Jobs

• Sales Manager for the region Western Australia
• HR Manager (The Netherlands)
• Embedded Software Engineer (The Netherlands)

Sales Manager for the region Western Australia

A short list of required qualities:

• Very independent and autonomous, work from home-based role.
• Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing your customer base
• Hands on person, able to assist in advice on system design, in first time installations and programming, assist in trouble shooting when needed
• Good technical/commercial skills and experience
• 5-Year experience with Victron Energy products is required
• Education or experience in battery-based energy systems
• Fluent in English, other languages are a plus
• Living in Western Australia, willing to travel also in Asia when needed.

 To apply, please send a résumé and introduction to Jan Klumpenaar: jobs@victronenergy.com.

Company
Victron Energy was founded in 1975 by Reinout Vader. Victron designs and sells inverters, chargers and more related power conversion products. The company has 110 employees, which includes 45 R&D engineers. We are a technology focused and sales driven company, and to stay leading, we rely on a strong R&D team. Most products contain software, and lately more and more of our unique features are in software. The company structure is flat: management is done by Reinout and Matthijs Vader, and everybody reports directly to one of both. For more information, see http://www.victronenergy.com/.

Embedded Software Engineer
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Company
Victron Energy was founded in 1975 by Reinout Vader. Victron designs and sells inverters, chargers and more related power conversion products. The company has 110 employees, which includes 45 R&D engineers. We are a technology focused and sales driven company, and to stay leading, we rely on a strong R&D team. Most products contain software, and lately more and more of our unique features are in software. The company structure is flat: management is done by Reinout and Matthijs Vader, and everybody reports directly to one of both.

Way of working
A typical software project is run from start till end by one software engineer. You will be responsible for your own work, from concept and architectural choices up to testing and finally tagging your release code and binaries. The flat organization gives a lot of freedom but also requires a high level of professionalism and autonomy.

Keywords

• Technical interest
• Hands-on approach
• Background in Electrical Engineering

Main technologies used

• Embedded development: C, C++
• Development tooling: python, octave, C#
• Interfaces used: CANbus, TTL / Serial communication, Bluetooth low-energy

Example projects
Below two projects are chosen to show typical projects done in the Eindhoven office. On one hand, a combined inverter/charger with multiple arm processors and several communication interfaces. On the other hand a battery system where the focus lies on the application functionality.

Combined Inverter/Grid Charger/MPPT Solar Charger
https://www.victronenergy.com/inverter-charger-mppt

• Firmware implements direct FET-drive control loops, Ultra-fast MPPT algorithm.
• No operating system / bare metal.
• Updateable through encrypted bootloaders.
• Communication to the user through custom LCD.
• Communication to the outside through serial and/or CANbus communication.
• Integration with other products using GX device and VictronConnect app for monitoring and managing settings.

Battery systems
Battery balancing, battery monitoring, battery management systems

• Small micro-controller per cell for balancing and monitoring. Focus on low power consumption.
• Larger microcontroller per battery with several communication interfaces controlling the application.
• Complex interaction between several Victron systems.

To apply, please send a résumé and introduction to Manouk Wind: jobs@victronenergy.com..