Intermediate to Senior Autonomy Engineer

Intermediate to Senior Autonomy Engineer

Full Time Barrie, ON, CA

13 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $77,000.00 To $ Annually

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!

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.

• 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)
• 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

The successful candidate(s) must be willing to learn, open-minded and flexible, organized and detail oriented, team oriented, disciplined, and must have a positive attitude, along with the following qualifications:

• 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)
• Comfortable operating 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.

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,…