Electrical Engineer - Advanced Robotic Sensing

hybrid
Toronto, Ontario, Canada .
full-time . January 3, 2024

Description

About Forcen

ForceN is surpassing human manipulation through scalable force-torque sensing hardware, improving surgical precision and enabling the next generation of robotic sensing technology. ForceN designs and manufactures high-reliability, high-precision systems; leveraging a proprietary digitally-manufactured transducer film that can be wrapped around any surgical or robotic component to create a 'digital sense of touch'. ForceN's technology enables robotics and artificial intelligence companies to tackle complex robotic interaction and manipulation problems.

Our customers are world leaders in surgical, logistics, and frontier robotics. We accelerate our customers’ development in robotics manipulation. We excel at providing a robust, reliable, and scalable solution with industry-leading development and deployment time.

Job Description

Forcen designs rigid and flexible printed circuit boards (PCB) in-house with strong focus on modularity, manufacturing and assembly. With the increasing demand for Forcen’s sensing systems, the software, electrical and firmware (SEF) team is looking to bring onboard a talented electrical designer with a portfolio of past PCB design experience to join the team.

Responsibilities

Being an Electrical Designer within the SEF team, your day-to-day tasks will include the following:

Design rigid and flexible PCBs in Altium for prototype and production projects, ensuring all gate processes are fulfilled before releasing for manufacturing
Generate necessary documents for PCBA fabrication and carry out the purchasing process
Validation of new PCBA designs including board bring-up and debugging
Coordinate with suppliers to manufacture PCBAs following project schedules
Manufacturing validation including FOA batch conformance checks and inspection
Support the design and automation of PCB test fixtures for functional testing including script development in python when necessary
Communicate with cross-functional teams (Mechanical, manufacturing and product) to ensure design requirements are well defined and properly met

Qualifications

The SEF team is full of passionate members that enjoy and love what they do. We are looking for a talented candidate that likes to take on a challenge and excel at finding solutions with an initiative to learn along the way, to grow together as a team!

Electrical Engineering degree, portfolio of PCB design experience or equivalent
Schematic capture and PCB layout experience including multi-layer, high-density (HDI), differential routing, analog and EMI/EMC conscious designs (Altium highly preferred)
PCBA debugging experience for analog circuitry and/or industrial peripherals (eg: USB, Ethernet, CAN, … etc) including the use of electrical equipment such as DMM and Oscilloscopes
Soldering and hot air reflow experience (BGA, QFN, 0201 components preferred)
Ability to follow design process and accurately track assigned tasks (Jira preferred) as well as identifying gaps or areas of improvement and articulating them effectively to the team
Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document design process and articulate design decisions effectively
Strong analytical and problem solving skills including attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality outputs
Appreciation for how firmware and software interact with the hardware
Familiarity with Altium 365 and component library management is a huge plus
Familiarity with Python for automation is a huge plus
Familiarity with PLM systems such as Arena is a plus
Familiarity designing and working in an ISO 9001 and 13485 certified company is a plus

Why Forcen?

Comprehensive medical, vision and dental benefits package
Additional bonus and options compensation
Opportunities for professional development and growth
Collaborative and innovative work environment
Hybrid work environment, open-concept hardware start-up environment - Dog-friendly office
Culture outings with company sponsored events (intramurals, food expeditions, swag)

Compensation

$80,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

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