Job Posting: Electronics Designer

Job Summary

We are looking for an Electronics Designer to support the ongoing design, maintenance, improvement, and reliability of Shearwater's electronic products throughout their lifecycle. This role focuses on sustaining engineering, product improvements, failure analysis, manufacturing support, and continuous product improvement while collaborating closely with R&D.

Job Type: Onsite Monday to Friday (10200 Shellbridge Way, Richmond, BC, V6X 2W7)

Responsibilities: Key Result Areas (KRA’s):

KRA 1: Sustaining Electronics Engineering (50%)

• Support electronics engineering activities for existing products and components.
• Design and update schematics, PCB designs, and engineering documentation.
• Prototype, troubleshoot, and validate electronic circuits and embedded hardware.
• Perform simulations and support component sourcing.
• Contribute to NPI reviews and maintain DFMEA documentation.

KRA 2: Product Reliability, Testing, and Failure Analysis (50%)

• Lead failure analysis and CAPA investigations.
• Collaborate with R&D on design improvements.
• Support HALT/HAST testing, product validation, and RMA investigations.
• Analyze results and recommend design improvements.

Key Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of Electronics/Electrical Engineering experience.
• Experience with Altium or other ECAD tools.
• Experience with DFMEA, quality systems, and engineering documentation.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and similar tools.
• Knowledge of MCUs, SPI, UART, CAN, USB, ARM firmware, rechargeable batteries, and DSP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting manufacturing and sustaining engineering.
• Eligible for PEng
• Interest in scuba diving or willingness to learn.

The successful candidate has:

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Strong work ethic, self-directed, determined, customer/team-oriented, energetic, enthusiastic.
• Demonstrated tenacious follow-up ability, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage priorities and multi-task a variety of assignments with a positive attitude.
• You are interested in diving or think its pretty cool!

Salary Range:

Career Band 2: $65-100k/ year

Benefits:

These are some of the benefits Shearwater employees enjoy:

• Flex time and Hybrid work site arrangements for most professional staff.
• Company paid Life, AD&D, Dental, Extended Health, EAP Plan + Health Spending Account.
• Competitive vacation allowance.
• Group RSP with company matching contributions.
• 6 personal days per calendar year.
• Diving – open water ticket, dry suit and advanced training company paid.
• Bonuses based on successful annual financial performance of the company
• 10 minute tenant shuttle (or bus) from Skytrain and local Parking available

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