{"id":1795402,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ats-corporation-controls-systems-software-designer-robot","title":"Controls Systems Software Designer - Robot","company":{"id":58307,"name":"ATS Corporation","domain":"atsautomation.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ats-corporation","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Design","role_family":"Design","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cambridge, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":55000,"max_usd":96000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":37},"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"VLAN","optional":true}],"status":"closed","first_seen_at":"2026-09-12T02:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-12","last_verified_at":"2026-10-22T20:35:56Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":"2026-10-22T20:35:56Z","days_open":40,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":40},"description":"Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world.\nAt ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40-year history, we help drive the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. At ATS Industrial Automation, what we do matters - both to our customers and to their customers. With 1000 skilled employees around the world, we design, build and service mission-critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation. Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise - on time and on budget. Combined with our broad product portfolio, financial strength and global presence, we provide our customers with the best automation solutions wherever and whenever they need them.\nMAJOR DUTIES\nJob Details\nTotal Compensation & Benefits:\n Pay Rate: $36.54 - $50.24\nEligible for Annual Incentive Bonus\nStock Purchase Plan\n3 Weeks Vacation\nHealth Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account\nEmployee Engagement Events (Employee BBQ’s and lunches, weekly treat day, etc.)\nEmployee Development Programs\nHigh ownership. Deep technical execution. Trusted delivery.\nControls Software Designers on our team create robust, production-ready automation solutions that operate in demanding industrial environments. We work on complex systems where reliability, performance, and execution quality are critical. Designers stay closely connected to system behavior during integration and site installation, using practical experience to refine designs and elevate future solutions.\nOur projects support nuclear industries, consumer products, specialized industrial equipment, automotive manufacturing, and other high-performance production environments.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDevelop and structure robot control programs, establishing motion strategy, sequencing philosophy, process handling, recovery behavior, and system interaction logic.\nPerform full system integration, both in-house and at customer sites as required. Integrate with motion systems, vision systems, safety devices, lasers, sensors, feeders, printers, and other peripheral equipment.\nWork cross-functionally with design, assembly, and management teams to deliver cohesive automation systems.\nExecute work with awareness of project schedules, scope and budget constraints, raising concerns early when technical decisions may impact delivery.\nSPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES\nHow You’ll Work\nTake ownership of assigned software scope and deliver against agreed project loading and milestone commitments.\nOperate as a self-starter, taking initiative to move work forward and resolve issues with minimal supervision.\nSupport multiple concurrent projects without sacrificing quality or predictability.\nAccurately track time to project and indirect codes and communicate risks, scope changes, conflicts, or capacity constraints early and consistently.\nDevelop software in compliance with approved engineering procedures, quality requirements, and review practices.\nWhat We’re Looking For\n7+ years of progressively responsible experience in industrial automation, specializing in robot software design for complex PLC- and robot-based systems.\nDemonstrated experience originating and structuring Robot programs, including sequencing, safety behavior, diagnostics, and recovery logic.\nHands-on experience programming, integrating, and validating industrial robots (ABB/FANUC/KUKA)\nProven ability to independently deliver software scope across concurrent projects with minimal oversight\nStrong PLC/software architecture, troubleshooting, and root-cause problem-solving skills.\nClear, professional communication in both technical and customer-facing situations.\nNice to Have\nPost-secondary Engineering Degree or Diploma (Electrical, Automation, Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent).\nFamiliarity with industrial network architectures, including VLAN segmentation, managed switches, and PLC-based Ethernet networks (PROFINET / EtherNet/IP)\nHands-on experience with:\n Rockwell Automation (Studio 5000, ControlLogix, GuardLogix, FactoryTalk)\n Siemens (TIA Portal, S7-1500, PROFINET / PROFIBUS, distributed safety)\nWhat Success Looks Like\nSoftware programs are clean, well structured, maintainable, and purpose-built\nIntegration issues are anticipated and addressed early\nSoftware behaves predictably across normal operation, fault conditions, and recovery\nTechnical decisions balance quality, schedule, and practical constraints\nWork is delivered on schedule and within project budget expectations\nYour input is trusted by project teams\nWhy should you join ATS Industrial Automation?\nBe a part of an engaged, empowered and innovative global workforce\nWe offer a robust total rewards package- Competitive starting salaries, comprehensive health and dental benefits, overtime pay, employee bonus, RSP matching, Employee Share Purchase Program\nWe provide awesome work perks such as treat days, gourmet coffee and beverages, subsidized breakfast and lunches in our cafeteria, employee referral bonuses and lots more.\nWe are intentional about your professional growth and development through internal career opportunities and our educational reimbursement program.\nThe compensation offered will be based on the local job market and may vary depending on factors such as the job-related knowledge, skills, experience of the selected candidate, as well as other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of these benefits will be provided when the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment.\nThis role represents an existing vacancy within the organization.\nATS is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), 2005 and will, upon request, assist those who may require specific accommodations due to a personal disability. We would ask that those who require assistance to notify our offices as soon as possible if accommodation is necessary\nThe ATS applicant tracking system may utilize AI software with pre-defined, rule-based filters to organize and manage application materials. Rule-based filters operate solely on fixed criteria and do not perform autonomous evaluation or generate independent recommendations. 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