Why you want to work here

Our employees make all the difference. The diversity of our workforce brings all cultures together for the same mission: build it right, build it better. We build really cool products for our customers and are committed to reducing our environmental footprint.

Who we are

SigmaPoint is a contract electronics manufacturer that focuses on lean manufacturing to reduce waste in the process, save money for our customers and reduce non-value added steps in the process while focusing on the employee to make their job easier.  

What we make

Multi-layer, complex circuit boards such as those used in surveillance drones, military communications devices, licence plate recognition consoles found in police cruisers, high-speed rail inspection cameras and medical devices.

Our top customers 

Manufacturers of commercial drones, aerospace security, defence, industrial IoT, advanced network systems and medical devices.

Our workplace culture

We are all about LEAN!  Lean manufacturing that is, by eliminating waste and continuous improvement. We have a huge commitment to the environment and reducing our carbon footprint. Additionally, everyone at SigmaPoint is on a first-name basis. From top to bottom, everyone works in unison.

Career advancement 

It’s limitless. Where do you want to be? We encourage everyone to live their dream, ask questions and advance in your field of interest. We have so many great stories about people who started in entry level positions and are now project managers, product leaders, senior lean agents, supply continuity specialists, tactical buyers, account managers, value stream managers – the list goes on.

Fun stuff

Gender-balanced workforce, service awards at five, 10, 15 and 20 years of service, summer BBQs for all shifts, summer picnic, daily fitness breaks, Christmas parties, dragon boat races, Big Bike for Heart & Stroke , financial aid for education related to your field, company softball team. 

our values

We sponsor many local charities and events including Sparky’s Christmas Toy Drive, Baldwin House, the Children’s Treatment Centre and OSPCA, among others. We’ve also committed to a $15,000 donation to the Ottawa Heart Institute over the next three years. Elsewhere, we divert more than 120,000 kilograms of waste from landfills through recycling annually. More recently, we created a “SigmaGarden” – an in-house wall garden to share the “fruits of our labour” with all employees.

Meet the team

What do you do on a day-to-day basis at your job?

The day-to-day is always changing. Over the last several months, it has included designing and implementing our data pipeline infrastructure, meeting with different departments at SigmaPoint to help break down knowledge gaps, and leveraging the collected data to address specific pain points. I also spend time researching and attending webinars from industry leaders to learn about the current landscape of data-driven manufacturing solutions.

How did you arrive at your current position? What was your professional or career path?

After high school, I pursued a Bachelor of Applied Science degree with a major in electrical engineering at Memorial University (class of 2020). During the final 16 months of my degree, I completed two four-month work terms at SigmaPoint, contributing to the quality assurance, product engineering and test engineering, and Test Engineering departments. I developed a data analytics tool for the in-circuit test platform during my work terms, significantly improving my software development and project management skills. After graduation, I was offered full-time employment as a data engineer at SigmaPoint, along with the opportunity to complete an M.A.Sc. at Queen’s University with a focus on leveraging machine data to improve manufacturing processes.

What is the best part about your job?

The best part about my job is the autonomy we have to drive our project. It is enriching to feel a sense of ownership of my work and see it effect meaningful change at SigmaPoint.

Meet some of our summer students

Hunter Goudie

I attend Algonquin College in the electrical engineering technology program. I worked in the test engineering department in the summer of 2020 as an intern. During my summer I worked on two projects: a tool to predict the upcoming workload of the test engineering team and designed the hardware and software for an automated test solution for a new high-volume COVID-19 product. With these projects I was able to apply my knowledge from school, be creative in my work and learn parts of the industry I don’t see in school. The internship gave me an idea of what type of work I want to do after school. The best part of my summer internship had to be the people; everyone at SigmaPoint is very approachable and will help anytime they can.

Ahmed Abdelrehim

I attend the University of Ottawa pursuing a mechanical and software engineering degree. I worked on two main projects during my short summer stay at SigmaPoint.
One includes designing 3D models to enable us to test our boards more efficiently, which is used in a COVID-19 health care product. The other one was focused on introducing additive manufacturing solutions to the business through 3D printing. The most exciting part about what I did was the exposure to the business side of things, enabling you to see   how much tangible value your work is adding to the company, which is something you will definitely not experience at school.