Owl Labs Company Overview
The idea for Owl Labs was born when Owl Labs' cofounder and CTO Mark Schnittman was working remotely for a startup in Las Vegas while living in Boston. As one of the only remote employees, meeting and working with a group of people sitting together was incredibly painful. It was hard to see what was going on, difficult to hear what people were saying, and a challenge to actively contribute.
It became clear that current video conferencing tools are not optimized for remote participants and don’t provide them with a helpful, inclusive experience.
CEO Max Makeev joined Mark in founding Owl Labs with the mission to fix video conferencing for the remote employee.
Their solution was the Meeting Owl an intelligent 360°all-in-one video conferencing device that centers virtual conferencing around remote participants. Our mission is to create the inclusive meeting experience remote employees deserve. It will be one of the first IoT devices for the company conference room.
Jobs at Owl Labs
16 Jobs Listed
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to support the organization in this exciting next stage of growth. In this role, you will be responsible for forecasting, long term financial planning, operational and financial reporting and analysis for Owl Labs.
This individual will work alongside our CEO to manage budgeting, modeling, forecasting and reporting to support Owl Labs’ growth and decision making. Responsibilities include monitoring actual financial performance and comparing to budget and/or forecast projections, analyze and interpret variances, prepare a variety...
Corporate Functions
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring an Operations Program Manager, Sustaining to join the Operations Team.
This person will be responsible for component readiness, assembly, test, quality, delivery and continuous improvement of product builds. This position works closely with other key cross-functional teams from Hardware and Product Design Engineering, Part Suppliers, Procurement, Operations, Finance, Marketing and Contract Manufacturers to develop the strategic direction, goals, objectives and key measurement systems to ensure the business goals are met.
Role & Responsibilities...
Corporate Functions
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Retail Manager to join the Owl Labs Team. This role is a perfect fit for someone who has experience working in consumer ecommerce retail and is excited by the opportunity to own Owl Labs’ B2B retail strategy.
The ideal person is great at managing relationships with multiple retail partners while optimizing for the needs of Owl Labs. You likely are an incredibly strategic individual, always paying attention to what is happening across the business and leveraging that information to grow our retail partners and programs. You are very collaborative and work well cross...
Marketing
Somerville,
Owl Labs is looking for a strategic and driven Director of Design to join Owl Labs’ Marketing Team. This person will own and lead all design for Owl Labs' brand and marketing, and the ideal person will know how direct design decisions while also rolling up his or her sleeves to make it all happen. The right person is a dreamer and a do-er.
As a rapidly growing startup, our new Director of Design will be joining Owl Labs at a crucial time of the company’s growth. Owl Labs’ approachable and sleek brand has been a key asset to the company’s success, and this person is...
Marketing
Somerville,
As a Technical Support specialist, you will be the primary point of contact to Meeting Owl end-users, resellers, and potential customers through all customer support channels, including chat, email, phone and social media. We are looking for an enthusiastic self-starter, who is comfortable taking the initiative to deliver outstanding customer support.
Owl Labs’ mission is to solve a problem we’ve all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in remote and distributed work, this is a...
Customer Success
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Sales Representative to join the Owl Labs Sales and Customer Success team. This is a perfect role for someone looking to accelerate their career quickly in a startup environment.
This person will be responsible for talking with leads and customers via chat, email, and phone to answer questions and encourage sales. This person will have the opportunity to build a book of customers and will be responsible for managing those accounts over time.
Owl Labs’ mission is to solve a problem we’ve all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote...
Customer Success
Somerville,
We are seeking an experienced embedded systems engineer to lead development of robust and scalable Linux-based devices. Be part of a small cross-functional hardware team building the future of intelligent, connected video collaboration hardware. Strong embedded Linux experience and understanding of the Linux kernel is required.
Required Experience
Experienced in building Android from source
Experienced in customizing embedded Linux in areas of driver development, device tree and kernel debug
Experience with Android HAL
Strong Linux kernel fundamentals such...
