Intermediate to Senior Autonomy Engineer

Mac Lean Engineering is looking to add two skilled and experienced Intermediate to Senior Autonomy Engineers to join our growing team in Barrie and Cambridge, Ontario. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing team, team building autonomous boom automation for specialized underground mining equipment. If you are looking to be challenged, valued, and rewarded with a competitive compensation package in a dynamic work environment, this position is for you!

About the Position
This role spans both sides of our boom automation stack, from sensing and modeling the environment a boom operates in, to controlling the boom itself with the precision needed for closed-loop, autonomous operation. You'll work on 3D scanning and point-cloud processing to model drift geometry, forward/inverse kinematics for hydraulically controlled manipulator arms, and encoder-based position sensing with state feedback from the joints, essentially applying industrial robotic-arm, motion-control, and mapping discipline to heavy mobile equipment.

You'll collaborate closely with mechanical and systems engineers to bridge software and hardware and contribute to work that will eventually interface with Auto-Tram's navigation and localization stack.

Proficiencies Required

Strong software development experience in C++ and/or Python within a Linux/embedded environment

Comfortable reading mechanical drawings and reasoning about a physical system's kinematics

Experience with CAN-based sensor/actuator integration (e.g., J1939,CANopen)

Solid grounding in closed-loop control fundamentals (PID, state estimation, sensor feedback)

Forward and inverse kinematics for multi-DOF linkages or manipulators

Hydraulic or electro-mechanical actuation and servo/position control

Encoder-based or other absolute position sensing and feedback loop design

3D scanning, point-cloud processing, or structured-environment mapping

Path/trajectory or coverage planning

Hands-on experience with ROS / ROS 2 for robotics application development

Working knowledge of simulation environments (e.g., Gazebo, Isaac Sim,Matlab, Simulink, and Simspace) for testing and validation

Experience building, deploying, or managing applications using containerization tools such as Dockeras a part of dev workflow

Background in industrial robotic arms, CNC/motion control, or off-highway/heavy-equipment automation (e.g., grade control) is a strong asset

About You

5+ years of relevant industry or research experience in robotics, automation, or controls

Degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent experience)

Comfortableoperating in a small, fast-moving R&D team with evolving priorities

Able to work independently while communicating clearly with cross-functional stakeholders

Willing to travel occasionally to mine sites to observe equipment in operation

Track record of taking a mechanism or system from concept/model to a controlled, deployed solution

This is an onsite position 5 days per week and can be in our Barrie or Cambridge facilities.

About Us
Founded in 1973 in Ontario, Canada, Mac Lean Engineering is the world's largest Canadian-based manufacturer of underground mining equipment. While continuing to expand both our product range and global footprint, we remain privately owned and committed to the founder's original design principles: safety, productivity, and enduring quality. Our company delivers mobile equipment solutions for both underground and surface mining, supported by unit-of-one manufacturing expertise and a global service network.

Driven by a strong commitment to safety, productivity, and customer support, Mac Lean serves mining operations worldwide through branches in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, and Australia. We operate five manufacturing facilities located in Collingwood, Owen Sound, Barrie, North Bay, and Mexico, and employ over 1,000 people across six countries and four continents. The next chapters of Mac Lean's mining innovation story are being written within the broad themes of electrification, automation, and digitalization of the global mining industry.

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