Senior Hardware Design Engineer – Aerospace Electronics

PayCruit; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

PayCruit in Mississauga is seeking a senior electronics design engineer to lead hardware development for aerospace projects. You will oversee design, analysis, and verification tasks, and interface with customers to ensure requirements are met throughout the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes low power digital design, analogue interfaces, and hands-on FPGA or complex analog experience as a strong asset. Collaboration with manufacturing and design teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years of electronics design experience in aerospace or other highly regulated sectors.
• Strong understanding of electronics design principles and industry best practices.
• Proficient in low power digital circuit design.
• Solid understanding of low frequency analogue interface design.
• Experience using industry standard ECAD tools (Mentor Graphics preferred).
• Knowledge of DFM and DFT methodologies.
• Familiarity with EMC design and qualification requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills with attention to detail.
• Experience in prited wiring board (PWB / PCB) is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead or perform product level design, analysis and verification for a Hardware Development team.
• Conduct trade studies in concept selection and product architecture design and analysis.
• Develop low level requirement documents and manage changes using DOORS.
• Collaborate with design teams to implement designs while ensuring process adherence.
• Create test procedures, perform verification testing, document results and resolve issues.
• Present technical findings and participate in design reviews.
• Interface with customers and other functions as hardware focal.
• Support manufacturing, investigate failures and identify root causes and corrective actions.
• Assist with task planning, scheduling, estimates, metrics, and program status.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Problem solving

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking and prioritization

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering or related

Tools

Mentor Graphics

Job description

Selected candidate is expected to perform one or more of the following tasks:

• Lead and/or perform the product level design, analysis and verification activities of a Hardware Development team
• Perform trade studies in concept selection, product architecture design and analysis; electronics circuit (mixed signal and/or power supply) design and analysis
• Develop low level requirement documents and manage requirement changes using DOORS
• Work closely with design team in implementing the design while ensuring process adherence
• Perform or coordinate the tasks including creating test procedures, development / verification testing, documentation, resolution of technical problems.
• Conduct technical presentations and participating in design reviews.
• Hardware team focal for interfacing with customer and/or other functional groups
• Provide support to manufacturing, investigate hardware failures and identify root causes and permanent corrective action by working with internal and external customers.
• Provide support to task planning, preparation of schedules and estimates, metric collection and program statusing.
• Must be proactive and be able to work with limited direction, well organized, possess good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks at any time through proper prioritization and schedule management.
• Knowledge of FPGA design and/or hands-on experience with complex analog circuit design is considered a strong asset.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of electronics design experience within aerospace or another highly regulated sector (e.g., nuclear, rail).
• Strong understanding of electronics design principles and industry best practices.
• Proficient in low power digital circuit design.
• Solid understanding of low frequency analogue interface design.
• Experience using industry standard ECAD tools (Mentor Graphics preferred).
• Knowledge of DFM (Design for Manufacture) and DFT (Design for Test) methodologies.
• Familiarity with EMC design and qualification requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Experience in prited wiring board (PWB / PCB) is a definite asset