Staff Electrical Engineer

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Job Description

Perform engineering design and development tasks and assist in various phases of ongoing projects. Work with a dynamic team of systems software electrical and mechanical engineers to improve existing and create new best-in-class products.

Job Duties

• System Requirements and Features:
• Contribute to the analysis, understanding and documentation of product requirements and functionalities in collaboration with the system architect and other disciplines;
• Develop and propose electronic concepts;
• Characterize the electronic performance requirements of the system including norms and standards;
• Characterize manufacturing, assembly and after-sales service requirements, in collaboration with operations;
• Architecture :
• Contribute to the definition of the optimal product architecture in collaboration with the system architect and other disciplines;
• Recommend the PCB manufacturer of choice for the product;
• Make key electronic architecture choices, including critical components and PCB technologies (HDI, Flexible, RigidFlex, etc.);
• Product Design:
• Define and perform the electronic design of the complete system;
• Design complex analog and/or digital circuits (high density, high speed, high sensitivity, etc.);
• Design system grounding schemes;
• Develop simulation models of high-speed analog and digital behavior;
• Ensure the achievement of production cost objectives in collaboration with the project team;
• Manage the technical risks of development under their responsibility;
• Oversee electronic product design reviews;
• Product verification and validation:
• Define the validation and commissioning protocol for each of the electronic components and subsystems;
  • Ensure that the design complies with industry norms and standards, such as EMC safety, IEC, EN-12668, ISO-18563, EN-15548, IPC, CSA and MIL;
  • Ensure that the design meets system specifications;
  • Analyze the signal integrity (routing, climb time, overshoot, crosstalk, eye diagram, etc.) of all buses and signals of a complete system (inter-board and/or inter-system communication);
  • Transfer to production:
  • Contribute with the project manager to the planning of the work required for the transfer to production;
  • Ensure the transfer to production in an efficient manner;
  • Provide electronic specifications for operations and technical writing;
  • Ensure the updating of manufacturing documents in the PLM tool (Bill of Materials, Schematic, Gerber, etc.).

• General Responsibilities

  • Contribute to technology monitoring in order to maintain our leadership position by integrating cutting-edge tools and technologies into our product developments;
  • Be on the lookout for good development practices, recommend improvements and work to standardize our work methods;
  • Contribute to the training and sharing of knowledge on new technologies likely to meet the needs of our developments;
  • Be an internal reference in his/her field in terms of working methods and technologies;
  • Collaborate with the various stakeholders to resolve inter-departmental technical problems;
  • Support less experienced electronics designers working on the same project;

   

   

Job Requirements

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 10 years of experience in analog and/or digital circuit design or equivalent;
• Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering is an asset;

Technical skills:

• Member of the Order of Engineers, strongly desired (Quebec only);
• Demonstrated experience in organizing and monitoring development work in projects;
• Mastery of schematization, routing and design constraints (Expedition or equivalent);
• Mastery of SPICE simulation tools and signal integrity validation tools and power supplies (Hyperlynx or equivalent);
• Knowledge of NDT standards (EN-12668, ISO-18563, EN-15548) a plus;
• Knowledge of standards in electromagnetic compatibility, safety and electronic manufacturing (IEC 61326-1, IEC 61000-6-2, IEC 61000-6-4, IEC 61010-1, IPC 610/620, CSA, MIL);