Mechanical Engineering Coop

AML Oceanographic Ltd.; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hi-tech manufacturing company in Nova Scotia is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Co-op. This position provides a hands-on opportunity for engineering students to engage with real-world manufacturing systems and process optimization. Candidates should have intermediate mechanical design skills and be proficient with Solidworks, alongside strong communication abilities. Join a passionate team that prides itself on innovation and teamwork in the ocean-sensing solutions sector.

Benefits

Hands-on experience in manufacturing

Support from experienced engineers

Opportunity for growth in engineering

Qualifications

• Goal oriented with a hunger for achievement.
• Curious, quick-to-learn, and coachable.
• Ability to tailor communication to audience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure documentation suite for products is effective.
• Provide technical and build support.
• Manage risk inventory before starting engineering work.

Skills

Intermediate mechanical design skills

Proficiency with Solidworks

Effective communication

Curious and independent

Education

Engineering student

Tools

Solidworks

Jira

Netsuite

Job description

Overview

Are you looking to start your career in Manufacturing? We are committed to developing future engineering leaders by providing hands-on, real-world experience in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Our Moving Vessel Profiler Business Unit is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Manufacturing Engineering Co-op to join our team. This role is ideal for an engineering student looking to gain valuable experience in manufacturing systems, process optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives. You\'ll work closely with experienced engineers and production team to support daily operations and strategic projects. The mission of this role is: "Keep Production Ticking"

Why AML?

At AML, we\'re always on the hunt for passionate team players who want to make a difference. AMLers commit their hands, their heads, and their hearts to their position. There are no sidelines. This is not corporate marketing: Glassdoor ratings score AML at 4.70 on 5.00. Our eNPS numbers are equally impressive, with a +62 response to the question: "Do you enjoy working at AML?"

AMLers cite five main reasons as to why they choose us: our culture, the people, our growth trajectory, transparency and workplace flexibility. Interested? Then you\'ll want to know more about what we do. AML designs and manufactures ocean-sensing solutions - sensors, instrumentation, and deployment systems - for customers on all seven continents. We have a market reputation for going to the ends of the earth to make our customers successful, enabling them to focus on the oceanography, not the equipment.

As a hi-tech manufacturing business, our technical team includes experts and engineers with experience in the acoustic, mechanical, electrical, software and embedded software domains. We operate from locations at either end of Canada.

Your Accountabilities

• Execution: Average 5 drawing updates per week
• Importance: Track record of success in the short term.
• Documentation: Ensures documentation suite for products is alive, effective, and appropriate
• Importance: Getting information into the organization & ensuring it\'s accurate.
• Technical & Build Support: Last line of defense for technical issues & assembly support.
• Importance: To keep production flowing.
• Scoping: Ensures ALL engineering activities are scoped to focus on minimum viable deliverable.
• Importance: Avoiding scope creep & delivering solutions on-time.
• Risk Management: Successfully inventories all major risk items PRIOR to starting engineering work
• Importance: Delivering viable solutions on-time.

Your Competencies & Strengths

It goes without saying that you are goal oriented and hungry for achievement. People also describe you as curious, independent, quick-to-learn, coachable, an advocate for your customers, and fun! More specifically, your competencies include:

• Designer (Co-op): Intermediate mechanical design skills
• Delivers Scalability / DFM / Quality, always with AML\'s long-term strategy in mind. Proficiency with Solidworks.
• Proficient User: Engineering Software Suite
• Knowledge in use of software for document storage (Gdrive), ERP/MRP (Netsuite) & task/project tracking (Jira)
• Communicator: Effective & concise.
• Ability to tailor language to audience, both high & low level of detail.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with MatLab, or similar
• Experience with LawView
• Experience with physics modeling engines, such as COMSOL, or similar
• Experience with JIRA
• Familiarity with oceanographic applications
• Familiarity with PCB manipulation at the component level
• Understanding of sensor design