Position: Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Reports to: Senior Manager – R&D

Type: Permanent full time, 45 hours/wk, 9:30AM – 7:00PM, Monday-Friday

Responsibilities:

•      Design ownership of assigned hardware products and assemblies.

•      Design and implement electronic modules and enclosures, both new and modifications to existing designs.

•      Analyze new hardware feature/product requirements, perform high level and detailed design, create the required design documentation, and lead/coordinate reviews by stakeholders.

•      Implement or lead design implementation by internal resources or external contractors. o    Design for reliability, manufacturability, maintainability, and cost.

•      Ensure all required documentation is created to support the realization of prototype and production builds.

•      Coordinate prototype builds.

•      Perform/lead design verification testing. Ensure plans and results are documented.

•      Perform/lead the creation and management of assembly guides and work instructions for unit assembly.

•      Work with the production department to define and create the infrastructure and processes required to manufacture the new products.

•      Train or coordinate the training of production staff in the assembly and test of new products.

•      Ensure product compliance to required industry standards (E.g. IEC 60255-26 EMC, IEC 60255-27 Safety, ROHS, etc.).

•      Perform/lead component substitution investigations as required by End-Of-Life (EOL) or leadtime issues.

•      Direct/guide product change management and handoff to production.

•      Troubleshooting of hardware related development, production, and field issues that need enhanced support.

•      Work closely with production, hardware, firmware, software, and verification team members to bring products and features to market.

•      Ensure that issues found during verification/validation/production testing, or by customers, are resolved quickly and efficiently.

•      Provide task estimates and status updates as required.

•      Provide technical guidance and mentorship to more junior developers.

•      Provide technical support to customer service staff and end users as required for escalated issues.

•      Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications:

•      Education: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, or related degree or diploma.

•      Strong understanding of electronic circuits used in power supplies, processor-based systems, communications interfaces, amplifiers, analog filters, ADCs, DACs, FPGAs, etc

•      Good understanding of thermal management.

•      Good understanding enclosure design and electronics packaging concepts.

•      Familiarity with Electrical power systems is a strong asset.

•      Familiarity and experience with FPGA development is a strong asset. VHDL preferred.

•      Familiarity with embedded firmware is an asset.

•      Passionate about creating excellent products.

•      Proven ability to drive projects and assignments to successful completion.

•      Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

•      Able to provide creative and sound solutions to problems.

•      Able to evaluate solutions with a critical eye.

•      Excellent interpersonal, oral and written English communication skills.

•      Ability to work independently or closely with others. A team player.

•      Strong time management skills and able to work in a dynamic environment with multiple simultaneous assignments and priorities.

•      Proven ability to quickly learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.

•      Committed to personal growth and development of new skills.

•      Experience: 10+ years of relevant hardware development with experience in:

o   Analog and digital circuit architecture, design, implementation, and troubleshooting. o           High speed digital and analog PCB design and layout

o   High performance microprocessors with associated infrastructure (memory, communications, etc.) 

o   Analog and digital interfaces with EMC/EMI compliance in harsh electrical environments. o   Prototyping and formal design verification o      Version and release management 

•      Familiarity with digital signal processing concepts is a strong asset.