Do you enjoy bringing machines to life, from the first line of PLC code to a running production line? Want to program robots, motion, and vision systems across industries you’ve never worked in before?

Mechatronic Design Solutions is hiring a Control Specialist PLC Programmer/ Electrical Designer, in Ottawa, ON. You’ll develop and commission the control systems behind our automated equipment and robotic manufacturing lines, from control narratives and electrical design [AR2] through programming, testing, and start-up at client sites. Working closely with our project engineers, machine designers, and build team, you’ll take on controls ownership that grows with your experience, from key subsystems to complete lines.

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 $75,000-$110,000 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 our controls standards, control narratives, and project workflows.

First Year

Build Controls Experience

- Continual training based on areas of expertise and interest.
- Create and execute a Growth Plan to continue your professional growth.




- Develop PLC and HMI programs for automated equipment and production lines.
- Program and integrate industrial robots, servo and motion systems, and vision systems.
- Design and review electrical schematics and control panels, and support panel build and wiring.
- Design and validate safety circuits and safety PLC logic.
- Write control narratives and I/O lists with the project and design teams.
- Test and debug systems in our Ottawa facility, then lead controls commissioning at client sites, with occasional travel within North America.
- Gain project experience in a range of industries: food manufacturing, light industrial, health tech, and more.

Career Trajectory

Long term Growth

- Take controls ownership of increasingly large and complex automation lines.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by building controls standards, code libraries, and templates.
- Develop into a subject matter expert in your areas of expertise and interest.
- Potential for leadership roles as the team grow
- Potential for 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 setting.
- 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 Electrical, Mechatronics, or Automation Engineering, Engineering Technology, or equivalent.
- 3+ years of PLC programming experience in industrial automation equipment or machinery.
- 2+ year of Electrical design of control panels to CSA and UL 508A.
- Programing experience using Allen Bradley, Seimens, and Omron.
- Proficiency developing software engineering documents (Control Narratives, sequence diagrams, ...).
- HMI development experience.
- Hands-on commissioning and troubleshooting of automated equipment.
- Ability to read and create electrical schematics.
- Ability to travel to client sites.

Desired Experience

- Experience developing Object Oriented PLC software.
- Industrial robot programming: UR, Fanuc, Epson, or similar.
- Servo and motion control.
- Safety PLCs and functional safety (CSA Z432, ISO 13849).
- Machine vision (Cognex, Keyence, or similar).
- Industrial networks (EtherNet/IP, Profinet, Modbus).
- Data collection, OEE, or SCADA integration.
- Food or hygienic equipment experience.
- Hands-on control panel assembly and machine wiring.
- Mentoring experience.
- P.Eng., EIT, or C.E.T.

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 opportunity number 20261026 in your response subject line.

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Pay: $75,000.00-$110,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing

Work Location: In person

📌 PLC Programmer (Ottawa)
🏢 Mechatronic Design Solutions
📍 Ottawa