Design Authority

The Hardware Design Authority will be accountable to the Senior Manager of Engineering and will have a comprehensive role in the whole product development life-cycle. This includes involvement from the conceptual and prototyping stages up to production and support. Their primary responsibilities will be to take technical ownership of the development project and ensure that the design is of high quality, repeatable, and meets the agreed-upon requirements.

Responsibilities
• Support technical/commercial proposals and assist with the preparation of estimates, schedules, compliance matrixes, and costing for new bids
• Analyze customer needs/requirements to create hardware development plans and hardware verification plans
• Analyze and specify hardware development environment (HDE), verification environment, debugging and profiling tools
• Develop, deploy, and support DO-254 processes, reviews (SOI), development plans and review checklists
• Analyze user's requirements and create a detailed hardware architecture and formal structured design
• Perform electronics, hardware FPGA design, and mechanical engineering design
• Design electronic circuits, components, systems, and equipment from detailed designs to meet EMC/EMI requirements and performance
• Prepare material costs and timing estimates, reports, and design descriptions for electronic systems and equipment
• Perform circuit analysis and traceability from user's requirements to formal design and implementation
• Support and inspect the installation, modification, testing, and operation of electronic components, systems, and equipment
• Debug and troubleshoot hardware circuits
• Determine FMEA at Board and Component levels
• Integrate hardware into embedded system environment, including test bench and on aircraft at customer sites
• Work with product development teams – product/systems and/or Software Engineers and engineering support in a leadership role
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Qualifications
• Minimum 10 years experience in electronic product design and reliability analysis, including digital and analog building blocks.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of training and experience;
• VHDL design and experience on DO-254, DOORS, Orcad, Matlab, and PSPICE are assets.
• Technical and hardware qualifications (DO-160 and DO-254) experience. Background from Control systems (Engine Control, Landing and Steering Controls an asset), Avionics, Aerospace, Medical Devices or other high-reliability products would be a definite asset.
• Leadership/management experience.
• Proven experience working with standards, processes, and work procedures in a structured design environment.
• Familiarity with RTCA, Inc. certification standards.
• Professionally registered (P. Eng) in Ontario (or have the ability to obtain such registration within one year of employment).
• Orcad, Matlab, and PSPICE are assets.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools advanced features (Word, Project, Access, and Excel).