Hardware Supervisor

Type of Employment: Full Time

Department: Hardware & Engineering

Reports to: Temporarily to Senior Manufacturing Manager

Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

About Dodai

Dodai Manufacturing Plc (Dodai), is a recently incorporated organization launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on August 01, 2023. Dodai is a fast growing organization with a mission of making e-mobility accessible to everyone in Africa through its innovative products and services. Dodai plans to provide brand new electric two wheelers by assembling them here in Addis Ababa and plans to expand to major regional cities in Ethiopia by the end of 2026. It's thus looking to engage dynamic Ethiopian talent to ensure the achievement of its goals.

Purpose of the Position

The Hardware Supervisor oversees the execution of hardware engineering activities and is responsible for technical review and team control. The role ensures validation coverage, evidence quality and closure across assigned programmes, directs the execution of Hardware Engineers and Junior Hardware Engineers, and reviews the technical quality of their work.

Success in this role is measured by team execution being technically reliable.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate test activities; review methods and results; ensure evidence is sufficient and actions close.
• Own the overall validation programme, schedule, coverage and readiness evidence for new models and versions. 
• Review performance test conclusions and ensure gaps are resolved.
• Coordinate resources for durability and endurance testing, and review failure disposition and closure.
• Review risk, evidence and corrective-action verification for water and environmental testing.
• Review evidence and approve component validation recommendations within delegated scope.
• Review change impact and validation completeness for replacement and alternative parts.
• Review software and firmware upgrade rollout plans, risks, traceability and closure.
• Own rollout control across fleet and production, and own escalation.  
• Support and coach complex diagnosis, and review conclusions.
• Lead multi-system diagnosis and determine the technical path to closure. 
• Challenge root cause analysis quality, confirm the cause is proven, and verify closure.
• Review impact, validation coverage and implementation control for engineering change evaluation.
• Coordinate engineering change implementation and ensure controlled closure.  
• Lead escalations, technical reviews and corrective-action follow-up with suppliers and OEMs.  
• Review and approve documentation quality, traceability and consistency.
• Review and standardise test procedures across the team.  
• Own team tool availability, method consistency and capability gaps for test and diagnostic equipment.  
• Own escalation quality and coordinate the cross-functional technical response to technical risk. 
• Consolidate validation evidence and recommend technical readiness.
• Plan team workload, assign owners and track closure. 
• Develop L1 and L2 capability through coaching, review and feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or closely related fields.
• 1-3 years of experience in Hardware engineering, RND, Manufacturing, or Production Engineering.
• Sustained demonstration of the L2 Hardware Engineer expectations — independent technical ownership, test planning, root cause analysis and technical recommendation — and readiness against the L3 expectations above.
• Experience diagnosing failures involving batteries, motors, controllers, VCUs, displays, chargers, wiring harnesses, sensors and other vehicle electrical systems.
• Familiarity with electrical testing and diagnostic equipment such as multimeters, power supplies and other test instruments.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and technical documentation.
• Experience coaching or guiding junior engineers.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to multitask.

How to apply

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