test automation, or data evaluation.
  • Comfortable using standard lab equipment, including multimeters, bench power supplies, and oscilloscopes.
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with high attention to detail.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively across teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Swahili.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with IoT products or connected device ecosystems.
  • Experience with soldering, hardware rework, or PCB-level diagnostics.
  • Familiarity with QA management tools or defect tracking systems (e.g., Jira, TestRail)
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