Experience Level: 3–5 Years
Department: Electronics / Industrial Weighing Products
Employment Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada
Company Description
ANYLOAD is an ISO 9001:2015-registered company specializing in innovative load cells, scales, and weighing components. Established in 1991, we have grown to include offices and warehouses in Vancouver, Canada, and New Jersey, serving customers across North America and global operations in China and South Korea. As a leading Canadian supplier of transducers and weighing solutions, we cater to diverse industrial needs with products ranging from miniature sensors to multi-ton systems. Our team of over 150 skilled professionals operates across four international operations, delivering reliable and customizable measurement solutions to industry leaders.
Role Description
We are seeking an Electronic Design Engineer for a full-time, on-site role based in Burnaby, BC. The role involves designing, testing, and prototyping electronic circuits, developing and optimizing analog and digital designs, and contributing to product development and improvement. The Electronic Design Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet technical and industrial standards while delivering reliable and efficient solutions.
The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with low-level analog signals, noisy industrial environments, communication interfaces, instrumentation/process controllers, and real-world field issues related to weighing equipment.
Qualifications
- Proficiency in Electronic Engineering, Circuit Design, and Electrical Engineering
- Strong understanding of Electronics and Analog systems
- Familiarity with EDA tools for circuit design and simulation
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or a related field
- Experience in product development and testing is an asset
- Knowledge of industry standards and compliance regulations related to electrical components
Responsibilities
- Design and review electronic circuits for industrial weighing products, including load cell input circuits, ADC measurement circuits, excitation power, MCU control, RS485/CAN/Ethernet communication interfaces, and protection circuits.
- Create and review PCB layouts for mixed-signal products, with attention to grounding, shielding, analog/digital separation, ADC reference routing, excitation/signal routing, Ethernet differential pair routing, connector placement, and noise reduction.
- Work on products such as scale indicators, load cell transmitters, digital junction boxes, RS485/CAN/Ethernet modules, remote displays, and other weighing-related electronics.
- Select suitable components such as ADCs, op-amps, voltage references, MCUs, voltage regulators, RS485/CAN transceivers, Ethernet PHYs, magnetics, RJ45 connectors, TVS diodes, PTC fuses, connectors, and passive filtering components.
- Bring up new PCB assemblies by checking input power, voltage rails, excitation voltage, ADC reference voltage, reset circuits, clock signals, MCU programming, RS485/CAN/Ethernet communication lines, and basic I/O functions.
- Test load cell and sensor circuits by checking excitation stability, signal input noise, ADC raw counts, zero stability, span stability, drift, filtering performance, and sensitivity to wiring or grounding changes.
- Test communication circuits such as RS485, CAN, Ethernet, UART, SPI, and I2C by checking signal levels, waveform quality, termination, biasing, addressing, baud rate, link status, packet communication, noise margin, and layout-related problems.
- Test Ethernet hardware by checking PHY power rails, reference clock, reset sequence, magnetics, RJ45 connector wiring, differential pair routing, link negotiation, packet stability, and ESD/surge protection.
- Test power circuits by checking input voltage range, output voltage stability, ripple, startup behavior, current draw, thermal performance, reverse polarity protection, surge protection, and fault behavior.
- Troubleshoot field issues such as unstable weight readings, drifting zero, RS485/CAN/Ethernet communication failure, intermittent connection, regulator failure, EMC/EMI sensitivity, grounding problems, water/dust-related failures, and wiring-related noise.
- Use test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench power supplies, signal generators, electronic loads, logic analyzers, CAN/RS485 tools, Ethernet test tools, and load cell simulators.
- Support prototype builds, pilot production, production testing, supplier communication, engineering change requests, and returned-unit failure analysis. Work with firmware engineers to debug board-level issues, including ADC readings, communication timing, Ethernet link/packet behavior, device configuration, calibration behavior, and hardware-related firmware failures.
- Prepare schematic notes, PCB review comments, test procedures, test records, failure analysis reports, and hardware change documentation.
Required Skills and Experience
- 3–5 years of experience in electronics hardware design.
- Experience with schematic design and PCB layout for analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits.
- Experience using PCB design tools such as Altium, KiCad, OrCAD, Eagle, or similar software.
- Strong understanding of analog circuits, digital circuits, power supply design, grounding, filtering, shielding, and signal routing.
- Hands-on experience with board bring-up, circuit testing, and hardware troubleshooting.
- Ability to use oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench power supplies, signal generators, electronic loads, logic analyzers, and communication adapters.
- Experience with ADC circuits, sensor inputs, low-level analog signals, voltage references, op-amps, and signal conditioning.
- Experience with industrial communication interfaces such as RS485, CAN, Ethernet, UART, SPI, or I2C.
- Familiarity with Ethernet hardware design, including PHY circuits, magnetics, RJ45 connectors, differential pair routing, reference clocks, ESD protection, and link troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with protection design, including TVS diodes, PTC fuses, reverse polarity protection, surge protection, ESD protection, grounding, and shielding.
- Able to troubleshoot noise, drift, unstable readings, communication problems, power failures, and intermittent hardware issues.
- Able to document test results, design changes, and troubleshooting findings clearly.
Preferred Experience
- Experience with industrial weighing equipment, scale indicators, load cells, junction boxes, truck scales, floor scales, bench scales, or weighing transmitters.
- Experience designing or troubleshooting load cell amplifier circuits, strain gauge measurement circuits, ADC front ends, or mV/V sensor input circuits.
- Experience with load cell simulators, calibration weights, signal stability testing, zero/span testing, and long-term drift testing.
- Experience with RS485/Modbus, CAN bus, Ethernet communication, digital load cells, remote displays, or industrial field wiring.
- Experience reviewing PCB layouts for noise-sensitive analog measurement circuits and Ethernet differential pair routing.
- Experience with EMC/EMI troubleshooting in industrial environments.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, production testing, returned-unit inspection, and field failure investigation.
- Experience working with PCB assembly vendors or overseas suppliers is an asset.
Pay: $71,651.00-$121,280.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Language training provided
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Work Location: In person
