Principal Systems Engineer

Zebra Technologies; Manitoba; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Canada is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to bridge various teams during product development. The role involves writing requirements, defining responsibilities, and ensuring the adherence to regulatory standards while developing innovative solutions. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience in Fixed Industrial Scanning and Machine Vision, with fluency in English and French. This hybrid position allows for three days on-site work.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 9+ years of work experience.
• Experience with writing requirements.
• Solid analytical knowledge of systems.

Responsibilities

• Architects and designs system solutions.
• Champions creativity in team members.
• Maintains awareness of competitor products.

Skills

Fluency in English and French

Analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Leadership ability

Ability to work in teams

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Function generators

Bench Power Supplies

Logic analyzers

Job description

Remote Work: Hybrid

Overview

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges. Being a part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve. You'll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about – locally and globally. Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

The is a unique role for an experienced systems engineer. In this exciting role, you will act as a fulcrum between Program Management, Product Management, and discipline engineers (both hardware and software) during the product development phase.

You will be writing requirements, defining test responsibilities for verification and validation, and navigating a team of interdisciplinary engineers through the technical aspects of product development, which includes technology integration, tradeoff analysis, and troubleshooting.

The ideal candidate will have an expertise in Fixed Industrial Scanning and Machine Vision, and will be a crucial part of the product development process from concept to market launch. The emphasis will be on developing, designing, evaluating, and/or modification of the solution to ensure it will be consistent with customer, industry, and regulatory requirements. Your contribution will ensure that the product at the sub-system and system level meets or exceeds performance targets, meets high quality standards, and maintains performance targets under manufacturing process variation at high volume.

This role is 3-days a week on site in our St. Laurent, Montreal office and 2 days remote.

Responsibilities

• Architects, designs, and supports developing, and testing of system solutions to several highly-complex technical projects. Creates system specifications for the projects. Leads technology roadmap process. Recommends project approach and goals
• Champions new thinking and creativity in team members to cultivate and retain top talent. Coaches others on how to effectively develop, communicate, and implement new solutions
• Prioritizes quality and seeks out improvements in all aspects of the projects
• Maintains keen awareness of competitor products and development direction to help direct designs to surpass the competition
• Uses status as a developer of novel and creative solutions to build business and bring positive attention to technologies and services
• With other engineering disciplines, develops next generation ideas and solutions to meet client needs before the competition
• Analyzes competitor intellectual property and participates in activities related to protecting intellectual property
• Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Creates formal networks involving coordination among groups
• Serves as organization spokesperson on specialized projects or programs
• Acts as prime consultant on large projects that affect the organization's long-term goals and objectives

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree
• Minimum 9+ years of work experience
• Experience with writing requirements
• Fluency in English and French
• Solid analytical and practical knowledge of systems spanning electrical, software/OS design, mechanical, optical and audio design components and an understanding of a product development process
• Experience developing a new hardware product, from concept phase to production and deployment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record of soft skills to lead by influence and drive decision-making with sound reasoning undergirded by quantifiable data highly preferred.
• Developing programs from concept to production and deployment highly preferred.
• Knowledge of camera technologies: optics, sensors, ISPs, & image-processing chains highly preferred.
• Prior experience designing camera systems (2D, 3D), including familiarity with optical requirements.
• Experience working in and/or designing products for Fixed Industrial Scanning and Machine Vision markets, such as high-speed sortation, human presented scanning, and scan tunnels.
• Recent experience as a System Engineerworking on product development.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex concepts to broadly diverse audiences and guide both local and remote teams in achieving their goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency and agility in dealing with ambiguity to stay focused and clear roadblocks.
• Experience leading interdisciplinary technical teams through a full product lifecycle.
• Solid analytical and practical knowledge of Fixed Industrial Scanning systems spanning electrical, software/OS design, and mechanical design components and an understanding of a product development process.
• Hands-on experience with machine vision, computer vision, or image processing including setting up cameras, lensing, lighting, filters, focal lengths, etc.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical and automation systems for manufacturing and/or logistics processes.
• Ability to read electrical schematics.
• Ability to work with Oscilloscopes, function generators, Bench Power Supplies, and Logic analyzers.
• Familiar with Agile Development practices.
• Familiar with network and Industrial protocols (PROFINET, EIP, TCP/IP, Modbus, etc.).
• Demonstrated leadership ability.

Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf Conozca sus Derechos: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp_10_20.pdf We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Zebra is a federal contractor and is committed to an alcohol and drug free workplace. As a result, all U.S. based employees are subject to the Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy and Procedure. Zebra Technologies is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We are also committed to giving people with disabilities the same opportunity to access our services and allowing them to benefit from the same services, in the same place and in a similar way as other clients. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and meeting our accessibility requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario’s accessibility laws. In keeping with these commitments, for any applicant, employee or customer that needs accessibility assistance, kindly direct all inquiries to [e-mail].

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