Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation, where we create complex automation solutions 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. We design, build and service mission‑critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation industries.

Total Compensation & Benefits

Pay Rate: $36.54 - $50.24

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 treat day, etc.)

Employee Development Programs

What You’ll Do

Develop and structure robot control programs, establishing motion strategy, sequencing philosophy, process handling, recovery behavior, and system interaction logic.

Perform full system integration, both in‑house and at customer sites as required. Integrate with motion systems, vision systems, safety devices, lasers, sensors, feeders, printers, and other peripheral equipment.

Work cross‑functionally with design, assembly, and management teams to deliver cohesive automation systems.

Execute work with awareness of project schedules, scope and budget constraints, raising concerns early when technical decisions may impact delivery.

How You’ll Work

Take ownership of assigned software scope and deliver against agreed project loading and milestone commitments.

Operate as a self‑starter, taking initiative to move work forward and resolve issues with minimal supervision.

Support multiple concurrent projects without sacrificing quality or predictability.

Accurately track time to project and indirect codes and communicate risks, scope changes, conflicts, or capacity constraints early and consistently.

Develop software in compliance with approved engineering procedures, quality requirements, and review practices.

Qualifications

7+ years of progressively responsible experience in industrial automation,



specializing in robot software design for complex PLC‑ and robot‑based systems.

Demonstrated experience originating and structuring Robot programs, including sequencing, safety behavior, diagnostics, and recovery logic.

Hands‑on experience programming, integrating, and validating industrial robots (ABB/FANUC/KUKA)

Proven ability to independently deliver software scope across concurrent projects with minimal oversight

Robust PLC/software architecture, troubleshooting, and root‑cause problem‑solving skills.

Clear, professional communication in both technical and customer‑facing situations.

Nice to Have

Post‑secondary Engineering Degree or Diploma (Electrical, Automation, Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent).

Familiarity with industrial network architectures, including VLAN segmentation, managed switches, and PLC‑based Ethernet networks (PROFINET / EtherNet/IP)

Hands‑on experience with

Rockwell Automation (Studio 5000, ControlLogix, GuardLogix, FactoryTalk)

Siemens (TIA Portal, S7‑1500, PROFINET / PROFIBUS, distributed safety)

What Success Looks Like

Software programs are clean, well structured, maintainable, and purpose‑built.

Integration issues are anticipated and addressed early.

Software behaves predictably across normal operation, fault conditions, and recovery.

Technical decisions balance quality, schedule, and practical constraints.

Work is delivered on schedule and within project budget expectations.

Your input is trusted by project teams.

Why You Should Join ATS Industrial Automation

Be a part of an engaged, empowered and innovative global workforce.

We offer a robust total rewards package—competitive starting salaries, comprehensive health and dental benefits, overtime pay, employee bonus, RSP matching, Employee Share Purchase Program.

We provide awesome work perks such as treat days, gourmet coffee and beverages, subsidized breakfast and lunches in our cafeteria, employee referral bonuses and lots more.

We are intentional about your professional growth and development through internal career opportunities and our educational reimbursement program.

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