Electronics Engineering Technician/Technologist, Support & Sustain

Nautel Ltd.; Hacketts Cove; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Nautel Ltd. in Hackett's Cove, NS, is seeking an Electronics Technician to support hardware development, verification, and testing across our products.

You will contribute to schematics, parts lists, test plans, and hardware release, working with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality and reliability.

Qualifications

• Qualification as Electronics Technician/Technologist (NSCC or equivalent).
• Experience in tech roles is an asset.
• Familiarity with RF, analogue and digital circuits.

Responsibilities

• Support hardware development and verification activities.
• Develop and validate schematics, parts lists, and wiring routes.
• Design and select components for systems and subsystems.
• Create hardware test cases and document results.
• Provide test support and analyze failures to improve QA.
• Assist with product hardware release and configuration management.
• Support Test Engineering and Test functions with documentation.

Skills

RF knowledge

Analogue & digital circuits

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Problem solving

Independent work

Education

Electronics Technologist qualification (NSCC or equivalent)

Tools

Schematic drawing software

Mechanical drawing

Electronic circuit analysis

LabVIEW

Job description

Do you love to solve problems? Do you have a strong technical knowledge in Electronics? Do you like to work independently as well as be part of a team? If you have a strong educational background in Electronics, and are looking to apply these skills and learn new ones, we now have an opening in our Support & Sustain Team, based in Hackett's Cove.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to apply your skills working as part of a Project Team engaged in the technical support for Nautel products.

The responsibilities of the role include:

• Supporting our Hardware Development and Verification function, including:
• Construction, testing and evaluation of circuits, sub-assemblies and systems;
• Preparation and validation of schematics, parts lists, wiring route sheets, test plans, and all product design documentation;
• Design and selection of system level and sub-system level components;
• Creating and maintaining hardware test cases that verify products meet design requirements;
• Performing tests and documenting results on a variety of hardware to verify functional specifications;
• Assisting with product hardware release, including publications review;
• Managing product change through life cycle and configuration management.

Supporting our Test Engineering function, including:

• Development and maintenance of Test Fixtures, including comprehensive documentation and troubleshooting;
• Ensuring quality standards on test-related documents and processes, including the creation and maintenance of test plans;
• Providing Test Support to resolve escalated test failures;
• Analyzing test failures to provide feedback to Quality Assurance and Engineering as part of preventative measures.

Supporting our Test function, including:

• Providing additional test capacity by working in the test room on an as-needed basis;
• Troubleshooting defective assemblies and documenting results;
• Supporting our Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Engineering, and Production Departments;
• Ensuring quality standards and developing/improving related processes when needed, in order to provide effective and efficient levels of support;

Qualifications

Qualifications and skills desired:

• Electronic Technician/Technologist qualification (NSCC or equivalent);
• Previous experience in a tech role would be an asset;
• Knowledge of RF, analogue and digital circuits as well as equipment ventilation and cooling;
• Effective at troubleshooting electronic circuits and systems, including use of related test equipment;
• Understanding of software development would be an asset;
• Use of computer programs such as schematic drawing, mechanical drawing, electronic circuit analysis and/or Labview would be an asset;
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, as well as effective communication skills;
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team; as well as independently.

The ability to obtain, and ma Controlled Goods clearance (as outlined in Section 15 of Canada's Controlled Goods Regulations), or other security clearances, may become a requirement of this role, as may other security clearancesintain,