Electrical Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Design Engineering Electrical or C4 Systems Associate Specialist / Engineer

The Design Engineering Mechanical Systems Associate Engineer / Specialist opening is a current vacant position at General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada.  The base salary hiring range for this position is $60,000 to $92,400 per year. Once in the role, successful candidates will have the opportunity to progress through the full salary range based on performance. This range reflects the base salary only and does not include additional components of our total compensation package, such as our incentive award program and other rewards like health benefits, employee profit-sharing, retirement savings, and more. If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss all details of our total rewards offering with you.

Job Description

The Design Engineering role in the Electrical and the C4 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers) Design Engineering team is responsible to execute full life cycle design activity on any assigned task within the subsystem and take responsibility to overcome design challenges independently.  In addition, to be accountable for design fit, form, & functionality, ensuring compliance to requirements across the team.  Areas of focus is expertise in one of the following domains :

• Electrical : Automotive Power Generation, Storage and Distribution, Automotive Controls of Electro-Mechanical Systems, Automotive Internal and External Lights selection and integration, Power and Data Controllers, Wiring Harness designs including specialty signals types (CANBUS, Ethernet, etc), Vehicle Schematic Development, Alternating Current Devices (Inverters, Battery Chargers, AC Receptacles), and Vehicle Level Software Testing
• Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4 ) : Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems : radios / antennas and intercom systems, navigation systems, cameras and electro-optic sensors, video networks, unscrewed systems (UAV, UGV, etc), designing wiring harnesses for such systems.

Key Job Elements

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Working Conditions

Physical Conditions and Hazards :

The conditions in which an individual or staff works, including but not limited to such things as amenities, physical environment, stress and noise levels, degree of safety or danger, temperature, location.

1) Physical Environment : Office

2) Hazards : NA

Physical Demands Description :

This section objectively captures and describes the physical demands that are required to perform a particular job or role. Usually completed by the ergonomist

Usual mobility demands required are standing, walking, sitting, and stair climbing to access upper offices.

Equipment Utilized :

This section describes the type of equipment an employee is required to use :

Computer

Phone

Mobile device

Medical Surveillance

May include : Anthropometrical Size Restrictions depending on task

Personal Protective Equipment :

Applicable when interacting with shop floor (safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection. extraction coveralls)