Junior Systems Designer

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc; Cambridge; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Health Care Spending Account

Stock Purchase Plan

Eligible for Annual Incentive Bonus

Employee Engagement Events

Employee Development Programs

Job summary

ATS Industrial Automation in Cambridge, Ontario, is seeking a Junior Systems Designer to learn project-specific technical aspects and support systems engineering activities across design, integration and verification with customers and ATS teams.

You will develop into a technical leader by taking on responsibilities from understanding customer technology to guiding system design from cradle to launch, while contributing to risk mitigation and delivery improvements.

Responsibilities

• Learn the customer process and become the local expert to support design, integration, and verification.
• Define system requirements and assist in verification activities with the project team.
• Lead or support design reviews with customers and internal groups.
• Contribute to risk mitigation and quality improvements throughout the project.
• Support health, safety and environmental compliance as part of project work.

Job description

Location: Cambridge, ON, CA, N3H 4R7

Junior Systems Designer

Join our globally growing 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.

• Pay Rate: $32.69 - $44.95 per hour
• Eligible for Annual Incentive Bonus
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account
• Employee Engagement Events (Employee BBQ's and lunches, weekly snack day, etc.)
• Employee Development Programs

Role Overview

As a Systems Designer/Engineer - Nuclear you areresponsible for learning technical aspects of a project and overseeing systems engineering activities specific to the project.You will workwith the customer, ATS project manager,andtheATS design, assembly, and softwareteamsto design the solutions that meet the customer's requirements.You will get the opportunity todevelop intoa technical leader bytaking on the following 3 roles:1) understandingthe customer'stechnology andprocessandbecoming the subject matter expert in theequipment/system,2)providing project technical clarity by defining system requirementsandvalidating system capability,and3) being thetechnical leader on the system from cradle tolaunch, guiding the design team in ensuring project technical requirements are met.You will support technical executionof theproject,contribute torisk mitigation, anddriveimprovements in quality, cost, and delivery.

Specific Responsibilities

Subject Matter Expertise

• Learn the customer process and become the local expert in it, to support the design, integration, and verification of the machines/tools/systems.
• Prepare component and system level analysis, calculations, or studies including but not limited to:
  • Structural integrity
  • Functional capability, drive sizing - speeds, strokes, loads, etc.
  • Accuracy, Gauge R&R
  • Pressure/flow/heat transfer
  • Compliance with applicable codes and standards.
  • Prepare (or assist in preparation of) technical project documents such as Failure Modes and Effects Analyses and Safety Risk Assessments, ALARA reports, installation/commissioning plans, operating sequence/flowcharts, execution storyboards, operating and maintenance manuals, etc.

Requirements Definition and Verification

• Assist in compiling and documenting design requirements, technical/functional specifications, etc.
• Learn, understand and flow down customer and industry requirements, including applicable codes and standards, to ensure overall machine compliance.
• Prepare vendor technical specifications and interface with vendors of process critical third party equipment, including acceptance testing and buy-off of equipment at vendor site.
• Using tools such as a Verification Matrix, plan for verification of all design/system requirements.
• Lead (or support) requirements verification by evaluating engineering drawings and specifications for conformance to design inputs/requirements, performing analysis (calculations, simulations, etc.) and testing (POP testing, design validation testing, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing).
• Lead (or support) planning of Acceptance Testing, including preparation of test plans, ensuring availability of mock-ups, fixtures, test support equipment, etc., and performing test execution with the customer.

Project Technical Leadership

• Be (or support) the project technical lead in Design Plan preparation, understand responsibilities for implementation, and perform design related activities in accordance with the Design Plan.
• Perform (or assist in) problem solving and coordination of project engineering work.
• Provide project support during system startup, integration and buy-off.
• Lead (or participate in) design reviews with customers, vendors, and internal design groups
• Lead (or participate in) project technical risk mitigation activities during design stage, preparing CTRAs (concept technical risk assessments), and performing POP (proof of principle) testing.
• Manage (or support the technical lead in managing) project technical risk throughout the project: highlight high risk areas and create mitigation plans to reduce risk.

Employee responsibilities for Health, Safety and Environment include:

• Work in conformance with divisional health, safety and environmental procedures and compliance to legislative requirements
• Refrain from removing or altering safety devices or guarding unless hazardous energies are controlled through lockout-tagout methods
• Report any unsafe conditions or unsafe acts, defect in any equipment or protective device, and any accidents/incidents to the supervisor
• Ensure that the required protective equipment is used for assigned tasks
• Attend all required health, safety and environmental training
• Assist in investigating accidents/incidents where applicable
• Refrain from engaging in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running or rough and boisterous conduct

Why should you join ATS Industrial Automation?

• Be a part of an engaged, empowered and innovative global workforce
• 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.
• We are intentional about your professional growth and development through internal career opportunities and our educational reimbursement program.

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. Details of these benefit plans will be provided when the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment.

This role represents an existing vacancy within the organization.

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 personal disability. We would ask those who require assistance to notify our offices as soon as possible if accommodation is necessary.

The ATS applicant tracking system may utilize AI software with pre-defined, rule-based filters to organize and manage application materials. Rule-based filters operate solely on fixed criteria and do not perform autonomous evaluation or generate independent recommendations. All hiring decisions continue to involve human review and judgment.