Do you enjoy designing machines that go from CAD to the shop floor? Want to see your designs built, tested, and running in industries you’ve never worked in before?

Mechatronic Design Solutions is hiring a Machine Designer, in Ottawa, ON. You’ll design the mechanical systems behind our automated manufacturing lines, from early concepts through detailed design, fabrication, and commissioning. Working closely with our project engineers and build team, you’ll take on design ownership that grows with your experience, from key subsystems to complete machines.

Mechatronic Design Solutions offers turnkey development of complex automated equipment and robotic manufacturing lines. We are a small team of engineers, technicians, and designers determined to create top-quality automated manufacturing lines with a significant impact on our clients’ businesses. Our core services include process automation, equipment design, control and electrical engineering, production trials, robotic integration, and site implementation.

Ongoing projects include

- Automated industrial food manufacturing, including omelets, crepes, and tortillas
- Robotic applications supporting geotechnical and mining applications.
- Automated production equipment for the health tech sector.
- Automated case packing of coffee bags.
- Industrial manufacturing: automated assembly, punching, cutting.
- Integration of AI-based equipment effectiveness monitoring data collection terminals.

Salary Range $80,000-$90,000 per year

What to expect

First weeks

Orientation and Training

- Structured onboarding and mentorship
- Learn about current projects.
- Participate in site visits to local manufacturing facilities
- Gain familiarity with MechDS tools and processes, including design standards and mechanical design workflows.

First Year

Build Design Experience

- Continual training based on areas of expertise and interest
- Create and execute a Growth Plan to continue your professional growth.
- Own mechanical design on active projects,



from subsystems to full machines.
- Develop system-level concepts to solve complex automation problems.
- Create high quality detailed design documents for manufacturing.
- Gain project experience in a range of industries: food manufacturing, light industrial, pharmaceutical, etc.

Career Trajectory

Long term Growth

- Design increasingly complex machines across multiple industries.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by implementing new design tools, standards, and templates.
- Develop into a subject matter expert in your areas of expertise and interest.
- Potential for design leadership roles as team grows

Benefits

- Competitive salary based on demonstrated work experience.
- Group insurance plans: Life insurance, extended health, dental, and drug coverage.
- Profit Sharing: a portion of company earnings are distributed as performance bonuses.
- 3 weeks paid vacation plus 1 week winter holiday, per year.
- Flexible work hours. We trust our team to manage their own schedules.
- Monthly full team paid lunches with educational demos.
- Casual Work Attire.
- New challenges and varied work in a supportive environment.
- Work-life balance. Our employees work 40h/week and have time for life outside work.

Have cool hobbies? We would like to hear about them! Our employees pursue passions outside of work, including: vintage machine tool restoration, 3D printing, farming, machine vision research, home renovation, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mountain biking, tennis, Arduino programming, horology, and lots of cooking.

Required Qualifications





We ask candidates to apply only if they possess all the required qualifications.

- Degree or diploma in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or equivalent.
- 3+ years of hands-on machine design experience in automation, special-purpose machinery, or industrial equipment.
- Proficiency in Solidworks, including detailed drawings, GD&T;, and BOMs.
- Experience taking your designs through fabrication and assembly.
- Strong problem-solving, organization, and communication skills, with sound judgment on design trade-offs.

Desired Experience

- Machine development experience: requirement definition, conceptual design, and 3D modeling and drafting.
- Experience integrating a wide range of technologies into complex systems: mechanisms, actuators, sensors, and structural components.
- Working understanding of industrial PLC controls, actuators, and robotics.
- Knowledge of hygienic equipment design and standards.
- Knowledge of machine guarding (CSA Z432).
- Hands-on experience in assembly, machining, sheet metal fabrication, and prototyping.
- Design review or mentoring experience.
- P.Eng., EIT, or C.E.T.

Do you have design-build project examples? Send portfolios to [email protected]

Include in your response subject line.

This posting is for a full-time permanent position. Mechatronic Design Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are given consideration regardless of race, religion, colour, gender, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class as provided in applicable employment laws.

Send applications to: [email protected]

Please include chance number 20261014 in your response subject line.

Testimonials. See what our clients are saying about us: mechds.ca

Pay: $80,000.00-$90,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Casual dress
- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

📌 Machine Designer (Ottawa)
🏢 Mechatronic Design Solutions
📍 Ottawa