Mechanical Designer - POP Job Cambridge area,Ontario Canada,Engineering

Job Description

As a Mechanical Designer in the Proof of Principle Execution team, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary group to anticipate, identify, and mitigate technical and process risks. Your work will focus on understanding and defining requirements, and applying a systematic approach to problem-solving to ensure solutions meet customer performance specifications.

We’re looking for a creative thinker—someone who can approach challenges from fresh angles while staying grounded in practical engineering. You should be able to grasp the fundamentals of a problem quickly and develop effective, innovative solutions that are both functional and forward-thinking.

Key Attributes:

Strong conceptual and analytical skills

Hands-on approach to prototyping and testing

Ability to work across disciplines and communicate clearly

Passion for solving complex mechanical challenges

Duties include generating innovative concepts, designing and validating prototypes to meet performance and functional goals. While the primary focus of this role is Mechanical Design, successful solutions often require a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates mechanics, electronics, and software. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong blend of technical depth and creative problem-solving, with the ability to approach challenges from both practical and unconventional perspectives.

Responsibilities include:

Generate concepts to solve new customer mechatronic problems/needs.

Perform engineering calculations to validate new concepts.

Generate detailed designs for prototypes ensuring all purchased and manufactured parts meet acceptable cost/performance/delivery.

Attend assigned Project Kick-Off meetings (PKO), review scope of work, budget and schedule.

Participate and lead in defining the requirements and concepts for Proof of Principle (POP) projects ensuring an “outside the box” approach, avoiding limitations normal in operations projects.

Lead technical evaluations of technologies in their area of expertise.

Sign-off on project designs, go/no-go and pivot decisions for POP execution.

Perform rework efficiently to ensure minimal impact to budget and schedule.

Be hands-on and support the team in building prototypes.

Contribute to test plans for prototypes and either execute the test plan or support others that are performing the test plan.

Support Applications and Operations during concept development and customer-facing interactions.

Support creation of labour, material and execution plans for POP projects.

Lead or participate in design reviews with internal/external customers, vendors, and internal design groups.

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

Maintain a 5S environment.

Travel to support POP execution.

These responsibilities are subject to change as assigned.

Skills

Skilled at producing effective mechanical designs within accelerated development cycle.

Able to deal with a high degree unknowns up front as challenges are often being solved for the first time.

Adapt quickly to new learnings from prototypes and incorporate findings into design solutions.

Strong ability to get to root cause of customer problems and deliver innovative solutions.

Team player able to communicate effectively in status meetings, perform design reviews, and contribute to solving challenging problems.

Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to document and explain solutions

Thorough knowledge of drafting principles, proficient in Solid Works and AutoCAD.

Strong ability to conceptualize and create solutions for complex design requirements.

Working knowledge of common machine shop techniques.

Demonstrate comfort in: materials, precision, GD&T, FEA and thermal.

Familiarity in control systems, electrical designs, electronics and magnetics.

A self-starter with the ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

Continuous improvement mindset.

Health, Safety and Environmental

All employees have the responsibility to work in a safe manner and report any health, safety or environmental concern to their manager or…


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