Electronics Technologist

Fidus is a global high-tech design firm headquartered in Ottawa, with additional design centres in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Jose. We specialize in leading-edge electronic product development, with hardware, embedded software, FPGA/ASIC, and signal integrity teams working together to design and deliver next-generation products for clients in emerging technology markets.

Position Overview/Mandate:

The Electronics Technologist supports the development, bring-up, and testing of electronic systems at Fidus. Working closely with engineering teams, you will assemble, debug, and validate hardware, while helping maintain a well-organized, safe, and efficient lab environment.

This role combines hands-on technical work with lab operations, including inventory management, equipment maintenance, and supporting prototype builds and testing activities. You will contribute across the product lifecycle and play a key role in ensuring hardware is ready for development and validation.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys working with hardware, is detail-oriented, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Provide support to the engineers and technologist in the lab during board bring-up and testing.
• Assembling, testing, and programming on all Fidus products and prototypes.
• Coordinate the calibration and repairs of test equipment.
• Organize and maintain the inventory counts for all products and subassemblies in the lab.
• Under the guidance of a senior designer or technologist, debugging and solving circuit failures.
• Performing all aspects related to packing and shipping products and prototypes.
• Using Fidus internal processes and systems to manage components and builds, and assist with equipment and parts procurement as required.
• Repair and assembly of fine-pitch electronics, including coordinating with external repair vendors for complex component replacements
• Support engineering teams in taking measurements in the lab as required.
• Maintaining the lab so that it is organized, safe, and clean, including sorting, cleaning, and organizing materials and equipment.
• Other activities as required.

Who You are:

• 0–5 years of relevant experience in electronics, hardware, or lab environments, with a technical degree from a college or university, or equivalent experience. New graduates willing to go the extra mile to learn and contribute will be considered.
• Demonstrated hardware-related skills and the ability to maintain lab hardware.
• Proficiency in soldering fine-pitch components, or the eagerness to learn this skill quickly.
• Familiarity with mechanical assembly, electronic assembly, and quality standards.
• Be highly organized and able to create systems that keep the lab, equipment, inventory, and builds organized and safe.
• Self motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Energetic individual with a positive approach toward supporting the electronics lab regardless of the complexity of the task.
• Effective communicator, with the ability to generate reports and test plans using Microsoft Office
• Strong teamwork skills and the ability to work as part of a larger design team.
• Familiarity with reading and interpreting schematics as required.
• Experience with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, multi-meters, electronic loads, and power supplies.
• Physical ability to lift up to 25 kg and move equipment, with regular requirements to bend, crouch, lift, push, and pull.

This role is being posted to fill an existing vacancy

Annual base salary ranges from $50,000 to $75,000. The final offer within this range takes into account the variations in knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, and with consideration to internal equity.  

Our competitive compensation package also includes a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, matching GRSP contributions, annual profit-sharing bonus, along with other supplementary benefits.

We also recognize that candidates show interest throughout different career stages and welcome all applications. When there is a great fit, the level of the role may be shifted as applicable. 

About Fidus & Why Work Here

Since 2001, Fidus has completed over 4,000 projects for more than 400 customers across industries including Telecom/Datacom, Aerospace & Defence, Consumer, Semiconductors, Industrial/Automotive Controls, and Medical. As a Premier Adaptive Computing Partner for AMD North America, we combine deep technical expertise with industry-leading tools to solve complex design challenges.

Fidus designs high-speed, high-complexity electronic systems using emerging technologies, often well before they reach the broader market. Our teams work across FPGA/DSP, hardware, embedded software, verification, SI/PI, PCB layout, and mechanical/thermal design to deliver real products for our customers.

Our work spans space and satellite systems, next-generation communications and networking, high-performance compute and storage platforms, advanced video and imaging, and industrial, medical, and automotive systems. We are not tied to a single product or industry—our work follows the technology, not just one roadmap.

At Fidus, collaboration is at the core of how we work. We value openness, trust, and shared ownership, and we create an environment where people are encouraged to contribute ideas, learn from one another, and have a meaningful impact through the work they do.

If all of this excites you, has your attention, and you can’t wait to join our amazing team and work environment, then we want to hear from you!

Fidus has a commitment to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process. Automated tools (including AI) support our initial screening of applicants against our job posting to identify candidates whose qualifications, experience, and skills align most closely with the position requirements. All further candidate assessments and final selection are conducted by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.

Thank you for your interest in Fidus. We welcome and encourage diverse candidates to apply. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Fidus is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.