Marketing Intern (F/M)
Octave is a cleantech scale-up on a mission to deploy sustainable and circular energy storage solutions. We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Marketing Intern to join our team.
As a Marketing Intern at Octave, you support and execute various marketing activities and projects aimed at elevating brand visibility, driving sales, and enhancing overall customer satisfaction.
This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and innovative marketing environment of this growing clean tech.
Your role:
You will be responsible for managing diverse core tasks that span (digital) marketing and communication. This multifaceted role is ideal for a proactive, well-organized professional who can effectively juggle various responsibilities.
Key responsibilities:
- Support specific marketing tasks and be the first point of contact for marketing & communication related topics.
- Support and manage internal and external content, including content creation, corporate website, sales presentation, social media, photography/video and (online) campaigns.
- Support development and manage sales tools such as slide decks and business case analysis.
- Support realization of on- and offline sales and branding campaigns and implement them.
- Support and manage graphic design of corporate identity.
- Support user-interface design for customer portals, such as our client monitoring dashboard.
What we are looking for:
- Student Bachelor/Master degree, e.g. (Digital) Marketing, International Media & Entertainment, Communications Multimedia Design, Digital Media.
- Knowledge/experience with Adobe Creative Suite and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Knowledge/experience with CMS and Marketing Automation software (e.g. MailChimp, Octopus, etc.).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Strong organizational, multitasking, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Attention to detail and a high level of integrity.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English and Dutch/French.
What’s in it for you
An incredibly interesting and varying internship in a dynamic and fast-growing cleantech scale-up. We offer the opportunity to join a team which creates innovative products and is a driving force in the transition to a sustainable energy system.
We also offer:
- Flexible working hours with hybrid working.
- A supportive and collaborative team environment with huge learning and career development possibilities in a fast-growing scale-up.
- Remuneration is negotiable.
Why join Octave
Octave was founded in 2020 with the aim of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy by building smart energy storage systems from used e-mobility batteries. Since launching, Octave has been in the lead of sustainable energy storage with over 16 MWh of systems sold and raised more than €2,5M seed funding. In addition to the support of some private funds, we are also backed by Imec and the EIC accelerator fund of the European Commission. Our project pipeline contains several large and exciting projects at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
How to apply
Are you interested in the role as Marketing Intern at Octave? Send your CV and a motivation letter today to recruitment@octave.energy.
We will reach out as soon as possible.
HR & Office manager (F/M)
Octave is a cleantech scale-up on a mission to deploy sustainable and circular energy storage solutions. We are seeking an experienced and versatile HR & Office Manager to oversee and streamline various essential functions within our organization, supporting our success and growth.
As an HR & Office Manager at Octave, you will play a pivotal role in building our team and ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our company.
Your role:
You will be responsible for managing diverse core tasks that span HR, finance, and daily administration. This multifaceted role is ideal for a proactive, well-organized professional who can effectively juggle various responsibilities.
Key responsibilities:
Human Resources:
- Encourage the development of a positive and productive work environment.
- Administer payroll and benefits, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Coordinate the recruitment process, from posting job listings to supporting interviews and onboarding new employees.
- Organize and oversee employee training and development initiatives.
- Manage the company's fleet of vehicles.
Finance:
- Review and process supplier invoices and payments.
- Draft outgoing invoices, purchase orders and order confirmations.
- Collaborate with accountant and CFO for accounting needs.
Daily Administration & Office management:
- Oversee general office administration, including managing office supplies and equipment.
- Co-organize and coordinate company events and team-building activities.
- Manage logistics.
- Handle ad-hoc administrative tasks and projects as needed.
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field (preferred).
- Experience in HR and office management or a similar role.
- Knowledge of HR and employment regulations.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Strong organizational, multitasking, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Attention to detail and a high level of integrity.
- Ability to communicate clearly in Dutch and English.
With some (or all) of the following points, you have a clear plus:
- Prior experience with recruitment platforms and payroll applications.
- Ability to communicate clearly in French.
What’s in it for you
An incredibly interesting and varying job in a dynamic and fast-growing cleantech scale-up. We offer the opportunity to join and expand a team which creates innovative products and is a driving force in the transition to a sustainable energy system.
We also offer:
- An attractive salary package.
- A nice office at an accessible and central location in Mechelen.
- Flexible working hours with hybrid working.
- A supportive and collaborative team environment with huge learning and career development possibilities in a fast-growing scale-up.
