Senior Electrical Engineer

Zebra Technologies; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zebra Technologies in Mississauga is seeking an Advanced Electrical Engineer to help define hardware architecture and roll out core platforms to product teams. You will evaluate chipsets and drive cross-functional solutions across mechanical, software, and RF teams to ensure manufacturability and robust performance.

The role requires a strong background in electrical hardware design, architecture, and signal/power integrity, with a focus on next-generation chipsets and AI-enabled capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on electrical hardware design and systems architecture.
• Experience with full-lifecycle hardware platform development and signal/power integrity reviews.

Responsibilities

• Assist in design and development of core hardware platforms and document rollout guidelines.
• Evaluate and select next-generation chipsets based on product roadmaps.
• Manage AVL with procurement to ensure alignment and supply chain robustness.
• Lead hardware design and validation to meet signal and power integrity.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software and RF teams to resolve constraints and enable DFM.
• Apply foundational AI concepts to modern chipsets and automation.

Skills

Platform development

Chipset strategy

AVL management

Hardware design

Cross-functional leadership

AI & chipset technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering

Job description

We are seeking an Advanced Electrical Engineer to join our Hardware Platform Engineering team. In this role, your primary focus will be assisting core hardware platform development and ensuring the successful roll-out of these platforms to our product teams. You will act as a key technical bridge, defining the hardware architecture and evaluating requirements for next-generation chipset selection.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Development & Roll-out: Assist in the design and development of core hardware platforms. Create comprehensive documentation and integration guidelines to facilitate a seamless roll-out to product development teams.
• Chipset Strategy & Selection: Analyze product requirements and roadmaps to evaluate and select next-generation chipsets.
• AVL Management: Actively collaborate on and manage the approved vendor list for the defined architectures. Work closely with procurement representatives to ensure technical alignment and supply chain robustness.
• Hardware Design & Validation: Proven experience in full-lifecycle platform development whilst ensuring platforms meet strict signal and power integrity reviews.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with mechanical, software, and RF engineering teams to resolve platform-level system constraints and ensure Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• AI & Chipset Technologies: The ideal candidate will also possess a foundational understanding of Artificial Intelligence as it applies to modern chipsets, including familiarity with automations and advanced prompting.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8+ years of hands-on experience in electrical hardware design and systems architecture.