Location: Onsite/ Kanata, ON
Job Type: Contract                       
 

Responsibilities

• The main function of a component engineer is to support the design and manufacturing engineering in the specification and application of Electrical, Electronic, Electromechanical (EEE) parts for space systems.
• Evaluation of components design and workmanship for high-reliability applications.
• Evaluation of components discrepancies impact on design and reliability.
• Evaluation and adaption of component screening and qualification requirements.
• Preparation of source control drawings (procurement specifications).
• Provide advice to design engineers on the component selection.
• Identification of alternative parts for obsolescence or where lead times or component costs are unsuitable.
• Identify EEE parts requirements, viable alternative solutions, and support proposals for EEE component selections and be able to define and flow those requirements to suppliers.
• Preparation of declared components lists and non-standard parts approvals requests and participate in Parts Control Boards (PCBs) with customers.
• Support customer and vendor screening issues/failures and failure investigations, including interface with failure analysis labs.
• Support component test data review, lot sample destructive parts analyses (DPA) and prohibited materials analyses.
• Perform radiation effects analysis, shielding analysis, survivability analysis, radiation analysis reporting, and simulation of electronic components relative to space radiation effects.
• Point of Contact with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Procurement in resolving EEE part issues.
• Work with suppliers to define screening, qualification, packaging, etc. to be performed by the manufacturer.
• Maintain existing database of EEE parts.

 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or other relevant discipline required.
• Minimum 5+ years' working knowledge and understanding of electronic component types, materials, device physics, reliability, and quality.
• Familiarity with MIL, NASA, and ESA standards for components and materials.
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently.
• Familiarity with techniques used for EEE inspection.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.