Prototype Lab Engineer - Design & Fabrication

Invest Ottawa; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 76,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Invest Ottawa’s Area X.O seeks an Engineer, Design and Fabrication to establish and operate the lab for rapid prototyping and development. You will lead machining, electronics assembly, embedded systems, and additive manufacturing to turn concepts into testable hardware.

You will own safety, equipment selection, procedures, and training while enabling client startups and SMEs to move quickly through development milestones.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in mechanical, mechatronics, manufacturing, electrical, or electronics engineering or equivalent.
• Must be a Canadian citizen capable of attaining and maintaining Secret-level security clearance.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of practical fabrication experience spanning machining, electronics, embedded systems, and additive manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to personally operate shop and fabrication equipment to a professional standard.
• CAD/CAM experience and strong design-for-manufacturability judgment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with client companies, engineers and researchers to translate requirements into a manufacturable design and build plan.
• Advise on design for manufacturability, material selection, tolerances, cost and lead time, and explain trade-offs to non-fabrication audiences.
• Collaborate with integration, field support, and test engineers on parts, fixtures, enclosures, and test hardware.
• Set up, commission and operate the lab safely, including training and authorization for users.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

CAD software

PCB layout

Firmware

Safety compliance

Education

Engineering degree / technologist

Tools

SolidWorks

Fusion 360

Onshape

CAM programming

Git

Job description

Invest Ottawa’s Area X.O seeks an Engineer, Design and Fabrication to establish and operate the lab for rapid prototyping and development. You will lead machining, electronics assembly, embedded systems, and additive manufacturing to turn concepts into testable hardware.

You will own safety, equipment selection, procedures, and training while enabling client startups and SMEs to move quickly through development milestones.