Electrical Designer

CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions Ltd.; Châteauguay; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions Ltd. seeks an Electrical Designer to design electrical functionality for new and existing products in collaboration with electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineers.

You will translate customer needs into system specs, integrate electrical systems, and lead testing from prototype through start-up. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's in electrical engineering with at least three years of experience, and membership in the OIQ is an asset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering required.
• Minimum three years of experience as an Electrical Designer.
• OCI (OIQ) member status is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical functionality of products according to standards.
• Participate in conceptual to prototyping and mass production phases.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineers during design.
• Design for cost, manufacturability, and functionality.
• Provide 2D electrical design drawings.
• Translate customer needs into system specifications and performance requirements.
• Integrate electrical systems and components.
• Prototype assembly and testing planning.
• Validate compliance with standards during manufacturing.
• Lead customer acceptance testing.
• Ensure adherence to client specifications and industry standards (CSA, IEC).
• Provide technical support for electrical workshop activities.
• Resolve electrical problems and identify root causes.
• Disseminate information to staff for troubleshooting.
• Prepare technical documents and verification records.
• Monitor installations, modifications, tests and validations.
• Participate in start-up tests of electrical units.
• Research new instructions and technologies for electrical repair work.
• Identify and plan activities related to product development projects.
• Build and maintain design files with calculations, tests, costs and approvals.
• Participate in design reviews and approve new concepts.
• Support manufacturing engineering in production problem solving.
• Analyze technical aspects of special customer requests.

Skills

Autonomy

Resourcefulness

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Ability to meet deadlines

Harnesses wiring knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Job description

Job Description

The Electrical Designer will be responsible for designing electrical functionality of the product by understanding requirements, because of their expertise in the matter. They will transmit all pertinent information to the Design group and Production, ensuring that all customer requirements are met for all new projects. They will also assist and review all electrical based work performed by the shop floor, specifically on new products and prototypes, but also, any new revisions on production units where the electrical components have been modified.

Role and responsibilities

• Design electrical functionality of products in accordance with requested standards ;
• Participate in conceptual to prototyping mass production phases of the program ;
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineers during the design phases ;
• Design per cost, manufacturability, and functionality ;
• Provided 2D electrical design drawings ;
• Analyze the customer's need to translate it into system specifications and performance requirements to be met;
• Integration of electrical systems and components;
• Prototype assembly;
• Planning and execution of tests;
• Validate compliance with standards during manufacturing;
• Lead customer acceptance testing;
• Ensure that the client's specifications have been read and respected, while respecting industry standards (eg CSA, IEC, etc.);
• Provide technical support for activities related to electrical work in the workshop;
• Participate in the resolution of electrical problems in the workshop and find the cause of failures;
• See that employees receive all the necessary information to be able to answer questions relating to the resolution of electrical technical problems;
• Prepare technical documents:
• Monitor and verify the installation of equipment, modification, testing and validation of their functionality and performance;
• Participate in the various start-up tests of electrical units in the workshop, as required;
• Conduct research and be on the lookout for technical instructions related to our electrical repair work, customer specifications and new technologies to be transmitted to employees;
• Identify and plan activities related to product development projects;
• Build and maintain the design file including calculations, tests, verifications, validations, costs and approvals;
• Participate in design reviews;
• Verify and approve new concepts;
• Support the manufacturing engineering group in solving technical problems in production;
• Analyze the technical aspect of special customer requests during orders and quotes.
• All other related tasks are considered part of the role and may be assigned as needed.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as an Electrical Designer
• Member of the OIQ - Asset
• Demonstrate autonomy and resourcefulness;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Excellent ability to work in a team in a changing environment;
• Leadership, decision-making (judgment), teamwork.
• Be able to work with tight deadlines on occasion;
• Experience in design and integration with harnesses and power cables - Asset
• Knowledge of product development methods such as functional analysis, risk management, creation and monitoring of schedules - Asset.