Senior Electrical Engineer II

TL;DR

Senior Electrical Engineer II (Maritime Defense): Designs, develops, and tests electrical and electronic equipment for naval multi-mission solutions with an accent on low-noise preamps, high-speed digital telemetry, DSP, and RF design. Focus on leading sub-system designs, implementing maintainable hardware and firmware, and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams.

Location: Dartmouth, NS, Canada (onsite)

Company

hirify.global develops advanced specialist systems for naval forces worldwide, including sonar, radar, expendables, signature management, and naval power systems.

What you will do

• Lead electrical design efforts for sub-systems, coordinating engineers and cross-discipline teams.
• Design, implement, and test maintainable hardware and firmware systems with configuration management.
• Prepare and review design documentation including schematics, board layouts, and specifications.
• Act as technical interface with customers and provide coaching to other engineers.
• Participate in and chair technical reviews, prioritize tasks in deadline-oriented environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering with 10+ years of experience
• Eligible to obtain NATO Reliability and Secret security clearance; capable of working on Canadian Controlled Goods and US ITAR controlled articles
• Ability to work independently and lead small-to-medium engineering projects.
• Apply diversified engineering principles to designs.
• Prepare cost estimates and manage technical work packages.

Nice to have

• Experience with underwater acoustics, military electronics, and underwater warfare.
• Low-noise analog, power amplifier, digital design, and embedded microcontroller (STM32, DSP).
• Familiarity with Cadence tools (OrCAD, PCB Designer, PSpice), lab equipment, and peripherals (SPI, I2C, UART, RS485).
• Network communication (Fiber Optic Ethernet), embedded tools, DSP applications, C/Assembly programming, FPGA VHDL.
• Project management, Master's degree, willingness to travel within Canada, US, and overseas.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive benefits: extended health/dental, life insurance, RRSP, deferred profit sharing, critical illness insurance, EFAP, student bursaries.
• Regular performance feedback, goal alignment, Employee Performance Development Plan.
• Employee education assistance for new qualifications and certifications.
• Diverse and inclusive workplace valuing equity, authenticity, and collaboration.