Electrical Engineer (EIT/Entry Level)

Overview

Sangster Engineering designs and manufactures specialized training equipment for military, law enforcement, and professional end-users worldwide. We are a small, fast-moving engineering company based in Amherst, Nova Scotia.

About the Role

We are looking for an entry-level Electrical Engineer (EIT) to grow into our electrical and controls work. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role. Even as a recent graduate, you will own your work and take systems from schematic to powered up and working. You get real responsibility from day one.

If you like owning a problem from the first schematic to a system that switches on and just works, want to learn fast, and want your work to actually matter, read on.

What You\'ll Bring

We don\'t expect years of experience — coursework, internships, and personal projects all count. Foundational skills and exposure in these areas:

• Electrical design: creating schematics, panel layouts, and wiring plans for real systems: power distribution, lighting, and low-voltage circuits (coursework and personal projects count).
• Controls and integration: making separate electrical pieces work together as one system: PLCs, relays, sensors, networked devices (any exposure counts, a class project is fine).
• Practical reliability: an instinct for building things that power up and keep working in the field, not just on the bench.

What You\'ll Own

• Your work. You\'ll own your designs and projects end to end, with support from the team as you grow.
• From schematic to switched-on. You\'ll carry your designs through wiring, integration, and commissioning — all the way to a working system.
• Quality. Careful, dependable electrical work: safe, to code, and built to last.

What we\'re looking for

• Bachelor\'s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; recent graduates or those with equivalent practical experience are encouraged to apply.
• Registered or eligible to register as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) with Engineers Nova Scotia.
• Hands-on experience with Claude is a real plus — we use Claude Code in our day-to-day work.
• Comfort reading and producing electrical schematics and drawings (any tools).
• High autonomy and strong self-direction.
• Comfortable on a very small team, wearing many hats.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on exposure to wiring, panel-building, controls, or electrical construction (a summer job or hobby project counts).
• Familiarity with the Canadian Electrical Code, or a genuine interest in learning it properly.

How to Apply

If you\'re a recent grad looking for real, hands-on ownership from day one, we\'d love to hear from you. Apply to this posting with your resume and a portfolio of your work — capstone report, schematics, controls or electronics projects, photos of things you\'ve wired or built, anything that shows how you think.

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