Mechanical Engineering Co-op

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We serve as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific. Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

This position is part of Novanta’s ATI Industrial Automation business unit. ATI is the world’s leading developer of robotic end of arm technologies. ATI end-effectors enhance productivity and flexibility of robotic and automated solutions across a wide spectrum of industries through capabilities such as automatic tool changing, force-torque sensing, material removal, and more. Since 1989, their commitment to engineering excellence, superior quality, and customer-focused support drives them to innovate and continuously improve the most reliable automated solutions available.

 

·      Design, build, and debug test hardware used in Mechanical verification testing.

·      Develop Mechanical test plans for product verification and quantification of characteristics.

·      Write reports documenting testing results.

·      Propose and/or implement design changes to existing product.

·      Evaluate nonconformance on components and/or assemblies.

·      Collaborate across a wide variety of organizations (Engineering, Quality, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing)

·      Ability to utilize SolidWorks (preferable) or other 3D aided drafting software.

·      Ability to use simple hand tools.

·      Experience with standard measurement and test equipment. (Calipers, Dial Indicators, Load Cells, etc....)

·      Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

·      Good communication skills.

·      Due to ITAR compliance, this position requires candidates to be a US citizen or green card holder

·      Must have dependable transportation.

·      GPA of 3.5+

 

Travel Requirements   

·      None

Housing          

·      Fully furnished housing is provided at no cost to the student if they live out of state.