Senior Electronics Engineer Jobs

Duties/Accountabilities

· Provides engineering and design expertise in assigned areas of Shipborne Electronics Systems by preparing design and calculation packages to ensure contract design requirements are met.

· Supports the Manager, Electronic Systems Engineering by providing guidance and oversight to other junior engineers, designers, or subcontractors.

· Develops and/or reviews design documents for fisheries, icebreaking and naval replenishment vessels in order to achieve customer, Classification Society and regulatory approval.

· Develops material specifications and bills of material in accordance with company material strategies and customer requirements.

· Represents the company to industry to develop understanding of company involvement in Federal Fleet Renewal and continue to build our reputation.

· Provide technical direction to suppliers and subcontractors related to the Electronics Systems design to achieve contract, cost and schedule performance.

Education and Experience

· Graduate Degree in Engineering is required.

· Experience in a systems engineering environment, ideally in the defense industry.

· Experience working with a diverse integrated project team is considered an asset.

· P.Eng is a requirement.

· All applicants must be able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance and meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the Canadian Controlled Goods Registration Program and ITAR.

· Experience in developing shipborne electronic System Safety Analysis/Hazard Assessment.

· Experience in developing complete shipborne communication and navigation systems from concept to build.

· Good understanding of the concepts of Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference (EMC/EMI).

· Good understanding of Industry Standards such as IEC, STANAG, IEEE etc.

· Experience in developing highly integrated electronics systems design comprising communication, navigation and mission systems.

· Good grasp of methods on establishing compliance to Transport Canada Shipping Act, IMO and International Association of Classification Societies.

Skills, Knowledge and Required Competencies

· Analyze, define and maintain customer, electronic systems comprising communication, navigation, networking and Flag/IMO regulatory requirements in a system engineering life cycle tool for one or many communications networks

· Based on requirements, develop and design ship communication systems, that also satisfies various build, cost, schedule, logistics and other non-technical constraints

· Analyze an integrated communication network design from various perspectives, such as reliability, security, buildability, maintainability, and more

· Based on a design, create communication network configurations, which includes hard wired and wireless networks.

· Using system engineering processes verify and validate a shipborne electronic systems design (e.g. via documentation, testing, analysis, etc.)

· Build and maintain technical documentation and strict configuration control of shipborne electronic systems

· Evaluate existing third-party communication and navigation designs and their integration, such as development of interface definitions, RF interference, security assessment and more.

· Specify and maintain hardware lists to support communication network designs, taking care of various related issues, such as End-of-Life replacement, installation, qualification, etc.

· Support and develop technical interfaces to other groups within the company

· Prepare and execute design reviews in accordance with a system engineering process

· Above average analytical skills to gather and analyze/synthesize data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy as an integral part of the collective analysis/synthesis process

· Strong technical writing skills including the ability to produce and present clear, detailed written technical specifications, procedures, and reports

· Solid understanding of AutoCAD software, document management systems and databases

· Good organizational skills

· Committed to a high standard of safety and able to align with all safety laws and all of the employer's safety policies and rules

· Exercise good judgments and make decisions in a manner consistent with the crucial job functions.