Engineering hardware Technician

Canadian Inclusion; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 36,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life &AD

RRSP/DCPP/TFSA with company match

Holidays, vacation, sick leave

Job summary

Thales Canada Inc., Defence and Security is seeking an Engineering hardware Technician (Engineering) within Systems Engineering Technologist responsibilities. The role supports lab and field projects, including RF, digital, network and analog subsystems, with future lab teardown and rebuild at Palladium Dr location in Ottawa.

The technologist ensures work aligns with budget and schedule, manages risk and quality, and participates in integration, troubleshooting, verification and close-out

Qualifications

• College diploma in a Technical Program or equivalent; relevant experience.
• Strong English communications are required.
• 1–3 years in a systems engineering environment, preferably defence.
• Able to read electrical/mechanical drawings and technical documents.
• Hands-on experience with testing, integration, configuration, cabling, networking and electronics.

Responsibilities

• Ensure work follows company practices and procedures.
• Adhere to the project master schedule and budgets; monitor progress.
• Manage integration tools, test equipment and work area.
• Assist in preparation of electrical and mechanical drawings as required.
• Read schematics and technical orders to determine faults and methods of troubleshooting.
• Execute system tests and analyze results; validate against requirements.
• Troubleshoot systems that do not meet requirements; implement mitigations.
• Inspect parts for defects; identify installation risks and mitigation strategies.
• Interact with customer technical and non-technical personnel (military/civil).
• Work in a team environment and independently.

Skills

Troubleshooting

System integration

Reading schematics

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Technical college diploma

Tools

DMM

Oscilloscope

LabVIEW

Hand tools

Job description

Thales Canada Inc., Defence and Security

Engineering hardware Technician (Engineering)

Position Summary

Systems Engineering Technologist

The Systems Engineering Technologist is responsible for supporting Systems Engineering in Lab and in the field. These Lab projects are largely defined as communication and control systems encompassing RF, digital, network and analog sub systems. In addition, in the immediate future, the teardown of Lab facilities and projects at the Chrysalis location and the rebuild at the new facilities in the Palladium Drive location

The Systems Engineering Technologist will ensure project work is executed, monitored and controlled in terms of adherence to budget and schedule, risk management, and quality of deliveries. As required, the candidate will participate in integration or configuration, troubleshooting, verification and validation of subsystems and engineering close-out activities.

The environments the candidate will generally be at the Thales facilities, both at Chrysalis and Palladium Dr, Ottawa, as well as some work at the Gatineau Airport facility. Normal work will be within a Lab environment.

There will be deployment for field work for installation or support activities. The field locations can vary depending on circumstances.

Regulatory Compliance Requirement

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Ensure all work is carried-out in accordance with company practices and procedures.
• Ensure all work is completed according to Project's integrated master schedule
• Maintain control of integration tools, test equipment and work area.
• Assist in preparation of drawings (electrical and mechanical) as required
• Read engineering documents, schematics, and technical orders to determine faults and methods of troubleshooting.
• Implement and execute system test cases. Analyze and evaluate test results.
• Troubleshoot systems that do not meet requirements.
• Identify installation risks and prepare mitigation strategies.
• Inspect parts for defects.
• Interact with customer technical and non-technical personnel (military and/or civilian).
• Work in a team environment and independently.

Minimum Requirements

• College diploma in a Technical Program or equivalent with relevant experience.
• English essential
• 1 - 3 years experience in a systems engineering environment, ideally in the Defence industry
• Good level oral and written communication skills required for report writing
• Can read and understand electrical, mechanical drawings and technical document
• Hands on experience on troubleshooting, integration and configuration and testing, cabling, network & electronics systems
• Experience in the use of common electrical test equipment, including DMM, Oscilloscope, etc.
• Experience in the use of common hand and electrical tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in electronics systems, RF, networking systems including testing with specialized test equipment is an asset,
• It would be an asset to have knowledge of Canadian requirements for shock and vibration, EMC/EMI, drawing standards and industry design standards.;
• Experience with varied operating systems and technical software such as Labview

Physical Demands

• Onsite work: > 80%, installation and removals, documentation. Some lifting required. Some ladder work required.

The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between Total Target Cash (TTC) $36,000– $60,000 -$84,000 CAD Annual.

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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• • Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• • Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• • Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• • Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• • Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.