Electrical Field Engineer - Intermediate

Robotic Assistance Devices; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading robotics firm in Ontario is seeking an Electrical Field Engineer to develop and test security devices. This role involves collaborating with electrical teams and requires travel for installations and troubleshooting. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Electrical Engineering, strong design experience, and hands-on skills. The position offers a competitive salary of $75,000 - $90,000 yearly, with opportunities for growth and flexibility.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Annual bonuses for high performance

Employee-defined personal time off

Qualifications

• Experience designing reliable electromechanical systems.
• Hands-on experience in building and troubleshooting prototypes.
• Ability to travel for customer support and system validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate electrical systems for security devices.
• Travel to customer sites for installation and maintenance.
• Collaborate with production teams for best assembly practices.

Skills

Electrical hardware design

Embedded firmware

3D CAD tools

Communication protocols (MIPI, BLE, etc.)

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Altium Designer

SolidWorks

Job description

We are looking for an Electrical Field Engineer to join our product development team in Waterloo, ON, to help design the next generation of mobile and stationary security devices. In this role, you will work closely with the Electrical Engineering team to build and test prototype solutions, and you will also support the deployment and servicing of these devices in the field.

This is a great opportunity to be part of a team responsible for designing and building concept vehicles and devices for the security industry. The role includes travel to customer or test sites for on‑site troubleshooting, installation, and maintenance of advanced electromechanical systems.

The ideal candidate has experience designing reliable, complex electromechanical systems and takes pride in delivering the most dependable security devices in the industry. You’re equally comfortable at a workbench or in the field, and you’re motivated by solving real‑world problems, wherever they arise.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate electrical systems for proof‑of‑concept security devices
• Develop component requirements and work with suppliers to select and procure samples
• Design and manage product system architectures
• Create and manage BOMs and engineering design documentation packages
• Work with the existing team to assemble, build, test, and operate prototype devices
• Create, revise, and maintain design and technical documentation
• Develop and execute test plans for sub‑assemblies
• Collaborate with production teams to implement best practices for assembly and installation
• Define the electro‑mechanical details of upcoming products and devices
• Travel to customer sites and field locations to support the installation, servicing, troubleshooting, and validation of deployed systems
• Provide technical leadership on best practices and stay up to date with industry‑leading technologies and methods

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
• Strong design experience in at least one of the following: electrical hardware, wiring systems, networks, embedded firmware, or mechanical systems
• Hands‑on experience building, testing, and troubleshooting electrical/electromechanical prototypes
• Field service or deployment experience with complex hardware systems is an asset
• Competency with electrical CAD tools, with preference for Altium Designer
• Experience designing schematics, single‑line/multi‑line diagrams (SolidWorks Electrical experience is a plus)
• Competency with 3D CAD tools (SolidWorks preferred)
• Strong understanding of communication protocols and interfaces such as MIPI, BLE, I2C, SPI, UART, and CAN
• Experience with PLCs and industrial control systems
• Mechanically inclined, comfortable working hands‑on with tools and physical hardware
• Comfortable working in a multidisciplinary environment (experience overlapping with software, mechanical, or manufacturing teams is a plus)
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in documentation and testing
• Ability to travel to customer or test sites to perform technical troubleshooting, support installations, or validate systems in the field

Nice to Have

• Able to work in a project start‑up context and to deal with objectives being defined
• Able to see any complex system as a set of small subsystems
• Design experience in functional safety
• Design experience in power systems, especially high‑capacity batteries
• Background in mobile robotics (SDVs, AMRs)
• Passion for robotics and hardware development
• Experience developing hardware with 3rd party ODMs
• Software development with ROS/ROS 2
• Standards and certification experience

$75,000 - $90,000 a year

Our People

We hire those who add positivity, take pride in their work, and learn fearlessly. Our turn over rate is extremely low and our teams are tight‑knit.

Your Growth

Our team dynamic is one where we cultivate a growth mindset in order to keep up with the speed at which artificial intelligence and robot autonomy changes. Our teams are smaller and have a lot of autonomy, so it is common to see new ideas quickly convert from a pitch to development to a product feature. Annual bonuses are available for high performing teams that keep true to RADs values and deliver.

The RAD Balance

RAD has team members all over the world. We honor our pledge to give flexible work hours and employee defined personal time off (aka. holiday) and we do this because we recognize that each person has different needs and their own rhythm.