Lighting Product Engineer

As a Lighting Product Engineer, you will play a key role in the development and enhancement of Rubicon's lighting and smart technology product portfolio. Working as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will contribute to the design, testing and continuous improvement of innovative products that support energy efficiency, sustainability and intelligent building solutions.

The role offers exposure to a diverse range of technologies and engineering disciplines, including luminaire design, PCB development, embedded systems, IoT communications and product compliance. While project priorities may evolve in line with business needs, the primary focus of the role is to develop high-quality, market-leading lighting solutions that meet both customer requirements and industry standards.

This opportunity is ideally suited to an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, working across multiple technologies and contributing to the development of products from concept through to commercialisation.

Plan, design, prototype, test, handover to manufacturing and maintain high-quality lighting products, taking ownership of the full development lifecycle.

Strongly contribute to all aspects of new product design cycles including PCBs, lighting characteristics, thermal management and communications
Develop and maintain automated product tests to ensure product reliability
Work closely with cloud developers to integrate devices into cloud ecosystems
Help to specify and design new software or firmware features
Write documentation for the products worked on
Assist customers in 2nd level support tickets

Work closely with product owners / managers, production and other
engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions
Assist in product specification and development
Participate in regular engineering standups
Continuously build and develop technical competency and skills

• Computer literacy – highly Computer literate and comfortable with technical aspects of common operating systems
• Competent, professional business written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to express yourself clearly and effectively within the company.
• Team player who relishes working with others collaboratively to deliver a top-class result through joint effort
• Ability to build internal and external relationships
• Problem Solving – a self-starter who takes initiative
• Accountable - own up to mistakes and strive for continuous improvement
• Adaptable - be flexible and able to adjust quickly as priorities change
• Excellent time management, organizational, and follow-through skills.
• Attention to detail while maintaining the ability to see the implications for the bigger picture
• A creative outlook with a problem-solving attitude.
• Self-motivated and highly driven - meet and exceed all that is required of your department and staff