Come As You Are

Your gender, your beliefs, your love life, your skin, your abilities — all of it belongs here.

At Fittes, we celebrate diversity of background and diversity of thought. We are progressive, open-minded, and intentional about building a team that reflects different perspectives. That’s what pushes us to think differently and outperform our competitors.

If you’re excellent at what you do and committed to doing the work well, we welcome you, exactly as you are.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the qualifications. If you’re excited about this role but don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply anyway. Tell us why you’re the right fit. You might be exactly who we’re looking for.

Compensation

$18/hour

Openings

2 co-op positions

Term

Winter 2027: January - August (8 months)

Hybrid Model

4 days in (Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri) + Thursdays WFH

About Fittes

At Fittes, we're on a mission to make the mundane exciting. We elevate unloved products with fresh design, bringing a new-school approach to an old-school industry. We're a dynamic, female-owned-and-led product design company in Toronto experiencing exciting growth. We're a team of disruptors driven by ambition, creativity, and accountability.

Collaboration, humility, and intentionality define our work setting, and our team’s results speak for themselves.

Curious about our work? We started with the first modular air register designed to customize to any surface, and have since expanded into multiple product categories. We're a team focused on building something extraordinary and long-lasting,



for both our customers and our people. See more on our Instagram, Glassdoor and website

The Opportunity

This is a hands‑on, high‑ownership co‑op for an engineering student who wants to help ship real products—not shadow someone else’s.

Our Product team is launching new products and expanding existing lines faster than our current capacity allows. You'll report to our Product Engineer and become the person who keeps launches moving: updating SolidWorks models and drawings, validating manufacturing samples, building test fixtures and running tests, and preparing the production packages our manufacturers build from. The work splits roughly 50/50 between manufacturing support and product development, and the balance shifts with the launch calendar.

Within your first month, you'll be turning around drawing updates at the same pace as our team. By the end of your term, you'll have tangible projects you can point to: a problem you found, a solution you tested, and results you quantified.

This is an execution‑first role. Priorities move quickly, and you'll often carry more than one urgent deliverable at a time. We need someone who flags conflicts early and brings options, not someone who waits to be told what’s next.

Learning Objectives

- Sharpen your SolidWorks skills to produce scalable,



production‑ready models and drawings
- Plan and run product tests with controlled variables, then present your results and a recommendation
- Get real‑world design for manufacturing experience with sheet metal and injection‑molded products
- Take part in the product development pipeline, from a net-new launch or revitalization through to production
- Build technical documentation skills across standards, quality documentation and SR&ED; records
- Understand the commercial side and business impact of engineering decisions on consumer products
- Grow toward your own career goals, with a manager invested in getting you there

What you'll be doing

Manufacturing & Production Support (40%)

- Update SolidWorks models and drawings accurately and on deadline
- Export and deliver production packages on time and error‑free
- Validate manufacturing samples against Fittes' drawings and quality control metrics
- Review and update product assets like dimension sheets, file exports and quality documentation
- Support quality and engineering specification documentation for internal and external partners
- Keep your launch tasks on track and flag slips the moment you see them

Product Development & Testing (30%)

- Research the industry and regulatory standards our products must meet, and propose the best test methods to make sure they pass before launch
- Help design and build test fixtures, install products for testing, and execute test plans with support from your manager
- Complete dimension verifications and prototype assessments
- Operate and maintain our 3D printer for prototypes and design support
- Research

📌 Mechanical Engineering Co-op (Toronto)
🏢 Fittes
📍 Toronto