Electrical engineer Jobs in Halifax, NS

Description

The Senior Electrical Engineer II will work as part of a multi-disciplinary project team developing new and innovative electronics solutions to meet customer needs. The Senior Electrical Engineer II will work in a number of specialist areas including low noise preamps, high speed digital telemetry, Digital Signal Processing, and RF design.

• Lead design efforts for electrical design of various sub-systems, coordinating other electrical engineers and collaborating with cross-discipline teams.

• Design, implement, maintain configuration management and test maintainable hardware and firmware systems in accordance with the company’s procedure and project specific requirements

• Preparing or reviewing design documentation for electrical systems (design requirements, schematics, board layouts, technical specifications, and data sheets)

• Preparing cost estimates or cooperating appropriately with others responsible for reporting the estimate.

• Apply independent diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices

• Act as a technical interface with customers

• Provide coaching and guidance to other engineers, technologists or technicians

• Participate in and chair technical reviews

• Effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a deadline-oriented environment

• Other tasks as assigned

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering with 10+ years of experience.

• Ability to work on Canadian Controlled Goods and US ITAR controlled articles

• Candidate must be capable of acquiring a NATO Reliability and Secret security clearance

Desired Skills:

• Experience with underwater acoustics and military type electronics.

• Experience with the underwater warfare domain.

• Project management or technical leadership

• Low-noise analog, power amplifier, and digital design

• Embedded microcontroller design (STM32 microcontrollers or DSP-based systems).

• Familiarity with peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, RS485, etc.

• Experience with Cadence design tools, including OrCAD Capture, PCB Designer and PSpice.

• Familiarity with electronic lab equipment, such a oscilloscopes, multimeters, and spectrum analyzers.

• Network communication - Fiber Optic Ethernet ATM SONET

• Experience with embedded development tools such as Sourcery CodeBench and Atollic TrueSTUDIO

• A team-oriented individual that works collaboratively to achieve team goals

• Strong communication skills and a positive attitude, with capability to mentor others

• Self-motivated, adaptable, and attentive to details

• Experience with DSP applications

• Competent Assembly and C language programming for embedded systems

• FPGA design using VHDL

• Master's degree is an asset, especially in electrical, electronic or underwater acoustics

• Willingness to travel within Canada, US and Overseas

Typically, a Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) in a related field and 7+ years of experience within a relevant complex engineering environment. May be required to maintain security clearance

Diverse & Inclusive Employer

Ultra Maritime is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity, inclusion, equity and equality. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be your best and authentic self.

We promote a workplace that welcomes people from all backgrounds and cultures; believing that this will increase our diversity of thinking, and ultimately ensure we continue delivering on our commitments to our customers.

We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status and welcome applications from all candidates.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a competitive benefits package including extended health and dental, life insurance, RRSP, deferred profit sharing, optional critical illness insurance, an EFAP and student bursaries

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We encourage regular manager-employee performance feedback, goal alignment and employee development through our Employee Performance Development Plan (EPDP) and offer employee education assistance to allow our people to acquire new qualifications and certifications.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and particularly welcome applications from Women, Aboriginal Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Visible Minorities.

Company: Ultra Maritime