Embedded Software Engineer (Contract)

A well-rounded Electrical Engineer, highly skilled in embedded software development as well as electronics hardware design, and responsible for development of global consumer products, from idea to production, acting as a Subject Matter Expert within the Engineering team.

What You’ll Do

• Develop firmware for complex electro-mechanical devices from early prototyping through full production.
• Write clean, maintainable, and extensible C, including test sequences and state machines for prototypes, preproduction, and production units.
• Interpret and contribute to schematic and PCB designs for electromechanical systems.
• Deliver high quality firmware solutions to Engineering, Design, and Brand teams in a service-oriented, collaborative manner, meeting multiple development milestones.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure system level designs are cohesive, meet requirements, and stay on schedule and on budget.
• Manage tasks and firmware projects with a customer focused mindset, providing clear documentation, risk assessments, and engineering driven recommendations.
• Communicate project status effectively across teams, escalating critical issues when needed.
• Research new embedded technologies and propose cost-effective applications for both emerging and established technologies.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Quality Assurance teams to support reliability, validation, and safety activities.
• Collaborate effectively with external software and app vendors to ensure seamless integration between hardware, firmware, and application layers.

What are your skills and experience?

• Proficiency in C for embedded devices.
• Experience with microcontrollers/microprocessors.
• Familiarity with Altium or similar schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• A Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong, systematic troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Experience with RealTime Operating Systems (RTOS) is a plus.
• App development experience is an asset but not required.
• Willingness to travel internationally on occasion to support product development activities

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The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $40 to $45 per hour. The salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master ltd. is a multi-provincial employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other provinces.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities

• Flexible Work Hours

• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

• Comprehensive Benefits

• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.