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Contract Electronics Manufacturing & Test Technologist

Location: Calgary, Alberta
Employment Type: Contract
Initial Term: 4–6 months, with potential for extension
Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Electronics Manufacturing & Test Technologist to support the assembly, testing, integration, and qualification of a high precision scientific instrumentation product.

This is a highly practical role for someone who enjoys working directly with sophisticated electronic equipment. You will be involved in building electronics sub-assemblies, installing and wiring circuit boards, fabricating cable harnesses, performing board-level testing, troubleshooting electrical issues, and integrating complete systems.

The product is well established, but some manufacturing documentation and processes are still being refined. The successful candidate will therefore need to be comfortable working from engineering drawings, schematics, assembly instructions, and test procedures while also recognizing and communicating gaps or inconsistencies in the documentation.

This position is particularly well suited to an Electronics Technologist, Electrical Technologist, Electronics Technician, Manufacturing/Test Technician, or hands-on Electrical/Electronics Engineer who enjoys practical work and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Electronics Assembly & Integration

• Assemble complex electronic and electrical sub-assemblies.
• Install PCBs, electrical components, connectors, and wiring into mechanical assemblies.
• Build and integrate cable and wire harnesses.
• Cut, strip, crimp, terminate, label, and route wires and cables.
• Perform soldering and electrical rework as required.
• Follow engineering drawings, schematics, bills of materials, and assembly procedures.
• Identify and communicate discrepancies between documentation and the physical product.
• Assist with developing and improving assembly procedures and work instructions.
  

Testing & Troubleshooting

• Perform board-level and subassembly electrical testing.
• Use laboratory test equipment including digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, and other electronic instrumentation.
• Diagnose wiring, assembly, and electrical faults.
• Verify assemblies against defined electrical and functional acceptance criteria.
• Record test results and document failures or deviations.
• Assist engineering personnel with troubleshooting more complex issues.
  

Manufacturing Process Development

• Help establish repeatable manufacturing and test processes for the product.
• Identify documentation, tooling, fixture, and process gaps.
• Develop practical improvements to assembly and test procedures.
• Capture useful photographs, measurements, and observations for manufacturing documentation.
• Provide feedback to engineering on design features that create manufacturing or test difficulties.
  

Engineering & Qualification Support

As production requirements permit, the successful candidate may also support:

• Engineering validation and design verification testing (DVT).
• EMC/emissions testing and preparation of equipment for external testing.
• Prototype and engineering builds.
• Test fixture development.
• Electrical troubleshooting and characterization.
• Other electronics manufacturing and engineering initiatives.
  

Qualifications

Required

• Hands-on experience assembling, testing, or troubleshooting electronic equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Comfortable working with electronic test equipment.
• Experience with electrical connectors, wiring, crimping, and cable assembly.
• Strong attention to detail and workmanship.
• Ability to follow technical procedures while recognizing when documentation does not match the physical product.
• Comfortable working independently on complex equipment.
  

Preferred

• Diploma or degree in Electronics Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with complex scientific, industrial, RF, medical, aerospace, or telecommunications electronics.
• Experience with RF electronics or instrumentation.
• Soldering and PCB rework experience.
• Experience troubleshooting electronics to the board or component level.
• Experience with manufacturing documentation or work-instruction development.
• Experience with EMC/EMI testing.
• Experience with engineering validation or design verification testing.
  

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate is someone who likes to build things and figure out why they don't work.

You may be a technologist or technician with years of experience working on sophisticated electronics, or an engineer who prefers hands-on technical work to a purely design-oriented role. Either background can be successful.

The ability to work carefully and methodically, troubleshoot problems independently, and communicate clearly with engineering and manufacturing teams is more important than having a particular job title or academic background.

Contract Opportunity

This is an initial 4–6 month contract supporting a significant manufacturing and product qualification effort, with the possibility of extension depending on project requirements.

The role provides an opportunity to work directly with sophisticated scientific instrumentation while gaining exposure to electronics manufacturing, system integration, testing, qualification, and engineering development.

Compensation: Competitive hourly rate commensurate with experience and qualifications.
About Nanalysis Corp.

