Senior Electrical Engineer II

Ultra Electronics GroupDartmouth, NS

About The Position

Ultra Maritime pioneers delivering multi-mission solutions that protect and empower naval forces worldwide, with innovations utilized on naval fleets across allied navies. As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, the company develops advanced specialist systems to provide 'five-eyes' Defence customers with a warfighting edge, revolutionizing naval missions from surface vessels to sub-surface operations and unmanned platforms. Ultra Maritime thrives on collaboration and partnering with customers, offering expert solutions including state-of-the-art sonar, radar, expendables, signature management, and naval power systems. The role involves designing, developing, and testing electrical and/or electronic equipment, components, circuits, or systems, applying mathematical and engineering principles. The Senior Electrical Engineer II will work independently, lead small-to-medium sized engineering projects, and manage technical work packages. The Ultra Engineering function manages a portfolio of specialist capabilities, generating highly differentiated solutions and products by applying electronic, mechanical, and software technologies in demanding and critical environments. This role is part of a multi-disciplinary project team developing new and innovative electronics solutions, specifically in areas such as low noise preamps, high speed digital telemetry, Digital Signal Processing, and RF design.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering with 10+ years of experience.
  • Ability to work on Canadian Controlled Goods and US ITAR controlled articles
  • Candidate must be capable of acquiring a NATO Reliability and Secret security clearance

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with underwater acoustics and military type electronics.
  • Experience with the underwater warfare domain.
  • Project management or technical leadership
  • Low-noise analog, power amplifier, and digital design
  • Embedded microcontroller design (STM32 microcontrollers or DSP-based systems).
  • Familiarity with peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, RS485, etc.
  • Experience with Cadence design tools, including OrCAD Capture, PCB Designer and PSpice.
  • Familiarity with electronic lab equipment, such a oscilloscopes, multimeters, and spectrum analyzers.
  • Network communication - Fiber Optic Ethernet ATM SONET
  • Experience with embedded development tools such as Sourcery CodeBench and Atollic TrueSTUDIO
  • A team-oriented individual that works collaboratively to achieve team goals
  • Strong communication skills and a positive attitude, with capability to mentor others
  • Self-motivated, adaptable, and attentive to details
  • Experience with DSP applications
  • Competent Assembly and C language programming for embedded systems
  • FPGA design using VHDL
  • Master's degree is an asset, especially in electrical, electronic or underwater acoustics
  • Willingness to travel within Canada, US and Overseas

Responsibilities

  • Lead design efforts for electrical design of various sub-systems, coordinating other electrical engineers and collaborating with cross-discipline teams.
  • Design, implement, maintain configuration management and test maintainable hardware and firmware systems in accordance with the company’s procedure and project specific requirements
  • Preparing or reviewing design documentation for electrical systems (design requirements, schematics, board layouts, technical specifications, and data sheets)
  • Preparing cost estimates or cooperating appropriately with others responsible for reporting the estimate.
  • Apply independent diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices
  • Act as a technical interface with customers
  • Provide coaching and guidance to other engineers, technologists or technicians
  • Participate in and chair technical reviews
  • Effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a deadline-oriented environment
  • Other tasks as assigned

Benefits

  • competitive benefits package including extended health and dental, life insurance, RRSP, deferred profit sharing, optional critical illness insurance, an EFAP and student bursaries
  • regular manager-employee performance feedback, goal alignment and employee development through our Employee Performance Development Plan (EPDP)
  • employee education assistance to allow our people to acquire new qualifications and certifications.
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