As of November 6, 2026, Jobsy lists 69 principal engineer jobs in Canada. The median advertised pay is $158,746 a year (from 12 postings). The most active employers are Qualus, AECOM and Microchip - Canada. Skills often requested: leadership, communication skills, python and coaching.
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8+ YOEVale Base Metals needs an engineering or earth sciences degree and 8 to 10 years of underground mining, geotechnical or backfill experience. A P.Eng. or equivalent is preferred, along with experience leading technical projects and working with operations, safety and suppliers.
Electric Power Engineers: Electric Power Engineers (EPE) is a global advisory and engineering firm advancing grid reliability, resilience, flexibility, and affordability.
5+ YOECandidates need 5+ years as a power systems engineer on generation and transmission interconnection, with ERCOT interconnection knowledge and PSCAD and PSS/E modeling experience. Strong written and verbal communication and a client-focused approach are also required.
PSS/E, PSCAD, TSAT
JDI
15+ YOECandidates need a B.Eng. and a P.Eng. designation, with at least 15 years in shipbuilding or heavy manufacturing. They need knowledge of maritime regulations and standards, hands-on experience with ship systems, and the ability to approve engineered lift plans and jig designs.
PBOM, 3D models, production drawings
Smartverify
8+ YOECandidates need 8+ years of backend engineering experience focused on distributed systems, infrastructure or platform work, and experience building systems that manage other systems. Strong Go and Python skills, cloud and container experience, and comfort shipping pragmatic architecture decisions are required.
Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, AWS EKS, AWS Lambda, Kafka
Qualus: Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated…
20+ YOECandidates need 20+ years of utility protection, control and metering experience, an electrical engineering bachelor's degree, and P.Eng. registration or eligibility in Canada. Hands-on skill with ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM and SEL/GE relays is also required.
ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM
Qualus: Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated…
20+ YOECandidates need 20+ years of utility protection, control and metering experience, an electrical engineering bachelor's degree, and P.Eng. registration or eligibility in Canada. Hands-on skill with ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM and SEL/GE relays is also required.
ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM
Qualus: Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated…
20+ YOECandidates need 20+ years of utility protection, control and metering experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and a P.Eng. or eligibility for one. Strong knowledge of protection software such as ASPEN, SKM and SEL/GE relays is required.
ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM
Qualus: Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated…
20+ YOECandidates need 20+ years of utility protection, control and metering experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and a P.Eng. or eligibility for one. Strong knowledge of protection software such as ASPEN, SKM and SEL/GE relays is required.
ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM
Qualus: Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated…
15+ YOECandidates need 15 to 20+ years of utility protection, control and metering experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, and a P.Eng. or eligibility for one in Canada. Strong hands-on skill with protection software such as ASPEN, EasyPower, SKM and SEL/GE relays is required.
ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM
Qualus: Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated…
15+ YOECandidates need 15 to 20+ years of utility protection, control and metering experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, and a P.Eng. or eligibility for one. Hands-on use of ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM and SEL/GE relays, plus strong communication skills, are required.
ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM
Qualus: Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated…
20+ YOEQualus needs a Registered Professional Engineer with a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and 20+ years in transmission and distribution, including substation design. Strong leadership, mentoring and client communication skills are required.
P.Eng., Leadership, Coaching, Regulatory compliance, Sales, Troubleshooting
Scotiabank
8+ YOECandidates need 8+ years building Kubernetes platforms in enterprise settings and 5+ years each with Terraform and cloud services on GCP and Azure. They also need CI/CD and GitOps experience, scripting skills, and knowledge of cybersecurity and compliance.
Terraform, Kubernetes, GKE, Azure AKS, Docker, Helm
Scribd, Inc.
10+ YOEScribd, Inc. needs a candidate with 10+ years of software engineering experience, including Staff or Principal level work. Candidates need hands-on experience shipping agentic developer tooling, depth in agent runtimes and evals, and significant time in developer experience, platform or infrastructure engineering.
Software development, Power engineering, Leadership, CI/CD, Coaching, Mental health
GitLab: GitLab Duo Agent Platform provides AI agents that automate tasks across the software lifecycle.
10+ YOECandidates need 10+ years of software engineering experience, including Staff or Principal level, and direct experience with Fulfillment-type systems such as licensing, provisioning, subscriptions or usage billing. They also need distributed systems depth, comfort in Ruby, Go or Python, practical AI-assisted development experience, and proven modernization of mature platforms.
Salesforce
SiTime Corporation: SiTime Corporation (Nasdaq: SITM), the market leader in silicon MEMS timing, is an analog and semiconductor company that is revolutionizing the…
7+ YOECandidates need a BA or BS in electrical engineering, computer science or a related field and at least 7 years of CMOS IC CAD support experience. They must know Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA tools, scripting languages such as SKILL, Python and Tcl, and Linux.
Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Assura, Innovus, Tempus, Synopsys Design Compiler
The median advertised pay is $158,746 a year, across 12 postings that list pay. The lowest quarter pays under $134,992 and the top quarter over $162,744.
Qualus (7), AECOM (3), Microchip - Canada (2), GitLab (2) and MCHP Semiconductor Canada ULC (2).
Postings most often mention leadership, communication skills, python, coaching, p.eng., electrical engineering, regulatory compliance and sales.
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