Why join Octave
Octave was founded in 2020 with the aim of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy by building smart energy storage systems from used e-mobility batteries. Since launching, Octave has been in the lead of sustainable energy storage with over 16 MWh of systems sold and raised more than €2,5M seed funding. In addition to the support of some private funds, we are also backed by Imec and the EIC accelerator fund of the European Commission. Our project pipeline contains several large and exciting projects at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
How to apply
Are you interested in the role as HR & Office Manager at Octave? Send your CV and a motivation letter today to recruitment@octave.energy.
We will reach out as soon as possible.
Data Scientist (F/M)
Are you an experienced Data Scientist? Do you know how to create reliable predictions and optimal decisions based on complex and large datasets? Do you want to put your talent to use and contribute to the energy transition by building innovative battery energy storage systems?
Your role:
- You will be responsible for the development of breakthrough data analytics capabilities enabling sustainable battery energy storage solutions.
- You will have the opportunity to work with unique and large datasets from our sustainable battery systems.
- You will be creating breakthrough algorithms for battery state estimation, lifetime prediction and to optimize the energy flow in the batteries.
- You will work with top-tier research institutes in our research projects.
- You will work in close cooperation with the founding team (CTO, Data Chief, CEO) to radically improve our battery monitoring and control algorithms.
- You are actively encouraged to think with the team for improvements on our products and act as the expert on data science within the company.
What we are looking for:
- Experience in developing and deploying control and predictive algorithms in a production environment, with the ability to write top-quality code in python.
- Knowledge and practical experience with predictive modelling, optimal control, dynamic programming, machine learning, reinforcement learning, etc.
- Ability to present complex data in a user-friendly and insightful way in graphs and interactive dashboards.
- Ability to work independently, have a clear sense of ownership and delivering with highest quality.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English.
With some (or all) of the following points, you have a clear plus:
- Background in Li-Ion batteries and battery state estimation algorithms.
- Good understanding of energy markets or demand response.
- Knowledge of stochastic, convex and non-convex optimization methods.
- Knowledge of Kalman filters and other online state estimation techniques.
- Expertise with AWS, SQL, git, docker, CI/CD, ssh, bash.
- Experience in building data-intensive web applications with knowledge of HTML, CSS, javascript, and python web frameworks (django, flask, streamlit, dash).
What’s in it for you:
An incredibly interesting and diverse job in a dynamic and fast-growing cleantech start-up. We offer the opportunity to create innovative products and have a real impact, create world-class innovations and become a driving force in the transition to sustainable energy.
We also offer:
- An attractive salary package.
- A nice office at an accessible central location in Mechelen.
- Flexible working hours with hybrid working.
- A supportive and collaborative team environment with huge learning and career development possibilities in a fast-growing start-up.
Why join Octave
Octave was founded in 2020 with the aim of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy by building smart energy storage systems from used e-mobility batteries. Since launching, Octave has been in the lead of sustainable energy storage with over 16 MWh of systems sold and raised more than €2M seed funding. In addition to the support of some private funds, we are also backed by Imec and the EIC accelerator fund of the European Commission. Our project pipeline contains several large and exciting projects at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
How to apply:
Are you interested in the role of Data Scientist at Octave? Send your CV and a motivation letter today to recruitment@octave.energy. We will reach out as soon as possible.
Embedded System Engineer Intern (F/M)
Are you a savvy Embedded System Engineering student looking for an internship?
Do you want to put your know-how to use and participate in future by building a more sustainable energy system?
Your main mission will be:
- Conceiving a new version of our testbench involving : C language, I2C, SPI, Hardware purchasing, some soldering, Arduino.
- Creating a mesh of gas sensors in our warehouse involving : Python, CAN, Hardware purchasing, cable conception, Raspberry pi.
- Helping in production: monitoring of new batteries modules, soldering and cable management.
On, top you can also contribute with:
- Contributing to Firmware development of our custom modular BMS: C language, FreeRTOS, CAN, I2C, SPI, Arm4.
- Developing any good idea you have in mind during the internship.
So if you are looking for an internship where you would be in charge of your own work in a close team and learn how to put in practice all the things you learned (and not) you can contact us with a CV at recruitment@octave.energy!
Business Developer (F/M)
Are you an experienced Business Developer who wants to use your talent and contribute to the energy transition? Do you want to help create a market for innovative and sustainable products for the future in a fast-growing company?
Your role
- You will help build Octave's commercial strategy and convince SMEs and industrial companies of the added value of our innovative battery systems.
- In this role, you implement and refine Octave’s go-to-market strategy. You continuously identify sales opportunities and advise and support customers.
- You are responsible for Octave’s sales process from start to finish. You qualify inbound leads and look for new business opportunities through various channels (cold calls, email, Linkedin, networking…). You follow up on leads and manage the entire process until closing.
