Senior Hardware Designer - Electric Motor Sensors

Dana Canada Corp.; Boucherville; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Hardware Designer to design and develop speed and position sensors for electric motors. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in electrical engineering and 5+ years of experience in electronic hardware. Responsibilities include collaborating with mechanical designers and ensuring compliance with industry standards. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work in a diverse environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in electronic hardware.
• Deep knowledge of analog and digital electronics.
• Ability to read datasheets and characteristics of components.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop speed and position sensors for electric motors.
• Collaborate with external labs for compliance standards.
• Deliver project documentation such as specifications and reports.

Skills

Electronics design

Analog electronics

Digital electronics

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Microsoft Office

Teamcenter

Job description

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Senior Hardware Designer - Electric Motor Sensors

Requisition: 60471

Job Purpose

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, develop and qualify speed and position sensors for being used in low-voltage electric motors.
• Study and learn about state-of-the-art electronics for electric motor sensors to advance the actual technology.
• Master the entire life cycle of motor sensing devices (specification, schematic and PCB design, industrialization and qualification).
• Work with external labs and consultants to assure compliance with relevant standards.
• Draft product validation and qualification plan.
• Collaborate with mechanical designers for best motor integration of sensors (i.e. EMC behavior, assembly, etc.).
• Support manufacturing engineering team to establish a sustainable production process.
• Follow samples prototyping, testing and analysis.
• Work closely with other company innovation centers to stay aligned and current with the latest.
• Deliver project work products such as technical specifications, test plan, reports.

Your strengths :

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or other equivalent field ;
• Previous experience (5 year/s) in electronic hardware
• Deep knowledge of electronics analog and digital.
• Experience with design, development, and qualification of electronic hardware.
• Functional knowledge of electronic components (i.e., datasheets and characteristics).
• Awareness of dynamic behaviour of electronic components used for speed/position sensing.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio).
• Ability to deal with Altium Designer as eCAD
• Experience in eBOM management with PLM (Teamcenter preferred)
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required
• Ability to travel to the production plant (Chakan, India) when required

Considered as an asset:

• Experience in modelling and simulation of electronic components and circuits.
• Knowledge of DFMEA principles and ability to contribute in such an analysis
• Background in development of sensors and actuators.
• Knowledge about firmware development and programming with PIC MCUs (MPLAB IDE).
• Experience with Arduino HW and SW (IDE) for End-of-Line programming and testing

Soft Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to be proactive and think forward.
• Able to work focused on targets, taking responsibility able to drive project results.
• Able to work independently and cooperatively with a largely diverse cross functional group and international multi-cultural environment.
• Strong Teamwork approach and organizations and time management skills.
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving ability.
• Straightforward and effective communication.

Join our team of 40,000 problem solvers who are fostering a culture of innovation by leveraging the diverse perspectives of our global team. We believe in facing challenges head-on by finding opportunity and uncovering possibility, where roadblocks and barriers become targets instead of obstacles. We are One Dana with limitless opportunity.