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Systems Design Engineer, Nuclear

Job in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Listing for: ATS Automation
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-13
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 32.69 - 44.95 CAD Hourly CAD 32.69 44.95 HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
ATS Company:
Industrial Automation

Requisition

Location:

Cambridge, ON, CA, N3H 4R7

#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Date:
Jan 20, 2026

Systems Design Engineer, Nuclear

Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world.

At ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40-year history, we help drive the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. At ATS Industrial Automation, what we do matters - both to our customers and to their customers. With 1000 skilled employees around the world, we design, build and service mission-critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation.

Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise - on time and on budget. Combined with our broad product portfolio, financial strength and global presence, we provide our customers with the best automation solutions wherever and whenever they need them.

Total Compensation & Benefits

  • Pay Rate: $32.69-$44.95 per 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 snack day, etc.)
  • Employee Development Programs
  • Major Duties

    As a Systems Design Engineer - Nuclear you are responsible for learning technical aspects of a project and overseeing systems engineering activities specific to the project. You will work with the customer, ATS project manager, and the ATS design, assembly, and software teams to design the solutions that meet the customer's requirements. You will get the opportunity to develop into a technical leader by taking on the following 3 roles:
    1) understanding the customer's technology and process and becoming the subject matter expert in the equipment/system,
    2) providing project technical clarity by defining system requirements and validating system capability, and
    3) being the technical leader on the system from cradle to launch, guiding the design team in ensuring project technical requirements are met. You will support technical execution of the project, contribute to risk mitigation, and drive improvements in quality, cost, and delivery.

    Specific Responsibilities

    Subject Matter Expertise

  • Learn the customer process and become the local expert in it, to support the design, integration, and verification of the machines/tools/systems.
  • Prepare component and system level analysis, calculations, or studies including but not limited to:
  • Structural integrity
  • Functional capability, drive sizing - speeds, strokes, loads, etc.
  • Accuracy, Gauge R&R
  • Pressure/flow/heat transfer
  • Compliance with applicable codes and standards.
  • Prepare (or assist in preparation of) technical project documents such as Failure Modes and Effects Analyses and Safety Risk Assessments, ALARA reports, installation/commissioning plans, operating sequence/flowcharts, execution storyboards, operating and maintenance manuals, etc.
  • Requirements Deifinition and Verification

  • Assist in compiling and documenting design requirements, technical/functional specifications, etc.
  • Learn, understand and flow down customer and industry requirements, including applicable codes and standards, to ensure overall machine compliance.
  • Prepare vendor technical specifications and interface with vendors of process critical third party equipment, including acceptance testing and buy-off of equipment at vendor site.
  • Using tools such as a Verification Matrix, plan for verification of all design/system requirements.
  • Lead (or support) requirements verification by evaluating engineering drawings and specifications for conformance to design inputs/requirements, performing analysis (calculations, simulations, etc.) and testing (POP testing, design validation testing, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing).
  • Lead (or support) planning of Acceptance Testing, including preparation of test plans, ensuring availability of mock-ups, fixtures, test support equipment, etc., and performing test execution with the customer.
  • Project…

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