Project Engineer

Are you looking to play a key role in the full machine development cycle, from proposal to commissioning? Want to be the person who brings engineering, suppliers, the shop floor, and the client together?

Mechatronic Design Solutions is hiring a Project Engineer, in Ottawa, ON. You’ll drive the technical execution of our automation projects, from requirements and design coordination through build, acceptance testing, and commissioning at client sites. Working closely with our design team, build team, and clients, you’ll take on project ownership that grows with your experience, from key work packages to complete projects.

Mechatronic Design Solutions offers turnkey development of complex automated equipment and robotic manufacturing lines. We are a small team of engineers, technicians, and designers determined to create top-quality automated manufacturing lines with a significant impact on our clients’ businesses. Our core services include process automation, equipment design, control and electrical engineering, production trials, robotic integration, and site implementation.

Ongoing projects include

• Automated industrial food manufacturing, including omelets, crepes, and tortillas
• Robotic applications supporting geotechnical and mining applications.
• Automated production equipment for the health tech sector.
• Automated case packing of coffee bags.
• Industrial manufacturing: automated assembly, punching, cutting.
• Integration of AI-based equipment effectiveness monitoring data collection terminals.

Salary Range $90,000-$110,000 per year

What to expect

First weeks

Orientation and Training

• Structured onboarding and mentorship
• Learn about current projects.
• Participate in site visits to local manufacturing facilities
• Gain familiarity with MechDS tools and processes, including project management tools, system requirements, and control narratives.

First Year

Build Project Experience

• Continual training based on areas of expertise and interest.
• Create and execute a Growth Plan to continue your professional growth.
• Lead project execution from concept to commissioning.
• Develop system-level concepts to solve complex automation problems.
• Manage design, suppliers, subcontractors, build, and client communication across mechanical, controls, and electrical scope.
• Track project schedules, budgets, and change orders, and report progress to leadership.
• Identify and manage project risks, including machine safety risk assessments
• Lead factory and site acceptance testing and commissioning at client sites, with occasional travel.
• Gain project experience in a range of industries: food manufacturing, light industrial, health tech, and more.

Career Trajectory

Long term Growth

• Lead large scale automation projects across multiple industries.
• Contribute to continuous improvement measures by implementing new tools, standards, and templates to improve process workflows.
• Develop into a subject matter expert in your areas of expertise and interest.
• Potential for leadership roles as team grows

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on demonstrated work experience.
• Group insurance plans: Life insurance, extended health, dental, and drug coverage.
• Profit Sharing: a portion of company earnings are distributed as performance bonuses.
• 3 weeks paid vacation plus 1 week winter holiday, per year.
• Flexible work hours. We trust our team to manage their own schedules.
• Monthly full team paid lunches with educational demos.
• Casual Work Attire.
• New challenges and varied work in a supportive environment.
• Work-life balance. Our employees work 40h/week and have time for life outside work.

Have cool hobbies? We would like to hear about them! Our employees pursue passions outside of work, including: vintage machine tool restoration, 3D printing, farming, machine vision research, home renovation, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mountain biking, tennis, Arduino programming, horology, and lots of cooking.

Required Qualifications

We ask candidates to apply only if they possess all the required qualifications.

• University degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of engineering experience in automation, machine building, or special-purpose equipment, including hands-on machine design.
• Experience taking projects through build, testing, and commissioning.
• Client-facing experience on engineering projects.
• Working knowledge of SolidWorks.
• Strong problem-solving, organization, and communication skills, with sound judgment on technical trade-offs.
• Ability to travel to client sites.

Desired Experience

• Experience leading automation projects end to end, including budget and schedule ($1M+ contracts).
• Demonstrated experience with the full machine development cycle: requirement definition, conceptual design, vendor coordination, assembly, commissioning, and start-up.
• System-level understanding of industrial PLC controls, actuators, and robotics.
• Experience integrating a wide range of technologies into complex systems: mechanisms, actuators, sensors, and structural components.
• Mentoring experience.
• Factory and site acceptance testing.
• Knowledge of hygienic equipment design and standards.
• Knowledge of machine guarding (CSA Z432) and risk assessment.
• PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project management training.

This posting is for a full-time permanent position. Mechatronic Design Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are given consideration regardless of race, religion, colour, gender, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class as provided in applicable employment laws.

Send applications to: [email protected]

Please include opportunity number 20261015 in your response subject line.

Testimonials. See what our clients are saying about us: mechds.ca

Pay: $90,000.00-$110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person