Intermediate Systems Designer

Job Description

Total Compensation & Benefits:

• Pay Rate: $36 - $50/hour


• Eligible for Annual Incentive Bonus


• Stock Purchase Plan


• 3 Weeks Vacation


• Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account


• Employee Engagement Events (Employee BBQ’s and lunches, weekly treat day, etc.)


• Employee Development Programs

Job Posting     

As an Intermediate Systems Designer [Engineer] you are a technical leader behind problem solving efforts and project execution. You will work with a highly capable team driven to provide solutions to customers’ problems, fostering customer relationships and building customer loyalty. You will get the opportunity to thrive as a technical leader by becoming the subject matter expert in the automation system and the customer's cutting-edge manufacturing processes, providing project technical clarify by defining system requirements, validating system capability and working on the system from cradle to launch. You'll be part of a dynamic engineering team - empowered to solve problems in the office and on the ground floor where every day matters. Your ability to design, create, execute, be creative, problem solve and work as a team will drive the team’s success.  

Join the winning team at ATS where we strive to make tomorrow better than today.  

MAJOR DUTIES: 

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. 

Long Description

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 

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. 

Manage and monitor ‘process critical’ third party equipment vendors to ensure compliance with requirements and adherence to budget and schedule. 

Conduct acceptance tests and approving ‘process critical’ third party equipment. 

Subject Matter Expertise 

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: 

Systems Accuracy 

Metrology / Instrumentation 

Kinematics 

Reliability / Maintainability 

Process Capability 

Gauge Capability 

Cycle-time 

Machine Overall Equipment Effectiveness     

Perform hands-on testing.  

Requirements Definition and Verification 

Prepare, compile and document design requirements (ex. Functional Requirements Specifications) 

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) 

Additional Information

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Assist with continuous improvement activities to support machine deliverables and/or business processes. 

Assist in the development of systems design standards and procedures. 

Lead, assist, guide and consult in activities for product improvements or first-of-a-kind innovations. 

Monitor progress against project schedules and budgets and recommend allocation of resources, as required, to accomplish goals. 

Coordinate engineering deliverables, prepare schedules and forecasts and assist in preparing engineering project proposals. 

Recognize the onset of technical problems in various disciplines and drive effort efficiencies or adjustments where to improve the customer’s process or systems. 

Ensure that engineering processes are followed and update engineering procedures/processes to continually apply best practices and engineering excellence. 

Ensure effective communication and coordination of assigned projects between all disciplines and all other project participants, including customers. 

Participate in customer meetings and resolve customer/engineering and management project issues. 

Monitor work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted engineering practices and ATS standards.  

Coordinate the collection and dissemination of technical information within the company and with the customer. 

Ensure that all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with the ATS Code of Business Conduct 

Work in compliance with divisional health, safety and environmental procedures 

Perform other specialized duties or projects as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Education: 

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

Note: A P. Eng license is required to be titled “Engineer” in Ontario. 

Experience: 

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) 

Excellent communication and leadership skills are required. 

Ability to lead or work as part of a multi-disciplinary project team are essential