Components Engineer / Specialist
- Burnaby, BC, Canada
$110,000 – $115,000 CAD · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $110,000 – $115,000 CAD
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in electronics design, components engineering, component selection, or a closely related hardware engineering role
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Components Engineer/Specialist – Burnaby, BC
Permanent | On-site
$110,000 – $115,000 CAD
About Us
STRIVE is a specialist recruitment firm offering proactive recruitment solutions in the areas of Technology, Accounting & Finance, Corporate Administration, and Manufacturing Operations. STRIVE supports various clients from small to medium-sized enterprises to Fortune 500 organizations for their permanent, contract, and temporary recruitment needs.
THE ROLE
STRIVE Recruitment is proud to partner with a technology company that helps utilities modernize their distribution grids through smart grid data and analytics solutions, to recruit for a Components Engineer/Specialist based in Burnaby, BC. They offer a hands-on, collaborative work environment, working closely with Product Development, Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and supply chain partners, with a preference for on-site work.
The client is seeking a Components Engineer/Specialist to strengthen the reliability and scalability of their hardware products by providing technical oversight of electronic component selection and sourcing. This role evaluates component choices, identifies and qualifies alternate sources, and helps reduce dependency on single-source components to support both existing products and future designs. The final title (Components Engineer or Specialist) will reflect the successful candidate’s qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
Permanent | On-site
$110,000 – $115,000 CAD
About Us
STRIVE is a specialist recruitment firm offering proactive recruitment solutions in the areas of Technology, Accounting & Finance, Corporate Administration, and Manufacturing Operations. STRIVE supports various clients from small to medium-sized enterprises to Fortune 500 organizations for their permanent, contract, and temporary recruitment needs.
THE ROLE
STRIVE Recruitment is proud to partner with a technology company that helps utilities modernize their distribution grids through smart grid data and analytics solutions, to recruit for a Components Engineer/Specialist based in Burnaby, BC. They offer a hands-on, collaborative work environment, working closely with Product Development, Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and supply chain partners, with a preference for on-site work.
The client is seeking a Components Engineer/Specialist to strengthen the reliability and scalability of their hardware products by providing technical oversight of electronic component selection and sourcing. This role evaluates component choices, identifies and qualifies alternate sources, and helps reduce dependency on single-source components to support both existing products and future designs. The final title (Components Engineer or Specialist) will reflect the successful candidate’s qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and technically assess electronic component selections for existing products, new designs, and design changes
- Identify alternate manufacturers, vendors, and technically suitable replacement components to reduce single-source dependencies
- Evaluate and qualify second sources for key components through technical analysis, bench testing, and cross-team collaboration
- Build and maintain alternate sourcing options to improve supply continuity, enable competitive quoting, and identify cost-reduction opportunities
- Partner with design engineers early in development to identify components with multiple viable sources
- Act as a technical gatekeeper for component selection, constructively challenging choices that create sourcing, lifecycle, or supply risk
- Support a disciplined exception process for components that must remain single-sourced, including documentation and management review
- Evaluate component specifications, performance, compatibility, availability, and manufacturer information to support sound technical decisions
- Maintain thorough documentation of component evaluations, approved alternatives, sourcing information, and test results
- Collaborate with hardware engineering, manufacturing engineering, and supply chain partners to address shortages and obsolescence
- Develop strong knowledge of key component manufacturers, distributors, and market options
- Support documentation and component-control discipline needed to scale manufacturing and work with contract manufacturing partners
- Electrical/electronics engineering degree, or a relevant technical diploma with equivalent hands-on experience
- 5+ years of experience in electronics design, components engineering, component selection, or a closely related hardware engineering role
- Strong analog electronics experience and the ability to assess component suitability from both a technical and application perspective
- Experience working with electronic component manufacturers, distributors, vendors, and supply chains
- Experience identifying, evaluating, and qualifying alternate components or second sources
- Comfortable performing bench testing and using electronic lab equipment to validate component performance
- Strong technical documentation skills
- Experience with RF electronics
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation
- Experience working in hardware product development and/or electronics manufacturing environments
- Broad familiarity with electronic component manufacturers and suppliers across the market
- Confident, constructive communication when challenging component choices or technical decisions
- Strong collaboration across product development, hardware engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams
- Resilient, persistent follow-through that drives long-term improvements in sourcing and design practices
- Disciplined documentation habits paired with the ability to balance performance, cost, availability, and lifecycle considerations
More about this job
Responsibilities
Assess electronic component selections for existing and new hardware products, identify and qualify alternate components and suppliers, and reduce single-source and supply risks. Document evaluations and test results, collaborate with engineering and supply chain teams, and support component control, manufacturing scalability, and cost-reduction efforts.
Requirements
Requires an electrical or electronics engineering degree, or a relevant technical diploma with equivalent hands-on experience, and at least five years of experience in electronics design, component engineering, component selection, or related hardware engineering. Candidates should have strong analog electronics knowledge, experience with component suppliers and alternate-source qualification, bench-testing capability, and strong technical documentation skills; RF experience and a P.Eng. designation are preferred.
Skills
- Electronic Component Selection
- Analog Electronics
- Component Evaluation
- Alternate Sourcing
- Second-Source Qualification
- Bench Testing
- Electronic Lab Equipment
- Technical Documentation
- Hardware Product Development
- Electronics Manufacturing
- Supply Chain Collaboration
- RF Electronics
- Component Obsolescence Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Categories
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Technology
- Logistics
Keywords
- Electronic Components
- Component Engineering
- Analog Electronics
- RF Electronics
- Hardware Product Development
- Electronics Design
- Component Selection
- Alternate Components
- Second Sources
- Component Manufacturers
- Distributors
- Supply Chain
- Bench Testing
- Electronic Lab Equipment
- Component Specifications
- Component Qualification
- Technical Analysis
- Component Lifecycle
- Supply Continuity
- Obsolescence Management
- Cost Reduction
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Contract Manufacturing
- Technical Documentation
- Component Control
- P.Eng.