Specialist – Electrical Engineering

Overview

In this role you will design, test, and integrate railway electronic solutions within the Bach-Simpson monitoring team. You will collaborate with product, operations and support to ensure compliance and reliability, driving improvements across engineering workflows. The focus is on delivering robust hardware-software systems for transit electronics, with opportunities to influence early product development and manufacturing transition. You will work on complex, cross-functional projects that shape reliable rail technology.

Pay / Benefits

• vacation
• health benefits
• dental
• retirement plan

Responsibilities

• Design, troubleshoot and maintain complex software and hardware systems to meet quality standards
• Drive engineering process improvements for efficiency and productivity
• Configure and maintain key engineering systems and tooling
• Assist in concept design and early-stage product development
• Read PCB schematics and apply circuit theory and PCB design principles
• Document processes using flowcharts (Visio) and maintain technical docs
• Contribute to automation tooling via coding/scripting (C, C++, Python, VBA)
• Verify hardware functionality across the development lifecycle and support design criteria per contracts
• Support business development with proposal materials and customer communications
• Plan project schedules and participate in process improvements and CMMI expansion
• Support transition of designs to manufacturing with DFM/DFT reviews and production issue resolution
• Develop firmware architecture docs, ICDs, and design specifications
• Engage with cross-functional teams and travel to customer sites when needed

Key requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering with 5+ years in Electrical and/or Software design
• Embedded systems experience, communications, and programming
• Strong PCB design (analog/digital/mixed-signal) and schematic capture
• Prototype bring-up, hardware validation, and troubleshooting
• Embedded software development and system integration (microcontrollers such as PIC32)
• Advanced C/C++ and low-level device drivers
• Networking know-how (Ethernet, TCP/IP)
• Hands-on debugging with JTAG/SWD, scopes, analyzers
• Experience with SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB
• Hardware components interfacing (DSPs, MCUs, ADC/DAC, sensors)
• Regulatory compliance activities (safety, EMC) and EOL management
• DFM/DFT awareness and manufacturing transition
• Technical documentation and version control (Git)
• Python, JavaScript, Visual Basic programming
• MS Office proficiency
• Willingness to travel 10–25%

• Excellent communication (written & verbal)
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving
• Cross-functional collaboration
• PCB design principles
• Firmware development and debugging
• C/C++ programming

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