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Latitude is an equal opportunity employer. Our offices are located in Victoria, British Columbia, on beautiful Vancouver Island. We are one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of wireless data management solutions for aviation, land, and marine transportation industries, including GPS-based satellite tracking systems and wireless terminal devices. We work hard and we play hard. Most of us bike to work. We like to chat about hockey, sailing, gaming, and good food. Would you like to join our team?

Hardware Production Engineer

  About Latitude Technologies:  Latitude Technologies is located in Victoria, British Columbia, on beautiful Vancouver Island. We are one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of wireless data management solutions for aviation, land, and marine transportation industries, including GPS-based satellite tracking systems and wireless terminal devices. We are a company on the move and are looking for great people to grow with us. We are proudly an equal opportunity employer.
 Summary of Job Position:  Latitude Technologies is looking for an experienced, self-motivated Hardware Production Engineer to join our expanding team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Hardware Production Engineer will play a key role in the development of the company’s new products and maintenance of existing products. The successful candidate will participate in the technical analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment and documentation phases of projects. The Hardware Production Engineer helps develop, prototype and test new hardware as well as optimizing existing and new products for efficient production.
 Duties and Responsibilities:

Schematic design
PCB layout
Circuit troubleshooting
Production/Engineering documentation
Maintenance of existing designs

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering or equivalent diploma or working experience
Solid understanding of DFM
Experience with Altium Designer 10 preferred
Knowledge of satcom and GPS technologies an asset

Personal Attributes:

Highly organized with an attention to detail.
Ability to work unsupervised and within a team to achieve objectives within appropriate timescales.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to respond quickly and precisely to customer challenges.
Flexible, motivated and reliable.

Latitude Technologies offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive medical and dental benefits package. If you are hard working and looking for an opportunity to grow your career, we would like to hear from you.

Please submit your CV to hr@latitudetech.com.

Field Applications Engineer

 Summary of Job Position:  
Latitude Technologies, headquartered in Victoria, BC, is looking for an Aero Engineer, Engineering Technologist, or Electronics Technician to step into the newly created position of Field Applications Engineer. Reporting to our VP of Sales and Marketing and accountable to our Engineering Manager, our Field Applications Engineer will play a vital role supporting our customers both during and following the installation of our cutting-edge Flight Data Monitoring systems, including Special Mission applications, for fixed and rotor-wing fleet operators around the world.

The Field Applications Engineer will be responsible for tier one trouble-shooting and problem resolution of all customer technical issues and for ensuring our customers receive proactive, diligent, and courteous service at every stage of the problem-resolution process.

This role requires a solid technical aptitude with an attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills. The Field Applications Engineer must be customer-focused and results-oriented, assisting our customers, their end-users, and our channel partners through every service and support situation. Commitment and reliability are essential. This role is one of opportunity; allowing for involvement across all internal departments and offering excellent potential for career advancement.

 Duties and Responsibilities:

Fielding, managing, and troubleshooting customer technical issues by phone and email;
Escalating complex technical issues to our world-class engineering team and working with the team to resolve complex issues;
Working with our sales and engineering teams in establishing standards, guidelines, processes, and interfaces to support our product and service offerings;
Demonstrating our products and training our customers on setup and use of our products and services;
Working closely with customers to configure equipment and software to best meet their needs;
Taking a proactive role in maintaining regular contact with our customers, ensuring their satisfaction with our products and services and gaining their insights into ways of further enhancing our technologies and our support;
Occasionally visiting customer hangars, which may include flying as an installation test observer.

Skills and Abilities:

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Electronics Technician, or Engineering Technologist diploma;
Familiarity with avionics equipment design, installation, and maintenance will be an asset;
Ability at building customer relationships, having the confidence to communicate and work directly with customers;
Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills;
Ability to respond quickly and precisely to complex customer issues;
Flexible, motivated, and reliable;
Highly organized with an attention to detail;
Ability to work unsupervised, within a team environment;
Ability to achieve objectives within appropriate timescales;
Strong aptitude for learning new technologies and understanding customer business dynamics;
Experience with digital media communications tools and channels;
Strong computer skills;
Excellent English speaking, writing, and grammatical skills.

Please submit your CV to hr@latitudetech.com.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

We are currently looking for a software developer with exceptional creativity and skills to join our expanding team. This position will play a key role in the development new products and maintenance of existing applications and will participate in the technical analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and documentation phases of projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Design, develop and test software

Document necessary processes for end users and other developers
Contribute to software development best practices
Perform unit testing, enhance application performance, and provide troubleshooting support
Follow industry trends with regard to technologies and techniques
Participate in design and code reviews

Technical Skills:

Fluent in Java and SQL
Development experience in mobile applications, e.g. iOS, Android, and Blackberry
Expertise in Javascript, HTML, CSS, AJAX frameworks, XML and JSON as well as Javascript libraries such as JQUERY
Advanced understanding of user interface design and optimization
Excellent knowledge of database integration, dynamically-driven web sites and server-side technologies
Experience with Tomcat and Apache Server or equivalent
Experience working with Web Services (SOAP, REST)
Social networking integration experience an asset
Familiar with software development best practices
Ability to contribute architectural vision as well as code

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Highly organized with an attention to detail
Excellent time management skills
Ability to coordinate and work with multiple teams in a fast paced environment
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Highly motivated self-starting team player

We offer a competitive salary, collegial working environment, and a comprehensive medical and dental benefits package. If you are career driven and enjoy challenging and satisfying work, we would like to hear from you.

Please submit your CV to hr@latitudetech.com, subject line: Software Developer.