ecobee introduced the world’s first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment, all while being part of the exciting, connected home revolution.
In 2021, ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems. Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together, we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.
We’re helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact on the planet. Our products and services work in harmony to provide comfort, efficiency, and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While we’re proud of what we’ve done so far, there’s still a lot we can do—and you can be part of it.
We're a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada, in the heart of downtown Toronto, with an office in Leeds, UK, and remote ecopeeps in the US. We get to work with some of North America and UK's leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work, confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. We’re always looking for curious, talented, and passionate people to join our team.
Who’ll You Be Joining
Our Hardware team is made up of engineers with a wide variety of specialties, skill sets, backgrounds, and experiences ranging from HVAC control to RF design, digital logic, avionics, test fixtures, embedded software development, PCB layout, and power electronics. They aim to bring their wide experience to the cross-functional squads that they are a part of, with a focus on collaboration, learning, development.
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, your responsibilities will include bringing new electrical products and systems from concept, into production, ensuring designs are manufacturable, reliable, and compliant with industry standards. This role bridges electrical design and manufacturing, driving projects from concept through mass production with a focus on quality, cost, and schedule.
Working in the Hardware Engineering department, your involvement in product development will go far beyond circuit design as you will also be tasked to invent creative and novel ways to create incredible products. Your understanding of the often-conflicting demands of industrial design, manufacturability, thermal management, battery life, signal integrity and user experience will enable you invent beautiful and eloquent solutions to impossible problems. A strong technical background in the schematic design of a wide range of domains including high speed digital design, analog instrumentation, RF systems and high-voltage power supplies will enable you to quickly translate designs from schematics to manufacturing.
To create reliable and lasting products for our customers, it is also important that Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, and Design for Test are core to the development cycle. Working closely with engineers from other teams including embedded, test fixtures, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering, you will engage in collaborative engineering discussions ranging from system architecture, to RF protocol development, production test philosophy, antenna design, thermal management, mechanical design and even industrial design (to name a few). Your valued insights will be instrumental to the cooperative effort that is cornerstone to ecobee product development.
This role follows a hybrid schedule, requiring four days per week in the office to support collaboration, and flexibility to work remotely for the remainder of the week.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Project Leadership:
-
Provide technical leadership for electrical and systems design through EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP phases.
-
Collaborate with design, manufacturing, embedded, supply chain, and quality teams throughout the design process.
-
Develop and maintain project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
Design for Excellence (DfX):
-
Contribute to architecture level discussions for new product designs
-
Investigate and perform feasibilities studies of emerging technologies for use in future products
-
Own electrical subsystem design for manufacturability, testability, cost, and compliance.
-
Develop production test methodologies and test fixture designs for NPIs
-
Design and build PCBs for prototyping and testing of new designs
-
Drive layout requirements and perform layout reviews
Electrical Process Development:
-
Implement PFMEA, DFMEA, and SPC for electrical processes.
-
Develop test plans for electrical performance and reliability.
Quality & Compliance:
-
Ensure adherence to electrical standards (FCC, IPC, UL, IEC, RoHS, etc.) and internal quality systems.
-
Lead root cause analysis for electrical failures for in market products and implement corrective actions and how these can be applied to NPI
Supplier & Component Management:
-
Perform component research, work with vendors to identify suitable components for products
-
Support supplier qualification for electrical components and assemblies.
Continuous Improvement:
-
Capture lessons learned and apply best practices to future electrical NPI programs.
-
Identify opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization.
What You’ll Bring to the Table:
-
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
-
5–10 years in NPI or electrical engineering roles, preferably in consumer electronics or other high-volume industries.
-
Hands-on experience with Schematic and PCB design, assembly, and test with focus in the following areas:
-
Memory architectures, eMMC, DDR3, DDR4 etc.
-
Low power, IoT sensor design
-
Expertise in RF (WiFi, BLE, sub-g) including antenna design and FCC certification
-
Analog design with MOSFETs, TRIAC and BJT
-
LCD, power supply, capacitive touch design
-
Proficiency in Altium, circuit simulations (SPICE), along with experience in SolidWorks and Python-based data analysis.
-
Production Test Fixture strategy and development for high throughput production
-
Strong knowledge of electrical standards and compliance requirements
-
Strong understanding of RF principles and hands-on experience with lab instrumentation.
-
Excellent communication and project management skills.
Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check.
Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in Toronto, ON is $110,900 - $144,200 CAD. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.
This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, paid Holidays (10 for Ontario, 11 for British Columbia) and RRSP retirement benefits
The Company is committed to improving accessibility for Canadian with disabilities and to ensuring that all our employees and applicants have the support and the tools they need to succeed. We have developed policies relating to human rights, accessibility, and accommodation, and provide all our employees with training on accessibility including under provincial legislation such as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, either during orientation and/or on an ongoing basis. If you feel you need accommodation in relation to a disability in the application process or in the future, or have a question or concern about our policies, please reach out to [email protected]
#LI-UF1
Physical Demands (Applicable in the USA and Canada): While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.
Accessibility Statement (Applicable in the United Kingdom): The Company is committed to improving accessibility for employees and applicants with disabilities and to ensuring that they have the support and the tools they need to succeed. We have developed policies relating to human rights, accessibility, and accommodation, in line with the Equality Act 2010. If you feel you need consideration of ‘reasonable adjustments’ where possible relation to a disability in the application process or in the future, or have a question or concern about our policies, please reach out to [email protected].
“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”
