Senior Hardware Engineer: SoC Carrier Boards & Bring-Up

Remote Robotic; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Remote Robotic Systems in Ottawa (Kanata) seeks a senior Hardware Engineer to own embedded electronics from requirements to production-ready hardware. You’ll design compute-dense boards, SoC/SOM carriers, and high-speed interfaces, writing firmware to validate and bring up in the lab.

You’ll work across architecture, layout, and bench validation, collaborating with software and manufacturing to ensure DFM/DFT, production handoff, and robust test procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Electrical/Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years of professional electronic hardware design experience.
• Hands-on ownership of dense digital boards such as SoC or SOM carriers.
• Strong high-speed layout skills across memory/serial interfaces.
• Experience with DFM/DFT and production handoff.

Responsibilities

• Own major parts of each board design including compute, power, high-speed interfaces, components, connectors, constraints, and validation strategy.
• Route high-speed interfaces with controlled impedance and proper return paths.
• Write firmware and Linux tooling for board bring-up and validation.
• Bring up boards in lab, isolate faults, and feed design improvements.

Skills

Hardware design

SoC carrier boards

High-speed layout

Embedded firmware

Lab bring-up

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Job description

Remote Robotic Systems in Ottawa (Kanata) seeks a senior Hardware Engineer to own embedded electronics from requirements to production-ready hardware. You’ll design compute-dense boards, SoC/SOM carriers, and high-speed interfaces, writing firmware to validate and bring up in the lab.

You’ll work across architecture, layout, and bench validation, collaborating with software and manufacturing to ensure DFM/DFT, production handoff, and robust test procedures.