Senior Electrical Engineer

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Kraken Robotics is currently recruiting for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Mount Pearl, NL office.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and develop printed circuit boards (PCBs) for electronic systems, ensuring functionality, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Conducting circuit simulations using software tools to analyze and optimize circuit performance, ensuring compliance with specifications and standards.
• Designing wiring harnesses and cable assemblies for electrical systems, considering factors such as signal integrity, thermal management, and EMC/EMI compliance.
• Developing system architectures and integrating electrical components into larger systems, considering overall functionality, performance, and safety requirements.
• Leading electrical engineering projects from concept to completion. Support the project management office in developing work breakdown structures.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams, including mechanical engineers, firmware engineers, CAD drafters, and product designers, to ensure seamless integration of electrical systems with other components.
• Direct activities to ensure that manufacturing, construction, installation, and operational testing conform to functional specifications and customer requirements.
• Developing test plans and procedures, conducting testing, and performing validation to ensure the reliability and performance of electrical systems.
• Establish design criteria for projects using required codes and standards.
• Participate in the design review process.
• Review and approval of engineering deliverables.
• Work with the Production department to provide technical assistance during the manufacturing process.
• Work with customers to understand project requirements and provide operational support while in the field.
• Mentor Electrical Engineers and Technologists.

Qualifications and Experience

• Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent engineering discipline with 8+ years experience.
• Excellent design standards and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Effectively focus on high level project objectives while executing detailed design tasks.
• Incredible attention to detail.
• Demonstrated technical skills along with a proven track record for success.
• Experience in the design specification, installation and connection methods of electrical equipment.
• Experience in the design and review of PCB Fab drawings, PCB Assembly drawings.
• Experience in troubleshooting issues such as noise, distortion, cross-talk, and grounding.
• Experience with mixed analog/digital design:
• • Linear DC supplies and switched mode power supply
  • Anolog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion
  • Microcontrollers, digital signal processing.
• Experience with high voltages.
• Experience with ABB motors and drives.
• Experience with embedded controllers.
• Experience using lab testing equipment such as digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers.
• Strong written and oral communications skills (technical reporting).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to work independently, as well as effectively within a team environment.
• High degree of organization, with the ability to prioritize tasks.
• Experience with sensors/telemetry considered an asset.
• Marine technology experience considered an asset.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with the following would be considered an asset:
• • Experience with Altium.
  • Experience with Zuken E3.
  • Experience with LabVIEW.
  • Experience with Colab.