Manufacturing/Software Engineer

Blackline Safety (TSXV: BLN) is a wireless location leader that develops, manufactures, and markets products and services for worker safety monitoring. Blackline solutions deliver safety, security, and location awareness through innovative hardware and custom user interfaces, including mobile, messaging, and web services. Blackline's vision is to become the leading supplier of wirelessly connected worker safety monitoring products in the world.
The Manufacturing Software Engineer will support our manufacturing floor where we assemble and manufacture all products for our customers worldwide. From our circuit board manufacturing all the way though manufacturing and service, the Manufacturing Software Engineer will be focused on developing integrated software solutions to connect data sources and drive productivity improvements, and will work closely with other operational disciplines and R+D to drive improvements across multiple product lines and processes

Administer development, maintenance, and improvements to existing in-house manufacturing software and database implementations, and drive projects aimed at streamlining, simplifying, and improving robustness
Develop new software solutions to improve data acquisition
Develop and lead implementation of best-practices
Develop process around change control for live software implementations
Engage with Product Development, Quality, and other disciplines to ensure root-cause analyses and resolution of issues in product or process are completed
Coordinate with developers of electronic interface hardware and mechanical interfaces to test and interface with product
Investigate and find root cause of product test failures and drive resolution to improve product yield, quality, and throughput
Lead initiatives to source new technologies to deliver gains in productivity, capacity, efficiency, and quality
Support manufacturing readiness and required technical staffing needs for new product introduction launches, interfacing with Product Development to ensure new products meet production test requirements and that manufacturing product test deliverables are met
Drive standardization and improvement in manufacturing software usage
Manage development of documentation, procedures, and processes to standardize and improve manufacturing test operations

You have a strong history of successes in your 5-10+ years of experience in operations and software development, built on your Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or Computer Science degree
You have high standards and a customer-centric approach
You are data-driven and excel at finding patterns across multiple data sources
Advanced experience in developing and debugging Python or C, C++, and/or Java, with experience in Labview considered an asset

• Experience in integration and linkage of third-party software systems
• 5-10+ years experience in a mid-to-high volume manufacturing or operations environment, with preference given to candidates with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma accreditation
• Demonstrated successes in leading projects or programs that have delivered significant results to Operations performance
• Exceptional ability to communicate in English, verbally and in writing
• Advanced experience in designing, consolidating, integrating with, and reporting from databases
• Experience in electronics circuit and PCB layout design, RF test design in cellular, GPS, and other bands, data analysis and management through database usage, and experience with gas detection are assets

Blackline Safety is a world leader in the development and manufacturing of wirelessly connected safety products. Our products are designed to save lives and we monitor personnel working alone in populated areas, complex indoor facilities, and the remote reaches of our planet. Blackline’s products are used to keep people safe in the event of falls, missed check-ins, man-downs, and exposure to explosive or toxic gas. Our design, development, sales, marketing, support, and production are all performed in-house at our headquarters in Calgary, AB. Blackline Safety is powered by the diversity of our talented employees. We consider all applicants, regardless of age, religion, race, color, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, disability, national origin, race, or sexual orientation. Please be advised that Blackline Safety does not request payment or personal financial information at any stage of the recruitment process.