Nanalysis Scientific Corp. is a public company (TSXV:NSCI, FRA:1N1, USA:OTC:NSCIF). The company is a global manufacturer and seller of compact Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy products. The Nanalysis 60 MHz was the first portable, high-resolution 60 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer released in the market in 2013. These instruments are notable for their ease of use, low-maintenance, accessibility, affordability and automatability.  In 2019, Nanalysis introduced the 100 MHz spectrometer, representing the highest resolution instrument available on the market.  Designed with flexibility in mind, the instruments can be configured as traditional NMR spectrometers or programmed as analyzers for specific industrial applications (oil and gas, chemical, pharma, biotech, food science, atomic agencies, cannabis, mining).  Nanalysis' benchtop NMR technology has been widely recognized, including being named Company of the Year in Global Portable NMR in the prestigious Frost & Sullivan award for three consecutive years.

In 2020 Nanalysis expanded its portfolio of magnetic resonance technology acquiring  RS2D and their superior Cam4TM technology offering their high-field NMR PulseTMconsole (200-600 MHz), preclinical MRI and MR product line. RS2D, founded in 2004, specializes in the design and manufacture of a suite of magnetic resonance products powered by the versatile Cam4TM which will soon power all our spectrometers, including MRI consoles and the PulseTM NMR console suitable for 200-600 MHz instruments. These are powered by innovative software packages, PRim and SPINit , for MRI and NMR, respectively. In 2011, RS2D helped pioneer preclinical imaging with the first rodent MRI system made from a superconducting cryogen-free magnet.

Nanalysis continues to grow with its new acquisition of One Moon Scientific, based in New York. The company was formed in 2005 and specializes in software used to process and analyze NMR data in different materials, from proteins to nucleic acids. Today, their software, NMRViewJ, is considered to be one of the leading programs that scientists use for NMR data analysis. Their newest open source software, NMRFx Analyst, is under rapid development and includes additional tools for NMR analysis to increase accessibility of processing. Both software suites are compatible on multiple platforms including Mac OS, Windows, and Linux.

In 2022, Nanalysis acquired K’(Prime) Technologies, a Phoenix-based contract sales and service organization that focused on scientific instrumentation and solutions for a wide range of industries. Also in 2022, K’(Prime) was awarded a five-year, $160 million contract with the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to provide maintenance services for passenger screening and imaging equipment in Canadian airports in each province and territory.

K’(Prime) is now mainly focused on the Canadian aviation and urban security markets with new distribution agreements. K’(Prime) Technologies is positioned as a leader in innovative solutions for the Canadian market. Our partners include LINEV Systems, which offers state-of-the-art X-ray security screening solutions to tackle 21st-century global challenges, and Liberty Defence, known for the HEXWAVETM system. This system enhances the customer experience by detecting concealed metallic and non-metallic weapons and other threats using advanced AI algorithms, all without requiring personal items to be removed. K'(Prime) is a proud distribution partner with other leading manufacturers of security and imaging solutions, such as Hannah Techwin America, Inaxsys, and CEIA, providing a wide range of security imaging options to meet nearly every need.

Given the synergies of Quad Systems and Nanalysis, in 2022 Nanalysis took a 43% stake in Quad Systems and they have been working together with complementary expertise to bring innovation in NMR back to the high-field NMR market and offer a wide range of high-performance, compact magnetic resonance products tailored to each customer application requirement. 

Nanalysis Scientific Corp. operates two primary business segments: Scientific Equipment and Security Services. Within its Scientific Equipment business is what the Company terms "MRI and NMR for industry". The Company develops and manufactures portable Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers or analyzers for laboratory and industrial markets.

The Company's devices are used in many industries (oil and gas, chemical, mining, pharma, biotech, flavor and fragrances, agrochemicals, law enforcement, and more) as well as numerous government and university research labs around the world. The Company continues to exploit new global market opportunities independently and with partners. With its partners, the Company provides scientific equipment sales and maintenance services globally.

In 2022 the Company was awarded a five-year, $160 million contract to provide maintenance services for passenger screening equipment in Canadian airports. This has resulted in expansion of the Company's Security Services business. The Company is providing airport security equipment maintenance services in each province and territory of Canada. In addition, the Company provides commercial security equipment installation and maintenance services to a variety of customers in North America.