Design Services Designer

ATS Company: Industrial Automation
Intermediate Systens Designer

Join our global team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world.

At ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40-year history, we help drive the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. At ATS Industrial Automation, what we do matters - both to our customers and to their customers. With 1000 skilled employees around the world, we design, build and service mission-critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation. Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise - on time and on budget. Combined with our broad product portfolio, financial strength and global presence, we provide our customers with the best automation solutions wherever and whenever they need them.
Eligible for 3-6% Annual Incentive Bonus

• 3 Weeks Vacation
• Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account
• An Intermediate Systems Designer [Engineer] is responsible for managing technical aspects of a project and overseeing engineering requirements specific to the project. You are responsible for working with the customer, ATS project manager, and ATS project team for the creation and validation of system requirements. You will be required to deep dive into customer processes and become the local system process subject matter expert. All these responsibilities will ultimately drive improvements in quality, cost, and delivery.

Project Technical Leadership

• Provide technical oversight, problem solving and coordination of project engineering work.
• Provide project support during system startup, integration and buy-off.
• Assist in the systems design and development of system concepts and labor hours in quotation preparation.
• Actively participate in design reviews
• Assist in systems’ design, development, execution planning and monitoring.
• Manage project technical risk; ensuring to highlight high risk areas and create mitigation plans to reduce risk.
• Model and conduct experiments on high-risk system elements to validate design assumptions.
• Conduct acceptance tests and approving ‘process critical’ third party equipment.
• Responsible for learning customer processes; becoming the local expert in their process, to support the design and eventually the integration of the as-built machine.
• Develop, design and/or manage POP (proof of principle) studies to prove high risk elements and design ideas.
• Prepare systems-level design calculations including but not limited to:
• Perform hands-on testing.
• Prepare, compile and document design requirements (ex. Evaluate and document design outputs for conformance to design requirements (ex. Acceptance Test Plans)
• Evaluate and document overall machine system performance (MOEE, Cycle time, Availability, Yield)
• Evaluate and prepare Failure Modes and Effects analyses (pFMEAs, mFMEAs, dFMEAs) as required.
• Evaluate and prepare machinery Safety Risk Assessments
• Learn, understand and flow down customer and industry requirements to ensure overall machine compliance.
• Create technical specifications to purchase and validates specialized third-party equipment (ex. Vendor Technical Specifications)

A post-secondary degree in Systems Design, Engineering Physics, Engineering Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering or equivalent.

3+ years of experience in mechanical, electrical, controls or systems engineering support, preferably in an automation environment and with customer interaction.

• Must have thorough knowledge of robotics, machine controls and manufacturing processes and be able to keep abreast of leading-edge technology.
• Experienced in Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project)
• Ability to lead or work as part of a multi-disciplinary project team are essential.

Why should you join ATS Industrial Automation?
We offer a robust total rewards package- Competitive starting salaries, comprehensive health and dental benefits, overtime pay, employee bonus, RSP matching, Employee Share Purchase Program
We provide awesome work perks such as treat days, gourmet coffee and beverages, subsidized breakfast and lunches in our cafeteria, employee referral bonuses and lots more.
The compensation offered will be based on the local job market and may vary depending on factors such as the job-related knowledge, skills, experience of the selected candidate, as well as other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. ATS is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), 2005 and will, upon request, assist those who may require specific accommodations due to a personal disability. We would ask that those who require assistance to notify our offices as soon as possible if accommodation is necessary

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