Hybrid Telecom Engineer for Critical Networks

CIMA+; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 82,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group benefits

RRSP

Employee ownership

Work/Life balance

Vacation 3-5 weeks

Professional development

Job summary

CIMA+ is seeking a Telecom Engineer to design and deliver mission‑critical telecom systems for critical infrastructure. You will contribute to system architecture, design, and implementation, coordinating with other engineering disciplines and clients to create practical, reliable solutions across wired and wireless applications.

This hybrid role can be based in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, or Edmonton, offering growth, diverse projects, and opportunities to advance toward P.Eng.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline.
• Registered as, or eligible for registration as, a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with the applicable provincial engineering regulator.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in the design and implementation of wired and wireless telecommunications systems.
• Experience with networks supporting operationally critical or mission-critical applications, including design considerations across OSI Layers 1 to 4.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills and the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams and clients.
• Integrity, team spirit, and a commitment to excellence
• Knowledge of IT/OT convergence, OT cybersecurity principles and critical infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop telecommunications system designs and engineering deliverables under the direction of senior technical staff.
• Prepare network architectures, schematics, block diagrams, interconnection diagrams, and design drawings.
• Prepare technical specifications, design reports, calculations, bills of materials, inspection and testing procedures, and procurement documentation.
• Support project scope development, proposals, estimates, schedules and budgets.
• Coordinate technical interfaces with clients, vendors, contractors, and other engineering disciplines.
• Support equipment evaluation, procurement, staging, FAT/SAT, installation, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Travel to project sites as required to support field investigations, installation, commissioning, and issue resolution.
• Respond to site information requests and complete project documentation, including record drawings, calculations and project closeout information.
• Participate in design reviews and progressively develop technical leadership capability within the telecommunications team.

Skills

Telecom engineering

System design

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Telecommunications Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Nokia NRS II / SRA

Cisco

Juniper

Cybersecurity cert CISSP/ISA/IEC 62443

Job description

CIMA+ is seeking a Telecom Engineer to design and deliver mission‑critical telecom systems for critical infrastructure. You will contribute to system architecture, design, and implementation, coordinating with other engineering disciplines and clients to create practical, reliable solutions across wired and wireless applications.

This hybrid role can be based in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, or Edmonton, offering growth, diverse projects, and opportunities to advance toward P.Eng.