Senior Mechanical Designer (Clearpath Robotics)
Clearpath Robotics
Design
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Posted on Sep 27, 2024
Description
Position: Senior Systems Designer (Clearpath Robotics)
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Experience: 5+ Years relevant experience
Education: Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or Equivalent Experience
Division: Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation
About Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation
Clearpath Robotics is a global leader in unmanned vehicle robotics for research and development, and provides hardware, software, and services to enable mobile robotics product deployment, and operation. Clearpath works with over 500 of the world’s most innovative brands in over 40 countries, serving markets that span mining, military, agriculture, aerospace, and academia. Clearpath was recognized as a Robotics Business Review’s RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards 2023 Winner. For more information, visit clearpathrobotics.com.
Clearpath Robotics was acquired by Rockwell Automation effective October 2023. Rockwell is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better
About the Job
We are shipping more and more robots and seeing new uses for our products emerge every day! We need an experienced Systems Engineer to help us take our innovative designs from high-level requirements to hundreds of pounds of precisely moving parts, and facilitate every step in between. You will be responsible for systems designs of existing and new robotics products. This will range through the entire design process from initial concept design and cost forecasting through to detailed design and final release to production. It will be your job to design and build robust robotic systems that adhere to the high standards of performance and quality that we set for our products.
Your primary responsibilities will be:
- Developing our line of innovative robots for worldwide customers
- Performing ground-up design work supported by engineering fundamentals, analysis and testing
- Creating and maintaining 3D models and drawings for both manufacturing and customers (Solidworks, PLM, BOMs, user manuals)
- Working with interdisciplinary teams to optimize product designs
- Accepting responsibility for your designs in the complete lifecycle from concept to customer
- Getting your hands dirty and working with your designs
Additional responsibilities may include:
- Evaluating how we can apply lessons-learned from other industries to our designs
- Supporting the evaluation of existing and new suppliers
- Participating in certification and compliance reviews
- Designing and building cable harnesses and busbars, developing cable management strategies, testing integrated systems, and working in close collaboration with Electrical Designers
- Collaborating with our Client Success team to support our customers
- Mentoring junior staff, technicians and co-op students
Required Skills and Experience:
- A degree/diploma in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering or similar
- At least five years of relevant industry experience
- Excellent skills in a modern, parametric 3D CAD program (Solidworks preferred)
- Experience in drafting, metrology, and GD&T
- Experience selecting and integrating electric motors, gearboxes, couplings, belt drives, bearings, seals and other transmission components
- Experience with battery and power systems design and related monitoring technology
- Experience with creating wiring diagrams
- Experience designing for low-volume manufacturing process including turning, milling, brake forming, punching, manual welding
- Experience designing with formed sheet metal and weldments
- Experience designing for ingress protection
- Experience designing for heavy-duty applications such as those in industrial, outdoor terrestrial, marine, or agriculture environments
- Experience designing based on kinematics, dynamics, structural/stress, thermal, and vibration analysis
- Comfortable working within a dynamic multidisciplinary project team
- Ability to help define unknown systems from the ground-up
- Ability to collaborate with external suppliers and fabrication shops to ensure successful outcomes while balancing part cost and engineering design time
- Strong communications skills, including visual communication through sketches and design review presentations
- Creation and maintenance of technical budgets (mass, power, data throughput, costs, etc)
Nice to Have:
- Experience with systems level design, especially tradeoff analysis, problem decomposition, and coordination of a small technical team
- Experience in industrial certifications and compliance with UL / CE or similar standards
- Experience with industrial safety system design and FMEA
- Experience developing risk assessments based on ISO 12100 and ISO 13849
- Strong skills in electrical/electronic design
- Experience working with Electrical Designers to design cable harnesses and busbars, and develop cable management strategies
- Experience with sensor selection and integration (proximity, LIDAR, cameras etc)
- Experience engaging with end customers on a technical level to review and iterate on designs
- Having built a robot before
- Being able to show off cool and creative designs of your own
- Experience with motor controller design and implementation
At Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation, we are committed to building and supporting a culture of diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We hire the best talent regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression. If you require special accommodation to complete any portion of the application or interview process, please contact 1-800-301-3863.