Sr. Electrical Hardware Designer

Aversan; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading electronics firm located in Toronto is seeking a Sr Hardware Engineer. This role involves designing and reviewing hardware products within the aerospace, defense, and space industries. The ideal candidate should have over 6 years of experience, particularly in electrical engineering and design of complex products. Responsibilities include managing team dynamics, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring quality and safety of hardware products. Interested applicants should apply via email.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in the industry.
• Proven track record in designing complex electrical or electronics products.
• Well developed verbal and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Design new or revised products and installations.
• Manage work packages as required.
• Mentor junior team members.

Skills

Cabling

Grounding techniques

Surge Protection

Electrical Engineering Principles

Power circuits design

Electronic circuits including Microprocessors

Telecommunications circuits

CAD system (Autocad)

Multi‑meter

Oscilloscope

Protocol Analyzers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Sr HARDWARE ENGINEER

Aversan Inc. ( www.aversan.com ) is a trusted multi-service engineering and electronics manufacturing company. Aversan delivers leading‑edge and reliable safety‑critical electronics and software systems to the aerospace, defence, and space industries. To assist in the hardware electrical design of new or revised products, equipment, and installations, utilizing processes based on established engineering principles to meet requirements. Involved with designs of moderate to high complexity.

Location: Toronto, ON

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

KEY ACCOUNTABILITY

• Designs new or revised products, equipment, and installations, utilising processes based on established engineering principles to meet the customer and Railway requirements.
• Assumes the role of Work Package Manager as required.
• Contributes to a harmonious team environment while maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the job and in relations with others.
• Develops junior team members of the department by mentoring and providing assistance, as required.
• Follows directions and work instructions, and uses good judgement in the performance of assigned work.
• Effectively presents pros and cons for various courses of action.
• Tracks progress on all assigned tasks, verifying that all assigned work has been completed accurately.
• Responsible for the quality and integrity of the hardware designs and all related documentation.
• Conducts technical reviews, and ensures changes are in line with objectives.
• Generates accurate, supportable estimates for current departmental technology and provides supportable estimates for developments that are new to the department.
• Supports bids by defining technical solutions and reviewing the materials list.
• Interprets, identifies, and documents requirements such that customer needs are met within the budget and schedule constraints.
• Ensures both the safety and quality of hardware products while reducing the deployment cost of those products. Contributes to the heightened reuse of product hardware and improvements in hardware quality.
• Prepares specifications for hardware and/or software components or devices.
• Develops appropriate design architecture.
• Reviews any applicable specifications, standards, rules, etc. and ensures that the appropriate actions resulting from this review have been taken.
• Implements designs, using good design practice and applicable standards and guidelines.

Skills and Abilities

• 6+ years of experience in industry, including:
  • Cabling
  • Grounding techniques
  • Surge Protection
  • Electrical Engineering Principles
  • Power circuits design
  • Electronic circuits including Microprocessors
  • Telecommunications circuits
  • Engineering tools:
  • CAD system (Autocad)
  • Multi‑meter
  • Oscilloscope
  • Protocol Analyzers...
• Well developed verbal skills to allow clear communication without ambiguity.
• Proven track record in designing complex electrical or electronics products.
• Well developed writing skills to allow documents, work packages, etc. to be prepared in a clear and concise format with sufficient information so that further clarification is not required.
• Proficient in the skills, and current with the technology of the discipline.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of diplomas and work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Railway Signalling industry.
• Proven track record of designing, installation, and testing of communication-based train control on‑board equipment.
• Formulating or contributing to the development of new designs.
• Devising and running tests to verify functionality, and identifying and solving problems.
• Excellent understanding of the train interfaces and train operations.
• Familiar with train maintenance, train components, sub‑systems and various train designs from different manufacturers.
• Understand, read, and design train interface electrical schematics.
• Deep understanding of the CENELEC and AREMA railway standards regarding on‑board equipment.
• Experienced in performing train surveys.
• Certification: PEO.

Please note

Interested applicants must apply directly to the employer to be considered for this position: [e-mail]. The subject of the email should be “Sr.Hardware Engineer”. The name of the file for the resume should be the applicant’s full name. The resume format should be PDF.