Electrical Engineer / Designer

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Electrical Design Engineer, Space & Defence Sensor Hardware
Ottawa, ON | Onsite 4 days/week | 6-month contract (extension and conversion potential) |

Our client is an established Canadian space technology company. They’re adding an Electrical Engineer to a small hardware team that builds advanced optical sensing and navigation electronics for space and defence missions. The work is hands-on, from schematic to flight hardware. Strong performers on this contract are in line for a permanent offer.

What you’ll do

  • Design and test analog and digital circuit card assemblies for optical sensing, navigation and on-board processing systems
  • Take boards from schematic capture through layout support, signal integrity review, bring-up and board-level test
  • Design for EMI/EMC compliance from the start and support compliance testing
  • Run and document reliability and performance analyses: parts derating, FMECA and worst-case circuit analysis
  • Investigate hardware anomalies and failures through to root cause, and document what you find
  • Write and maintain design specs, test procedures and test reports under formal configuration control
  • Guide less experienced engineers and work closely with the systems, mechanical, software and test teams

What you bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 5 to 8 years of professional EE design experience after graduation (co-op and internships don’t count)
  • Proven board-level design and test experience across analog and digital circuits
  • Hands-on experience designing for EMI/EMC compliance
  • Excellent written and spoken English, and the ability to explain a design clearly and concisely
  • Strong technical documentation habits

Nice to have

  • Optics or electro-optics experience
  • A background in defence, space or medical device electronics
  • Radiation analysis and space-grade EEE parts derating standards

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$40.00 and CA$50.00

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

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