Software Engineering/QA
Somerville,
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to develop, test and debug the Meeting Owl application software. You will be part of a focussed cross-functional team building the future of intelligent, connected video collaboration hardware. The ability to work autonomously and communicate clearly is required.
Skills & Requirements
BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or a related field
5+ years of C / C++ programming skills (Preferably C++)
Experience with shell scripts on Linux and familiarity with Python...
Software Engineering/QA
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring an Audio Systems Engineer to grow our audio team and join our cross-functional development team. The ideal candidate has experience testing and tuning communication device audio systems and can analyze results and debug issues. You can expect the opportunity to grow to help design and improve future audio systems.
Owl Labs’ mission is to solve a problem we’ve all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in remote and distributed work, this is a perfectly timed...
Software Engineering/QA
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Computer Vision Engineer to join our diverse development team. The ideal candidate has strong experience developing computer vision algorithms for use in unconstrained environments. Bonus if you also love developing robotics algorithms that can use the output of computer vision algorithms (and others) to build world models and make autonomous high-level decisions.
Owl Labs' mission is to solve a problem we've all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in...
Software Engineering/QA
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Backend Software Engineer to join our diverse development team. The ideal candidate has a proven track record developing incredibly stable backend systems to support daily use by tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of users. Bonus for experience in architecting such systems.
Owl Labs' mission is to solve a problem we've all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in remote and distributed work, this is a perfectly timed problem for Owl Labs to solve. The...
Software Engineering/QA
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Network Software Engineer to join our diverse development team. The ideal candidate has design and development experience for building low-latency high-bandwidth network applications. Bonus if you also have experience in architecting such systems.
Owl Labs' mission is to solve a problem we've all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in remote and distributed work, this is a perfectly timed problem for Owl Labs to solve. The market is hungry for products...
Software Engineering/QA
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring an Optical Systems Engineer to join our diverse development team. You will lead the effort to take our 360° camera to the next level. The ideal candidate is skilled and experienced in simulation, analysis and is familiar with the optical system design process. A broad knowledge wide-angle imaging techniques is a plus.
Owl Labs' mission is to solve a problem we've all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in remote and distributed work, this is a perfectly...
Hardware Engineering
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a UI/UX Designer to join our diverse development team. A great candidate has a proven track record designing and building beautiful and easy-to-use interfaces. The ideal candidate has interest and experience in front-end design for both web and mobile platforms and can help bring today's proof-of-concepts to life.
Owl Labs' mission is to solve a problem we've all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in remote and distributed work, this is a perfectly timed...
UX & Design
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Product Manager to join our cross-functional design team. The ideal candidate has brought multiple products from the early concept stage to the real world, with very high customer satisfaction. If you love simple and elegant solutions and have a knack for seeing both the trees and the forest, we'd love to hear from you.
Owl Labs' mission is to solve a problem we've all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth in remote and distributed work, this is a perfectly...
Product Management
Somerville,
Owl Labs is hiring a Project Manager to join our cross-functional design team. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of bringing projects to completion on schedule. You are incredibly organized and have a keen ability to remain cool under pressure. You know how to motivate your teammates to get the job done while simultaneously making sure that everyone loves what they're working on.
Owl Labs' mission is to solve a problem we've all experienced: meetings suck, and they are especially painful for the remote participants on the other side of the call. Considering the rapid growth...
Product Management
33 1/2 Union Square,
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02143
Empathy for the remote worker
Think back to the last time you joined a meeting remotely and thought, "Geez this is a waste of time." Let's fix that.
Love of technology
We live for smart, elegant solutions, and robotics is in our DNA. We bring consumer design to business tech.
Hustle and grit
We have ambitious goals, and we're excited to expand the team and run after them.
Owl Labs is the proud creator of the Meeting Owl, the first smart 360° smart conference camera. It's job is to give remote folks on the call an experience that nearly feels like being in the room.
It takes a phenomenal team to create, manufacture, market, and sell a great product. We're anticipating exceptional growth both in customers and team in 2019, and we'd love for you to join us.
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