Electrical Engineer

Job Description Summary

Are you an innovative engineer looking to expand your career in laboratory automation? STEMCELL Technologies, Canada’s largest biotechnology company, is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineer to join our Instrumentation team, designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge electrical systems and embedded software for our laboratory automation platforms.

As an Electrical Engineer, you will be involved across the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept and PCBA layout to firmware development, system integration, manufacturing transfer, and long-term maintenance. You will play a key role in bridging the gap between hardware and software, ensuring our automation systems are robust, compliant, and scalable.

Applicants are encouraged to share a portfolio of personal or professional projects.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform electrical hardware development and design verification for new laboratory automation systems and sub-systems under general supervision, contributing to the definition of module interfaces and the electrical architecture

• Support in-house PCBA bring-up and prototype builds, including firmware development, documenting test plans and conducting first article testing

• Integrate and troubleshoot complex electro-mechanical subsystems down to the component level (e.g., stepper/servo motors, sensors, fluidic pumps, load cells)

• Execute electrical DFMEAs and risk assessments, making recommendations for mitigation strategies to ensure user safety and system reliability

• Present technical recommendations at design reviews regarding manufacturability (DFM), serviceability, and obsolescence to support lifecycle management

• Ensure designs meet relevant safety standards (e.g., IEC 61010, CE, UL) and support EMC/EMI testing activities

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline with 2-6 years of relevant experience in mixed-signal electrical design, preferably within an automation or instrumentation environment

• Ability to translate system/circuit performance needs into component specifications driven by datasheets and application notes, ensuring an optimal balance of performance, cost, and obsolescence

• Mixed-signal design expertise including schematic capture, PCB layout (Altium/KiCad), circuit simulation (LTspice/QSpice), and high-speed digital interface design with signal integrity principles, including CAN, Ethernet, USB, PCIe, and HDMI

• Experience across the mechatronic stack, including hardware design, embedded platforms (MCUs such as STM32, FPGA/CPLD, SOMs), and firmware development (C/C++, Python) for test and automation

• Strong debugging and validation skills using lab equipment (oscilloscope, DMM, spectrum analyzer), including prototype builds, PCB rework, and troubleshooting

• Hands-on experience designing systems involving motion control (motors, drivers), data acquisition (ADC, sensors, signal conditioning), and fluidics (pumps, solenoids)

• Experience taking designs from concept through low-to-mid volume manufacturing, including production support, validation, and test fixture development

• Experience with power management design (DC-DC converters, LDO regulators, protection circuits)

• Familiarity with medical device industry standards (IEC 61326-1, IEC 61010), including EMC/EMI testing, troubleshooting, and certification support

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STEMCELL Technologies is a privately owned, Vancouver-based biotechnology company that helps power leading-edge life science research around the world. Driven by our love of science and passion for quality, we are a company of Scientists Helping Scientists—standing by our customers to provide the outstanding products, technical support, and training they need to advance their research. Scientists performing stem cell, immunology, cancer, regenerative medicine, and cellular therapy research are among those who rely on our cell culture media, cell separation products, instruments, accessory products, and services. Through our many regional offices, as well as our distribution centers in Vancouver, Seattle, Grenoble, and Singapore, we deliver our innovative, specialized products to more than 100 countries. With over 1,800 employees globally, most with scientific or engineering degrees, STEMCELL is proud to be the largest biotechnology employer in Canada.

This is an opportunity to work with highly motivated colleagues in a science-oriented, creative, and dynamic environment. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and meaningful career development opportunities.

STEMCELL is well recognized for exceptional leadership and business practices. We are one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and operate an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system to measure and reduce our environmental impact.

As an equal opportunity employer, STEMCELL is dedicated to ensuring that every employee feels safe, valued, and respected for who they are. We know that scientific progress and innovation occur when diverse, creative minds come together and we are committed to nurturing a culture of inclusivity and belonging. STEMCELL enforces a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination. Selection decisions are solely based on job-related factors.

The annual salary for this job ranges from:

$84,100.00 - $113,700.00

STEMCELL determines an individual’s pay within the range based on multiple factors including experience, education, job-related skills, and equity within the team or organization. For jobs that are eligible for sales incentives, the range noted above is inclusive of target incentives; actual incentives are based on individual performance results in accordance with company policy. In addition to base salary, STEMCELL offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health benefits, retirement savings, and more.