Electrical Engineer Firmware

at  Ultra Electronics

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Electrical Engineer will work as part of a Through Life Support (TLS) team along with a Senior Electronics Technician. The TLS team’s core responsibilities will be all manner of activities related to in-field product support.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience participating in the development and product support of commercial or military type electronics
• The successful person must be able to gain the appropriate Canadian government security clearance and satisfy all requirements to be able to work on Canadian Controlled Goods projects.

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience with product field technical support, customer engagement, and product development
• Experience with change control, reliability engineering, and through life support
• A team-oriented individual that works collaboratively to achieve team goals, and maintains a positive attitude
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Logical and analytical thinking
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and attentive to details
• Experience with high quality documentation, design process, and configuration management
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a deadline oriented environment
• Ability to read and understand electronics schematics
• OrCAD Capture, OrCAD PSpice Designer and PCB Designer
• Analogue & Digital circuit analysis and design, including embedded microcontroller, DSP, and embedded peripherals
• Ability to understand, validate and maintain other developer’s code
• Experience with hazard analysis and safety standards
• Competent C language programming and embedded development tools
• Software GUI development and software programming language experience
• Embedded software / firmware writing and implementation for existing and new hardware platforms
  Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc. has earned its reputation as an international leader in the development of equipment and systems for undersea surveillance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW). Established in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1947, Maritime Systems delivers sophisticated sonar systems to navies around the world including Multi-static Active Passive Sonar for the Dutch Navy, an Integrated Sonar Suite for the Royal Australian Navy, and the UK Surface Ship Torpedo Defence System for the Royal Navy. Maritime Systems provides unique engineering, development, manufacturing, test, evaluation, and management capabilities to develop and deliver advanced electronic, electromechanical, and underwater sensor systems. For more information, please visit www.ultra-ms.com.
  Maritime Systems offers a competitive salary, benefits package including 100% employer paid dental and health care premiums, life insurance, 5% matched RRSP, Bonus Plan, vacation trading, an EFAP, and flexible working hours.
  Ultra Electronics is a UK-based defense, aerospace, cyber security, energy, and transportation products group. Ultra manages a portfolio of specialist capabilities, generating highly differentiated solutions and products by applying electronic, mechanical, and software technologies in demanding and critical environments to meet customer needs.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER AND PARTICULARLY WELCOME APPLICATIONS FROM WOMEN, ABORIGINAL PERSONS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND VISIBLE MINORITIES.

Reasonable accommodation statement: If you need an accommodation for any part of the application process, please email careers @ ultra-us-gbs.com
Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• development/product support of commercial/military: 5 years (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Required)