The posting
About Aprisium:
Aprisium is a deep-tech company developing innovative water quality monitoring and contamination detection solutions through advanced sensing, IoT, data analytics, and AI technologies.
Position Overview:
The Engineering Lead will lead Aprisium’s engineering function and oversee the end-to-end design, development, prototyping, testing, and improvement of the company’s products.
The role requires strong technical leadership and broad expertise across hardware, firmware, software, and full-stack engineering. The successful candidate will set technical direction, lead the engineering team, and work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and manufacturable product solutions.
Key Responsibilities 1. Engineering Strategy & Technical Leadership
- Set engineering direction, technical priorities, and development plans in line with the company’s product and business objectives.
- Lead, coach, and develop the engineering team; allocate resources, set priorities, and monitor project delivery.
- Establish engineering standards, design practices, documentation, and quality expectations.
- Work with management on engineering roadmaps, project planning, resource requirements, and key technical decisions.
- Promote engineering best practices, accountability, and continuous improvement across the function. 2. Product Design, Development & Prototyping
- Lead product design and development from concept and requirements through detailed design, prototyping, testing, validation, and production readiness.
- Oversee system-level design and integration across mechanical, electrical, electronic, instrumentation, and embedded components.
- Guide rapid prototyping, proof-of-concept builds, troubleshooting, and design iterations.
- Ensure products meet functional, performance, reliability, safety, quality, cost, and manufacturability requirements.
- Review engineering designs, specifications, drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation. 3. Firmware, Software & Full-Stack Engineering
- Provide technical oversight across firmware and software development, including embedded systems, application layers, APIs, data handling, and system integration.
- Guide full-stack engineering activities and ensure effective integration between devices, sensors, software, cloud platforms, and user-facing applications.
- Review technical architecture, coding approaches, interfaces, and integration plans; guide debugging and resolution of complex technical issues.
- Translate product needs into clear technical specifications and coordinate delivery across hardware, firmware, and software workstreams.
- Ensure software and firmware solutions support product functionality, performance, security, and reliability. 4. Testing, Quality & Product Reliability
Oversee verification, validation, and testing plans to confirm product performance against defined requirements.
- Drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement for design, product, and field issues.
- Promote robust engineering documentation, version control, change management, and quality practices. 5. Manufacturing & Product Lifecycle
- Ensure designs consider manufacturability, assembly, servicing, scalability, and total product cost.
- Oversee the transition from prototype to production, working with suppliers and manufacturing partners on components, tooling, and processes.
Improve production efficiency, assembly methods, work instructions, and quality controls. 6. Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with R&D, Chemistry, Deployment, Operations, Supply Chain, and Customer Success teams.
- Coordinate with external suppliers, contractors, and technical partners, and support product deployment or field engineering when required.
- Communicate project progress, technical risks, resource requirements, and delivery issues to management.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline; or equivalent practical experience.
- Substantial relevant experience leading engineering or product development teams in a technology, instrumentation, IoT, or deep-tech environment.
- Demonstrated experience taking products from concept through design, development, prototyping, testing, and production.
- Strong knowledge of full-stack software engineering and practical understanding of firmware, embedded systems, and hardware-software integration.
- Ability to guide technical architecture, system integration, debugging, and engineering problem-solving across multiple disciplines.
- Experience leading engineers, managing technical projects, and coordinating cross-functional teams.
Strong communication, decision-making, planning, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced and evolving startup environment.
- Preferred Experience
- Experience with IoT-enabled devices, sensors, instrumentation, analytical equipment, or water/environmental monitoring systems.
- Experience with cloud platforms, APIs, data acquisition, connectivity, and AI/analytics integration.
- Experience in product industrialisation, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), supplier management, and production scaling.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering integrated hardware-software products.
- Key Competencies
- Engineering Leadership
- Product Design & Development
- Full-Stack Engineering
- Firmware & Embedded Systems
- System Integration
Prototyping, Testing & Validation
- Product Reliability & Quality
- Manufacturing Readiness
- Project & Resource Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Success Measures
- Successful delivery of engineering milestones from concept through validated product and production readiness.
Reliable integration and performance across hardware, firmware, and software components.
- Product quality, reliability, manufacturability, and continuous improvement.
- Effective leadership, development, and performance of the engineering team.
- Timely project delivery and effective management of technical risks and resources.
- Hardware & System Integration
Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOS)
Eligible employees may be considered for participation in the Company’s Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOS), subject to the applicable scheme rules, eligibility criteria, and management approval.
How to Apply
- if you are interested in this opportunity, please send your updated resume, expected salary, and earliest available start date to [email protected]. Alternatively, you may apply through MyCareersFuture (MCF).
