Electronic Engineer at Salpha Energy Limited

Salpha Energy Limited - We are passionate about off-grid energy. Salpha Energy is a for profit social business and manufactures honest, reliable solar products designed to help people living off the electric grid.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Electronic Engineer

Location: Ojo, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

• We are seeking a versatile and visionary Electronics Engineer to lead the end-to-end design, integration, and validation of complex electronic systems and enclosures—specifically for solar-powered inverter and energy products. 
• As Salpha expands its in-house manufacturing capabilities, this role is critical in ensuring product designs move from concept to production efficiently, cost-effectively, and at scale.
• The ideal candidate has deep experience in PCB design, electronic system architecture, and cross-functional product integration, and is ready to take ownership of critical development initiatives. 
• You’ll also lead the integration of plastic housings with electronic components, ensuring that every product is optimized for performance, safety, manufacturability, and scalability.
• You’ll collaborate closely with our technical team to bring Salpha’s next-generation solar solutions to life delivering products that meet the highest standards of durability and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance electronic systems for inverter and solar products, from concept to production.
• Create PCB layouts using tools such as Altium Designer, Eagle PCB, and Cadence Allegro
• Select components, analyze signal integrity, and ensure compliance with reliability standards.
• Apply SMT and THT techniques across single-layer to multi-layer PCBarchitectures.
• Ensure manufacturing readiness using Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles.
• Lead schematic design, system integration, and prototyping.
• Collaborate with mechanical, QA, and procurement teams to deliver on time and within budget.
• Conduct system testing and validation to ensure product quality and reliability.
• Document designs and lead technical reviews with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical / Electronics Engineering, or equivalent.
• 3-5+ years in electronics hardware design, especially in inverter, energy, or power electronics.
• Advanced knowledge of PCB design tools and best practices.
• Proven experience with system-level integration and manufacturing-scale handover.
• Exposure to field reliability testing (heat, drop, ingress protection).
• Prior work with solar kits, IoT devices, or battery-powered products.

Qualities We’re Looking For:

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
• Detail-oriented and committed to quality and innovation.
• Blends electronic precision with mechanical awareness.
• Practical, hands-on thinker who can lead from design to test.
• Fast learner and highly collaborative, especially with non-technical teammates.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: salpha@salphaenergy.com using the job title as the subject of the email.