Electrical Designer

Job Description

Electrical Designer – Thermo Fisher Scientific, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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Work Schedule – Standard (Mon‑Fri)

Environmental Conditions – Office

Location Information

This role is based at our Burlington, Ontario facility, supporting our Lab Automation group, an ISO 9001 certified organization. Our team designs, manufactures, and installs robotic solutions globally, accelerating drug discovery, synthetic biology research, and clinical testing for major pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers.

How You Will Make An Impact

As an Electrical Designer, you will play an important role as part of a project team providing engineered electrical solutions to ensure performance and safety of engineered‑to‑order (ETO) automated laboratory projects.

What You Will Contribute

• Collaborate with multi‑functional project teams that include the customer, Project Managers, Integrators, Mechanical Designers, Material Planning, Procurement, to plan and develop an ETO solution to achieve the agreed requirements


• Promote a multi‑functional team environment through design reviews at key stages of the projects


• Support the pre‑sales team as a technical consultant to support customer bids on new business


• Work with vendors to review designs for manufacturability and select components for the system solution providing alternates due to obsolescence or supply chain constraints


• Support root cause investigations and resolution with internal team members and vendors

• Perform power distribution calculations to specify the electrical and other applicable utility requirements for the customer to operate the automated system properly and safely


• Create electrical schematics drawings for the system’s communications, power distribution and safety circuitry using AutoCAD


• Perform and detail Safety Risk Assessments on the system design for compliance with locally legislated requirements such as OSHA, CSA, CE, UKCA, UL, IEC or customer specific


• Prepare Bills of Materials (BOM) pertaining to electrical assemblies for order release in the ERP system

• Help to improve design efficiency and consistency from project to project by maintaining the central design library for commonly used components and assemblies


• Ensure design issues and/or problems are resolved effectively and accurately vetted by the multi‑functional project team


• Investigate, propose, and implement design improvements to enhance our product quality, value to our customers, or improve our profitability

How will you get here?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering or equivalent


• Professional Engineers of Ontario (P.Eng) license considered an asset

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in an electrical design or engineering role


• Experience with robotics and/or automated systems considered an asset


• Able to perform power distribution calculations and heat generation analysis


• CMSE or experience in Machinery Safety considered an asset


• Experience with maintaining part items in an ERP system


• Experience with industrial network infrastructure


• Experience in a customer‑facing role

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proficiency with the latest version of AutoCAD


• Knowledge of domestic and international electrical codes


• Strong interpersonal skills, both verbal and written


• Able to work independently with minimal direction to meet project objectives


• Detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills


• Excellent time management skills, able to manage competing priorities

Other Requirements

• Valid driver’s license and passport


• Occasional local and international travel may be required

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 125,000 outstanding minds has a unique story to tell. Join us on our mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Biotechnology