Join the most exciting company in AgTech, scaling for international expansion!

Nofence is a Norwegian scale up who has built the world’s first virtual fencing solution for livestock. Virtual fencing is a pretty new thing to the world and we are currently leading the race, but steaks are high when going for international expansion. To make sure that we still goat the top of the podium we will need the best Quality Engineer for our Operations team. 

Our goal is to improve the welfare of the farmer, animals and the soil. We want our product to be recognised amongst farmers as a tool as obvious as the tractor, and a technology for utilizing land resources as nature intended. 

Since we are still in the early stages of our growth, you will have the opportunity to have a huge impact on how we build our Operations team. Join us in advancing sustainable agriculture and re-shape a global industry for the better!

As our Quality Engineer you will be an essential part of scaling Nofence internationally. Your mission will be to ensure that the Nofence hardware products have a quality in accordance with Nofence targets. It is of great importance to deliver products with high quality to our end users. As this is a new position, the tasks and responsibilities will be open for adjustments.

Simply put, this is a chance to truly impact Nofence’s development!

• Testing quality of products from manufacturing
• Tracking yields in manufacturing
• Follow up electronic and physical tests in manufacturing
• Attending audits
• Follow up quality deviations
  

Experience with the abovementioned responsibilities aside, the candidate will ideally meet the following criteria:

• Relevant bachelor/masters degree or equivalent
• Experience with QA-related systems
• Experience with test development
• Detail oriented and logical mindset
• Passionate in getting things right and safe
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work structured and independently
• Strong work ethics and proactive attitude
• At Nofence our working language is English, and fluent english oral and writing skills will be a requirement. 

Stand-out experience:

• Background from agriculture
• Passionate for People and Planet
• Experience in a tech start-up or scale-up

About Nofence

Managing livestock has always been a challenge. Humanity has tried everything from herding with dogs to walling the animals in with barbed wire, electric, and wooden fences, but these are costly and time-consuming solutions and often in conflict with the local wildlife. It has also left vast areas of potential pasture overgrown and underutilized.

Until now.

Enter virtual fences.

Nofence began in a small Norwegian town named Batnfjordsøra, many years ago when our Founder and CTO, Oscar Hovde, set about making his idea of virtual fencing for livestock a reality. As the idea grew, so did the interest; the man with a plan soon became people with a purpose. And with the help of our customers—whose input, innovation, and patience continue to be an integral part of our product development—Oscar’s idea blossomed. Today, we are a team of ambitious and international professionals with a set of shared goals: to support livestock farmers, improve animal welfare, and restore the fertility of our soil. Curious about how it works? Find out more here.

About Us

Our talented and experienced people come from various and diverse backgrounds. Many have agricultural experience—and many do not—and the same can be said of our devoted investors, of which there are many. Our clients are primarily farmers, though not all of them!

A better life for farmers, animal welfare and sustainable, regenerative farming are why our products exist in the first place - and we are constantly looking for innovative ways of advancing them. So far, our clients have used Nofence in a range of creative ways, including regenerative cattle farming, conservation grazing with goats, regenerative grazing with sheep, and even government work! Yet we have only just scratched the surface, and already have 250 million hours of operation on animals with recorded behaviour data to explore.

We already have many skilled and dedicated people working towards our common goals, but we need more.

Still curious? Visit our website.

What can we offer?

As a company still in our early stages, our way of working is continuously evolving, and you will have the opportunity to make an impact on how we do things. As our colleague you will be part of an exciting company with enormous ambitions for international growth! In Nofence every opinion is valued and all employees are made to feel important. As a part of our team you will have the opportunity to grow together with the company, as the opportunities for development are endless both for our product and our employees!

The right candidate will get a competitive salary, contemporary office from which to work from, IT equipment, pension and a fun and rewarding environment which will enable you to thrive within a supportive team that is working to re-sheep the agricultural industry. We will also offer full product training and an onboarding process where you will get to travel and meet the whole global team and feel part of something special from day one! You will of course also be invited to invest and participate in our stock options program for all employees. Last but definitely not least, we can offer loads of goat puns!

About the Application

Are you ready to change pasture? After all, the grass is sometimes greener on the other side. Also, just like the soil needs a balanced diversity of nutrients to thrive, a company needs a diversity of hearts and minds. We encourage candidates of any origin and gender to apply!

If you want to know more about us or the role, please visit our website or contact our VP Operations Italo D. Chirico at italo@nofence.no. He will be delighted to talk.

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The role will include some traveling. At Nofence, we aim to facilitate a hybrid work life where one can combine working from home and physical presence at one of our hubs: Batnfjordsøra (HQ), Oslo and Trondheim.