Systems Engineer - P&P Optica

Location

This role is an in-office role, where you’ll work from PPO’s office in Waterloo Ontario.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $100,000 - $130,000 CAD annually. The final offer will be determined based on a combination of factors, including:

• Relevant skills and experience: We assess each candidate's background, achievements, and demonstrated capabilities.
• Internal equity: We strive to maintain consistency and fairness across roles within our organization, aligning compensation with existing team members in comparable roles.

We are committed to transparency and fairness in our hiring process and welcome conversations about compensation throughout the recruitment process.

What You’ll Get To Do

This posting is for a new vacancy within our hardware team.

The Systems Engineer is a highly collaborative, cross-functional role that serves as the bridge between Hardware, Software, Operations, and Production. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining the architecture of PPO's industrial systems, ensuring hardware and software components integrate seamlessly while supporting the long-term reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our products.

This role plays a key part in managing system lifecycles, maintaining version and revision consistency, automating engineering and operational workflows, and supporting data-driven decision-making across the organization. Working closely with technical teams, you will help shape the evolution of PPO's platform by identifying opportunities to improve system performance, embrace emerging technologies, and simplify complex processes through automation and AI.

In this role, your responsibilities and duties will include:

Systems Architecture & Integration:

• Collaborate with Hardware and Software Engineering teams to design, document, and maintain robust system architectures and interfaces.
• Ensure reliable integration between hardware, software, networking, and operational systems.
• Evaluate system performance and recommend architectural improvements that enhance scalability, maintainability, and reliability.

System Lifecycle & Configuration Management:

• Lead system version and revision management across manufacturing and deployed systems.
• Perform compatibility reviews and cross-checks to ensure hardware and software revisions remain synchronized.
• Develop and maintain processes that support effective configuration management throughout the product lifecycle.

Automation & Process Improvement:

• Develop and maintain automation tools, scripts, and workflows that improve engineering and operational efficiency.
• Support Engineering Change Management (ECM) processes, CAD design automation, and advanced diagnostic capabilities.