Process Automation Engineer - Terrebonne

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Our client, a fast growing company manufacturing automated conveyor systems, is looking for a full-time Automation Engineer to join their Terrebonne team. The client tailor makes their conveyor systems to meet the individual needs of each customer.
This position is aimed at creative engineers who are passionate about technical challenges and want to devote themselves fully to the design and optimization of innovative R&D solutions. It is ideally suited to those who prefer the technical side of creative engineering to management, and who are driven by a passion for excellence in automation and robotic systems development.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in automated production engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics engineering or robotics engineering
• 2 to 7 years’ experience
• Innovative and creative, but above all passionate
• Good knowledge of PLC/HMI systems and GRAFCET, ladder, ST programming and Beckhoff programming languages
• Good electrical knowledge (control and power)
• Bilingual, English and French, to be able to communicate with internal and external suppliers and customers located outside Quebec
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Experience in an R&D environment
• Knowledge of mechanical systems
• Be a cheerful person!

• Interdisciplinary collaboration: Work closely with project managers and the existing R&D technical team (automation, mechanical, software, electrical) to develop a state-of-the-art robotic system to automate the storage of garments on hangers for global e-commerce platforms.
• Research and development: Assume an active role in R&D, involving both computer-aided design work and hands-on experimentation in the company’s dedicated laboratory to test and evaluate robot behavior. The aim is to finalize the development of an initial system right through to its market-ready status.
• Technical project management: Take charge of end-to-end automation tasks, including PLC programming, IT systems management and supervision of electrical panel design.
• Collaborative innovation: Actively participate in all project brainstorming sessions, contributing to idea generation and problem solving.
• Mechanical design: Collaborate on an ad hoc basis with mechanical engineers to contribute to the development and design of the system’s mechanical components.