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Hardware Designer (Future Opportunities)

Kanata, ON💼 Full-time🗓 2025-11-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Full-cycle hardware development for military, avionics, and mission-critical systems including design, verification, and EMC/EMI compliance.

Role type

Senior IC hardware designer (military/avionics)

Builds

High-reliability electronic systems for defense, aerospace, and industrial applications

Domain

Defense & Aerospace hardware engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Analog and digital circuit design, MIL-STD design practices, MIL-STD-461/DO-160 EMC/EMI qualification, microcontroller and embedded architecture, high-speed interface protocols (USB, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, LVDS, PCIe), schematic capture, EMC/EMI troubleshooting and mitigation, PCB layout coordination, lab equipment operation

Preferred skills

Aerospace/defense program experience, ruggedized hardware design, Secret security clearance

Technologies

MIL-STD-461, DO-160, USB, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, LVDS, PCIe

Responsibilities

Perform full-cycle hardware development from requirement analysis to design specifications; Collaborate with PCB layout teams to ensure manufacturability and testability; Execute designer verification activities including test plan execution and compliance analysis; Conduct EMC/EMI investigations, root-cause debugging, and mitigation planning; Support project scheduling, cost estimation, and system-level validation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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