- Your excellent communication skills ensure a strong relationship with Octave’s potential customers and partners. You are Octave’s eyes and ears in the market: by identifying the needs of our customers, you propose suitable solutions within Octave's portfolio.
What you will bring to the team
- Solid work experience in commercial / project development in the energy sector (B2B), preferably in energy storage solutions or renewable energy sources.
- Good understanding of energy markets.
- Sufficient technical background to master basic electrical engineering concepts around renewable energy.
- Clear hunter sales attitude.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to give engaging presentations.
- Experience in developing and implementing a commercial strategy in the renewable energy sector. Ability to perform market segmentation and identify customer needs.
- Desire to work in a fast moving and entrepreneurial environment.
- Fluency using MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and similar tools.
With some (or all) of the following points, you have a clear plus:
- Master's degree in the field of economics or engineering, or equivalent level of experience.
- Fluent in Dutch and English (French is a plus).
- Hands-on experience in go-to-market strategies with a track record of achieving sales quotas and targets.
What’s in it for you
An incredibly interesting and diverse job in a dynamic and fast-growing company. We offer the opportunity to further develop a marketing & sales approach for an innovative product and become a driving force in the transition to sustainable energy.
We also offer:
- An attractive and competitive salary package.
- Flexible working hours with hybrid working, ideally 2 days at our office in Mechelen.
- A supportive and collaborative team environment with huge learning opportunities and career development possibilities.
Why join Octave
Octave was founded in 2020 with the aim of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy by building smart energy storage systems from used e-mobility batteries. Since launching, Octave has sold more than 5 MWh of battery storage capacity and raised a total of € 2M seed funding. In addition to the support of some private funds, we are also backed by Imec and the EIC accelerator fund of the European Commission. Our project pipeline contains several large and exciting projects at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
How to apply
Are you interested in the role of Business Developer? Send your CV and a motivational letter today to recruitment@octave.energy. We will reach out as soon as possible.
Senior Back-end Developer (F/M)
Are you an experienced Back-end Developer, proficient in python, C, C++ and java? Do you want to put your talent to use and contribute to the energy transition by building innovative battery energy storage systems?
Your role:
- You will be responsible for the development of breakthrough software enabling our sustainable battery energy storage solutions.
- You will have the opportunity to design and develop our scalable cloud platform which allows to handle large data streams from our battery energy storage systems in the field and enable powerful analytics.
- You will develop the software running on our battery energy storage systems, optimizing the energy flows in the battery.
- You will work in close cooperation with the founding team (CTO, Data Chief, CEO) to radically improve our current software stack and create a scalable software architecture.
- You are actively encouraged to think with the team for improvements on our products and act as the expert on software development and architecture within the company.
What we are looking for:
- Senior experience in back-end development, with the ability to write top-quality code in python, C or C++ and java.
- The ability to create and implement a scalable back-end architecture to support our battery cloud analytics and IoT connectivity.
- Experience with IoT, edge computing, cloud connectivity and setting up data pipelines.
- Proficiency in designing and optimizing SQL (PostgreSQL & TimescaleDB) database architectures.
- Expertise on AWS, git, docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, ssh, bash, etc.
- Ability to work independently, have a clear sense of ownership and deliver with highest quality.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English.
With some (or all) of the following points, you have a clear plus:
- Experience in front-end development and web applications.
- Experience with industrial data protocols, such as modbus, canbus, rs485, etc.
- Experience with data analysis: creating dashboards, developing, validating and optimizing algorithms, data exploration, etc.
- Experience with embedded system design and programming.
What’s in it for you:
An incredibly interesting and diverse job in a dynamic and fast-growing cleantech start-up. We offer the opportunity to create innovative products and have a real impact, create world-class innovations and become a driving force in the transition to a sustainable energy system.
We also offer:
- An attractive salary package.
- A nice office at an accessible central location in Mechelen
- Flexible working hours with hybrid working, ideally 2-3 days at the office and 2-3 days to work remotely.
- A supportive and collaborative team environment with huge learning and career development possibilities in a fast-growing start-up.
Why join Octave
Octave was founded in 2020 with the aim of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy by building smart energy storage systems from used e-mobility batteries. Since launching, Octave has sold more than 16 MWh of battery storage capacity and raised a total of € 2M seed funding. In addition to the support of some private funds, we are also backed by Imec and the EIC accelerator fund of the European Commission. Our project pipeline contains several large and exciting projects at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
How to apply:
Are you interested in the role of Senior Back-end Developer at Octave? Send your CV today to recruitment@octave.energy. We will reach out as soon as possible.