Electrical Designer/Engineer

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Job Description

What we’re about

IMAX is not your everyday entertainment experience, so it’s not surprising that IMAX employees and their careers go beyond the ordinary. Our employees share a passion for quality in everything they do. Our Hollywood people are movie business insiders with years of production experience. Our technology experts are unashamedly geeky – people who can talk for hours, and be riveting, about color gamut and lasers. Our business people are consummate sales and marketing professionals who are spreading the IMAX word around the world.

Of course we offer all the benefits you’d expect from a company with over 50 years of history. Yet, beyond this, we know everyone works differently and is motivated by different things. That’s why we offer competitive pay and a wide assortment of benefits – to help you make the most of your life at work and away from it.

As the world’s leading entertainment technology company, IMAX has revolutionized the way people experience movies. Specializing in immersive motion picture technologies, our employees are driven by a passion to take audiences around the world to places they’ve only dreamed of.

Come explore IMAX – where innovation, creativity and passion come together.

Required Skills

What you’ll be doing:

The position will utilize knowledge of specification writing from the perspective of the design of electrical systems, including the development lifecycle. Partnering in a dynamic cross-functional project environment and interfacing with mechanical, optical, audio, video, and software specialists. Working on circuit design and general electrical engineering principles; such as design and debug of digital (and some analogue) circuits, the development lifecycle and maintenance, interconnect and harness design, test plan/report specification and execution, as well as exposure to design-for-manufacturing.

• Prepare engineering/manufacturing documentation, schematics and design specifications, systems requirements and test plans.
• Work with Component Engineering on component selection and Bill of Material generation targeted for a manufacturing environment for both legacy and new products
• Fulfill Engineering Change Requests (ECRs).
• Design and qualification of next-generation electronic/electrical equipment.
• System diagnostics and development of test fixtures and plans.
• PCB projects through layout and fabrication.
• Help design and troubleshoot system wiring diagrams
• Support Software development team (integration control documents)
• Provide support to Manufacturing, Installation, Technical Services and Purchasing organizations.
  

What We’re Looking For

• BSEE in electronics or equivalent, with 5 year experience in electrical/electronic design in a product development environment.
• Knowledge of digital and high-speed design concepts including MCU and its peripherals
• Knowledge of signal integrity design principles
• Knowledge of major MCU architectures
• Working Knowledge of Altium (or equivalent – both capture and layout)
• Working knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly processes.
• Understanding of PCB, digital, analog and system level grounding principles
• Understanding of cable/harness design, drawing and documentation, for board-to-board as well as system level
• Understanding of board and system power distribution, including different PSU topologies, power budgets and power/heat-load calculations
• Working knowledge of I2C, SPI, RS485/422/232, CAN, Ethernet, digital and analog I/O interfacing,
• Familiarity with EMC and Safety requirements for product certification, board and system level
• Understanding of design-for-manufacturing processes
• Familiarity with ECR/ECO processes
  

Bonus Technical

• Understanding of and some experience with DSP and FPGA
• Familiarity with HD SDI, HDMI, and PCIe protocols
• SDRAM/DDR/DDR2 interface and debug/layout principles.
• Familiarity with digital/analog/acoustic Audio concepts
• Familiarity with UL, CE, FCC, SMPTE, DCI, AES/EBU standards
  

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Passion for electronics and electrical systems
• Ability and willingness to do hands-on debugging of boards and systems.
• Ability to learn complex concepts in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated, self-starter with positive outlook and high energy.
• Ability to drive tasks to completion, independently and as a part of a team
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and an ability to achieve issues resolution.
• Strong team player, with the ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary design environment.
• Willing to work under schedule and pressure to achieve defined business goals.

Required Experience

For consideration, please apply online. We thank all applicants for their interest in IMAX but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At IMAX you’ll be part of a culture built on respect - one that recognizes the unique talents of everyone on the team. We’re proud of the differences that make us all unique and we support unity, acceptance and equal rights for all. Diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a global company.

IMAX is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.