Head of Mechanical Engineering and Hardware Integration

About the job

Biosort is seeking a Head of Mechanical Engineering and Hardware Integration to lead a team of seven in Norway and collaborate with engineering teams in India. This role involves leading the development and industrialization of advanced underwater technology designed to combat sea lice in salmon farming. The technology combines machine vision, optics, electronics, robotics, and software to improve fish welfare and sustainability in aquaculture.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of mechanical engineers, test engineers, and technicians.
• Define engineering priorities, allocate resources, manage project schedules, and ensure timely delivery of engineering milestones.
• Build and strengthen engineering capabilities, processes, and infrastructure to support rapid product development, prototyping, testing, and hardware integration.
• Coordinate closely with engineering teams across Norway and Asia on product development, design verification, DFx, product realisation, and industrialisation.
• Actively contribute to mechanical design and development, engineering analysis, design reviews, technical decision-making, and complex problem-solving.
• Lead hands-on prototype development, system integration, and troubleshooting of multidisciplinary hardware systems.
• Plan, execute, and oversee design verification, validation, reliability testing, and engineering investigations to ensure product performance, robustness, and quality.
• Collaborate with electronics, optics, embedded software, and computer vision teams to resolve integration challenges, optimise system performance, and drive rapid prototyping and continuous technical improvement.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience, including technical leadership and team management.
• Strong hands-on experience in mechanical design, product development, and system integration.
• Experience with CAD, prototyping, testing, and engineering validation.
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, tolerances, and reliability.
• Experience developing complex electromechanical products.

Personal qualities

• Passionate about engineering and developing people.
• Thrives on solving technical challenges and working closely with engineers.
• Comfortable making decisions and taking ownership.
• Practical, collaborative, and results-oriented approach.
• Values simplicity, speed, quality, and continuous learning.

We offer

• Competitive salary and benefit package.
• Share options.
• Modern offices with parking at Technopolice in Fornebu.
• Opportunity to work on genuinely complex engineering challenges using advanced technology across several disciplines.
• Chance to influence how products are engineered, integrated, and brought into commercial production.

How to apply

You can apply through the application button, and at this stage we only need a copy of your CV or LinkedIn profile. Alternatively, you can contact our recruitment partner Erik Falk Hansen at Rede People.

Contact

Erik Falk Hansen, Rede People