About the position
Our Marine organization is a trusted provider of innovative solutions for the worldwide boating and boat building industry, and we recently expanded our scope to lead the boating industry into an electrified future. Dometic has won numerous NMMA Innovation Awards over the years, and we are always striving for new ways to make boating easier, safer, and more enjoyable.
We are on a journey of continuous growth – now looking for our next star – a passionate Product Designer, Mechatronics This position reports to Chief Engineer and will work in Vancouver, BC.
Vancouver:
Dometic Marine’s headquarters are in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. The facility develops and manufactures hydraulic, electronic, and combustion-based products.
As Product Designer, Mechatronics of the Vancouver team, you will be working in cross-functional teams to develop electromechanical products that lead the marine industry. You will be involved in the complete development cycle from concept to production. You will help to design safe, reliable, sustainable, and innovative products such as steer by wire systems, vessel control systems, or power control systems that can make boating easier and safer for boaters around the world.
General Responsibilities
Contribute across the full development cycle, from requirements definition through design, implementation, validation, documentation, and ongoing production support.
Take ownership of subsystem design decisions, including concept development, evaluation of design alternatives (trade studies), risk identification, and validation, with scope increasing with experience.
Design electromechanical components and assemblies, including concept generation, 3D modeling, material selection, stress analysis, electromagnetic analysis, and system modeling.
Hands-on prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis of electromechanical systems.
Support test execution and failure investigations, including instrument setup and data interpretation.
Collaborate with other engineering disciplines to develop engineering requirements and specifications.
Support new product launches by working with cross-functional teams, including design engineering, product management, test engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, marketing, and production.
Work closely with senior engineers to develop technical depth and rapidly build product knowledge.
Design products and components using tools and methods such as FEA, DFMEA, VAVE, and DFMA.
Design for manufacturability, assembly, and serviceability, with awareness of cost and production constraints.
Contribute to “make versus buy” decisions for components and/or assemblies, and work with suppliers on production readiness.
Prepare design documentation for new products and components such as drawings, engineering specifications and test reports.
What do we offer?
You are offered an interesting role in a dynamic, fast paced and global environment with great opportunities to grow, evolve with the company and take on new challenges.
Skills & Requirements
The ideal candidate for this role will bring demonstrated success in engineering environment. Additionally, they will have acquired the following qualifications and experiences:
To be successful in this role, we believe that you possess the following skills, competencies & characteristics:
Dometic’s Core Values
To thrive and succeed in this role, you understand the importance of our core values – Together We build our future, We play to win, We embrace change and We walk the talk; these values reflect the heart and soul of Dometic and they define what it takes to work here and how we do things.
Are you our next star? Then we would love to see your application.
Dometic is passionate about building together an inclusive and equitable working environment, that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that diversity enables us to thrive across our differences. Be yourself and join us!
Dometic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Dometic evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
The salary for this position ranges from $92,000 CAD to $110,000 CAD per annum. Actual salary offered will be based on education, experience, skills, and qualifications as they relate to the role. Here is Dometic Vancouver's Pay Transparency Report for 2025: Dometic Vancouver Pay Transparency Report.
Dometic kicks the door open to everyday adventure, exploration and discovery.
With over 40,000 resellers worldwide, we design innovative outdoor gear that inspires the nomadic spirit inside us all. Millions of people, from dedicated road-trippers to backyard campers, use Dometic gear everyday to connect with nature on their own terms. Because we’re big believers that there’s no right or wrong way to do the big outdoors. There’s just your way.
We’re about 7.000 people strong worldwide, with net sales of 25 billion SEK (USD 2.3 billion) in 2024. Our headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, and we’re listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm Large Cap exchange.
