Hardware Engineer

Novanta Inc.; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is shaping the future of healthcare and advanced manufacturing. As an Electronics Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing and improving electronic systems that power innovative laser technologies. This position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment where collaboration and creativity thrive. You'll be part of a team dedicated to enhancing product quality and productivity, making a tangible impact on mission-critical applications. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to contribute to groundbreaking advancements, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Full range of medical benefits

Financial benefits

Annual bonuses

Flexible work environment

Continuous improvement culture

Qualifications

• Experience in PCB development and troubleshooting complex electronics.
• Strong background in hardware development and circuit analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance electronic control circuits and firmware.
• Collaborate with engineering teams for continuous improvement.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Circuit Analysis

PCB Development

Firmware Development

Electronics Laboratory Equipment

Education

BSc in Electrical Engineering

BSc in Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Solidworks

Circuit Simulators

Matlab

Python

Job description

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Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.

This position is part of Novanta’s Synrad business unit. Synrad has come to be recognized as a leader in the development of sealed CO2 lasers and electro-optics technologies. Based on our patented “All Metal” tube technology, there are now well over 250,000 Synrad lasers in use throughout the world. Synrad lasers are used in a wide variety of industrial applications, including marking, coding, engraving, cutting, and converting on a wide range of target materials.

We are seeking a motivated Electronics Engineer to work in a design environment that handles new product introduction, sustaining, and design, creating control and sensor PCBs, and working with digital and RF engineers to develop laser driver modules. Additionally, the Engineer will work with a multidisciplinary engineering and continuous improvement team, building the tests, tools, processes, and culture required to improve product quality and productivity. He/she will troubleshoot and support existing designs, develop product improvements, and assist in the movement of new products into production by defining, designing and implementing methods, processes and product changes to address internal and external quality defects while enabling the ultimate success of our operators and technicians.

Specific Responsibilities: As a key member of the Synrad R&D Electrical Engineering team, the scope of responsibilities include:

• Perform hardware development on electronic control circuits and firmware, RF/VHF power modules, and power electronics modules.
• Provide circuit analysis, design enhancement, component selection, test plans, and documentation (such as circuit simulation, schematic capture, PCB layout, and BOM creation).
• Generate lab setups, test and measurements, and data analysis for electronics components and integrated systems.
• Participate in the development, improvement, troubleshooting and documentation of electronic circuits driving Synrad laser products.
• Collaborate with a diverse group of engineering teams and various levels of operations to help nurture a culture of continuous improvement.
• Support new technologies and existing/legacy products and production changes through continuous improvement processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc (or higher) in Electrical Engineering/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering (or equivalent degree/practical experience that demonstrates understanding to degree level).
• Experience with PCB development (schematic, layout, prototyping, testing).
• Ability to lead complex troubleshooting in response to unexpected failures.
• Experience with basic electronics laboratory equipment (oscilloscope, power supply, signal generator, RF test).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of optical systems.
• Thermal management.
• Circuit Simulators (e.g. Spice, ADS, AWR).
• Scripting language (e.g. Matlab, python).
• Experience with Embedded Systems/Firmware Development.
• Mechanical Design experience including experience with Solidworks.
• Altium schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Cleanroom and vacuum systems.
• Sensor and digital signal processing (UART, I2C, SPI, etc).
• Regulatory experience (ISO 13485, 9001, 17025, 31.260 and related).

The base pay for this position ranges from $105,000 - 118,000 depending on the geographic market. Dependent on the position offered, annual bonuses and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of the compensation package. Novanta supports all aspects of your life’s needs. This position provides a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits to make your quality of life better.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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About Us

Solving complex challenges, delivering innovations that matter!
Novanta is a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), with deep proprietary expertise in photonics, vision and precision motion technologies. We engineer mission-critical core components and subsystems that deliver extreme precision and performance, enabling our customers to improve productivity, achieve breakthrough performance and enhance people’s lives. The driving force behind our growth is the team of innovative professionals who share a commitment to innovation and customer success. Novanta’s common shares are quoted on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “NOVT”.