Senior Electrical Designer

Position: Senior Electrical Designer

Location: Kitchener, Ontario

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent

Experience: 5+ Years of Relevant Experience

Education: Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

About OTTO by Rockwell Automation

OTTO Motors is a global leader in autonomous technology for material handling inside manufacturing and warehouse facilities. With over five million hours of production experience, OTTO autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are trusted in mission-critical operations for some of the world’s most recognized brands. OTTO Motors was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Robotics Companies of 2023. For more information, visit ottomotors.com.

OTTO was acquired by Rockwell Automation in 2023. Rockwell is a global industrial automation and digital transformation 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’re shipping more and more robots and seeing new uses for our products emerge every day! We need an experienced Electrical Engineer to help design new products as well as maintain our existing ones.

The Electrical Development team at OTTO is responsible for design of new and existing AMRs for warehouse environments. We cover the entire design process from initial concept design and cost forecasting through to detailed design, verification and validation, production ramp up, and sustaining.

You will be responsible for various aspects of new product development, including schematic capture, wire harness design, PCB design,and functional safety. You will have to work closely with our mechanical design teams, hardware test teams, and firmware development teams to find the best solutions to realize our product requirements.

Your primary responsibilities will be:

Developing AMR system architectures

Motor/Drivetrain selection and architecture

Robot schematic development

Troubleshooting and testing hardware

Low speed digital/analog circuit design

Cable assembly design

PCB design

Working with cross functional teams to realize product level requirements

Writing technical reports detailing part test/qualification plans and results

Additional responsibilities include:

Evaluating how we can apply lessons-learned from other industries to our designs.

Writing service bulletins/procedures for our customer service teams

Supporting the evaluation of existing and new suppliers.

Certification and compliance reviews.

Mentoring and assisting with supervision of Jr. staff, technicians and co-op students.

Required Skills & Experience:

5+ years experience electrical systems design (schematics, PCB, wire harnesses)

Experience with motor control

Comfortable working closely within a dynamic multidisciplinary project team

University degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechatronics engineering or equivalent

A good understanding of many aspects of electronic design

Nice to Have:

Experience with motor/drivetrain selection

Experience working with motor controllers

Experience with Altium, Vesys/Capital, Creo and/or Solidworks

Experience with Safety Controller integration

Experience with sensor selection and integration (proximity, LIDAR, cameras etc)

Knowledge of communications architectures including CAN bus, ethernet, USB, I2C and RS422/485.

Power electronics & SMPS design experience

Experience with DFx (DFM, DFA, DFT)

Full-spectrum Product Development Life Cycle experience

Experience in functional safety design

Experience getting products through compliance testing

Experience with PLM systems

At OTTO 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 .