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About the Role

Canada Rocket Company is building a sovereign launch capability for Canada. As our first Electrical Design Engineer, you will own the design of high-reliability, flight-grade electrical hardware starting with our light-lift R1 rocket and scaling that work through successive vehicles as CRC grows. This is a senior, hands-on foundational role. You will set the standards, build the processes, and deliver hardware that flies. As the team expands, you will be expected to help hire and shape the electrical design team around you. This is a founding technical position at a company building something Canada has never built before. Own critical hardware from first principles to first flight and help build the team that eventually scales around you.

Responsibilities

Define electrical architectures for complex, safety-critical systems including power distribution, sensor signal conditioning, actuator drive circuitry, and data interfaces
Execute full lifecycle development of electronic components and subsystems, including requirement gathering, schematic capture and layout, prototyping, debugging, mechanical integration, environmental testing, data analysis, and production implementation.
Build the electrical design processes, tools, and documentation standards that will scale with the team
Provide production support for launch vehicle avionics, including root-cause failure investigations and quality enhancements.
Develop, test, and characterize electronic sub-circuits, including digital, power, and analogue sensing circuits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Over 5 years of experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards or other electronics.
Proven experience in designing hardware from concept through to production, with an emphasis on test and validation
Understanding of electronic circuits, design principles, and SMT manufacturing techniques.
Familiarity with interfaces and sensors, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, and instrumentation.
Passion for spaceflight and curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications.
Proficiency in Altium.
Familiarity with basics of mechanical design, thermal design, vibration dynamics, and spacecraft design.
Experience with circuit board layout, especially for switching power converters or high-speed digital applications.
Experience designing switching power converters, power magnetics, analog control loops, solid state load switches, motor inverters, EMI/EMC compliance, or sensor signal conditioning circuits.
Experience in environmental testing, such as vibration, shock, thermal, and TVAC as well as familiarity with relevant standards.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create formal test plans and materials for distribution to external parties.
Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced and autonomous project environments.
Programming experience in Python and/or C/C++.

Skills

Electrical design
High-reliability hardware design
Flight-grade hardware design
Electrical architectures
Power distribution
Sensor signal conditioning
Actuator drive circuitry
Data interfaces
Electronic component development
Subsystem development
Requirement gathering
Schematic capture
Layout
Prototyping
Debugging
Mechanical integration
Environmental testing
Data analysis
Production implementation
Electrical design processes
Electrical design tools
Documentation standards
Production support
Launch vehicle avionics
Root-cause failure analysis
Quality enhancement
Circuit design
Circuit testing
SMT manufacturing techniques
Interface design
Sensor integration
Power supplies
Oscilloscopes
Serial devices
Instrumentation
Spaceflight
High-reliability applications
Altium
Mechanical design
Thermal design
Vibration dynamics
Spacecraft design
Circuit board layout
Switching power converters
High-speed digital applications
Power magnetics
Analog control loops
Solid state load switches
Motor inverters
EMI/EMC compliance
Environmental testing
Vibration testing
Shock testing
Thermal testing
TVAC testing
Written communication
Verbal communication
Test plan creation
Autonomous project environments
Python programming
C/C++ programming

Location

Canada

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Over 5 years

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related engineering discipline

About the Company

Canada Rocket Company is building a sovereign launch capability for Canada.
Building something Canada has never built before.