Electrical Engineer - Mississauga, Canada - Curtiss-Wright

Description

Electrical Engineer

The Electrical Engineer role requires application of mature engineering knowledge in sustaining engineering activities. These activities include projects having scope for independent accomplishment and co-ordination of difficult and responsible assignments. The primary focus for this role will be addressing obsolescence related issues on established designs. Assigned problems make it necessary to modify established guides, devise new approaches, apply existing criteria in new ways, and draw conclusions from comparative situations. Finally creating and executing qualification test programs will prove out obsolescence re-designs.

The primary focus for this position will be resolving electrical obsolescence issues for the U.S. Navy.

Location: Mississauga, ON

We Take Care of Our People

Paid Time Off I RRSP with Employer Match I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Competitive Pay I Referral Program I Recognition I I

Your Challenge:

• Able to effectively work independently and as part of a matrix organization.
• Ensure all work is performed according to the Quality Management System (QMS), ASME, and Military/Defense Standards.
• Recommendations reviewed for soundness of judgement but usually accepted as technically accurate and feasible.
• Address electrical obsolescence issues for existing military naval systems.
• Creation, management, and execution of qualification test programs
• Analyze existing designs and customer needs to achieve agreement with the Navy for electrical system requirements, capacity and cost.
• Support interfacing disciplines such as mechanical, software, test, customer support, manufacturing, production, product management and project management.
• Occasional travel to support on site field service activities and other technical meetings.
• Follows every reasonable precaution to ensure work is performed following the Health & Safety procedures. Immediately report accidents and incidents and participate in their investigations.

What You Bring:

• 5 plus years of engineering experience.
• Familiarity with Military Standards for electrical testing
• Experience with naval or airborne machinery including winches, large projects and their management, as well as government and international customers would be an asset.
• Work is assigned in terms of objectives, relative priorities and critical areas that impinge on work of other departments.
• Familiar with preparation of project plans, test procedures, qualification testing and technical reports.
• Practical knowledge of schematics and PCB layout.
• Experience with EMI standard MIL-STD-461 is an asset.
• Familiar with detailing system design, motor controls, operator panel layout, cabling, control logic methodologies & electro-hydraulic controls.
• Familiar with packaging of electrical and electronics assemblies.
  
  Minimum Education Requirements
• Electrical/Electronics Engineer with Bachelor of Science degree.
• PEO designation is desirable.

All employees must be eligible to meet the requirements for the Canadian Controlled Good Program (CGP) and/or a Canadian Government security clearance.

Who We Are

Curtiss-Wright's INDAL facility combines a high level of engineering and manufacturing capability with expertise in the management of large and complex defense programs to produce specific solutions for the world's navies. With over 50 years of experience, we lead in the design and development of ship-borne helicopter handling systems, undersea sensor handling systems and specialized on-deck structures.