Sangster Engineering designs and manufactures specialized training equipment for military, law enforcement, and professional end-users worldwide. We are a small, fast-moving engineering company based in Amherst, Nova Scotia.
About the Role
We're looking for an entry-level Electrical Engineer (EIT) to grow into our electrical and controls work. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role. Even as a recent graduate, you'll own your work and take systems from schematic to powered up and working. You get real responsibility from day one.
If you like owning a problem from the first schematic to a system that switches on and just works, want to learn fast, and want your work to actually matter, read on.
What You'll Bring
We don't expect years of experience — coursework, internships, and personal projects all count. Foundational skills and exposure in these areas:
- Electrical design: creating schematics, panel layouts, and wiring plans for real systems: power distribution, lighting, and low-voltage circuits (coursework and personal projects count).
- Controls and integration: making separate electrical pieces work together as one system: PLCs, relays, sensors, networked devices (any exposure counts, a class project is fine).
- Practical reliability: an instinct for building things that power up and keep working in the field, not just on the bench.
What You'll Own
- Your work. You'll own your designs and projects end to end, with support from the team as you grow.
- From schematic to switched-on. You'll carry your designs through wiring, integration, and commissioning — all the way to a working system.
- Quality. Careful, dependable electrical work: safe, to code, and built to last.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; recent graduates or those with equivalent practical experience are encouraged to apply.
- Registered or eligible to register as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) with Engineers Nova Scotia.
- Hands-on experience with Claude is a real plus — we use Claude Code in our day-to-day work.
- Comfort reading and producing electrical schematics and drawings (any tools).
- High autonomy and strong self-direction.
- Comfortable on a very small team, wearing many hats.
Nice to Have
- Hands-on exposure to wiring, panel-building, controls, or electrical construction (a summer job or hobby project counts).
- Familiarity with the Canadian Electrical Code, or a genuine interest in learning it properly.
How to Apply
If you're a recent grad looking for real, hands-on ownership from day one, we'd love to hear from you. Apply to this posting with your resume and a portfolio of your work — capstone report, schematics, controls or electronics projects, photos of things you've wired or built, anything that shows how you think.
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Amherst, NS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Are you registered or eligible to register as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) with Engineers Nova Scotia?
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
