be a part of something special.
Brave was founded on the desire to create a company where employees are treated differently than everywhere else in the industry. We strive to hire highly motivated, talented, and experienced engineers and technologists and compensate them accordingly. By fostering a corporate culture that emphasizes creativity, training, and teamwork we ensure our employees remain happy, efficient, and above all, effective.
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comprehensive benefits
Prescription, dental, vision, and life benefits coverage starts on your first day.
vacation & paid time off
We support our employees achieve a desirable work/life balance.
rrsp
Incentives for the future in addition to your base salary.
Career Opportunities.
program manager
Reporting to the VP of Engineering the Program Manager will coordinate a variety of projects including but not limited to: Sales Engineering, Engineering Projects, R&D, Product Development, and Internal Projects.
The ideal candidate will have a sharp business mind and a proven ability to strategize and implement high-level program initiatives. As a natural born leader, you will have a strong talent for project coordination and delegation. Ultimately, you are motivated by the desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception to completion.
Program Managers are essential in achieving company goals and growth by helping projects to stay focused on the outcome, on schedule, and on spec.
The day-to-day duties will vary project to project, but responsibilities look something like this:
- Assigns resources to their projects alongside the VP of Engineering
- Obtains approval for project plans in accordance with scope, budget, and work order
- Produces and obtains approvals for all Tier 1 deliverables with support for simulations and concept visualizations
- Provide percent complete for tasks deliverables weekly for all projects
- Guides, directs, manages engineering team members to successfully complete all engineering deliverables, internal reviews, and customer approvals
- Review and obtain approvals for all program deliverables
- Chairs all internal and customer Tier reviews and buy-offs.
- Oversees and assists onsite teams, contractors, suppliers
- Works onsite when necessary to address technical, client management or team performance issues
- Accountable for quality of engineering work and margin realization
- Participate in employee discipline process
- Negotiate and obtain approvals for customer changes
- When assigned, support sales and solutioning activities and solutioning tiered deliverables.
- Proactively identify new business opportunities amongst current clients and projects
QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree or Diploma in Engineering, Automation, or related discipline
- 10+ years’ experience with automation projects and systems
- Experience with equipment build and integration
- Knowledge of ABB Robots, Siemens PLCs & Rockwell PLCs preferred
- Legally eligible to work in both Canada and the United States
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
- Willingness to travel
CORPORATE VALUES
Be Positive
- You approach situations with a sense of optimism
- You tend to look for the good in each situation
- You can deal with situations in a constructive manner
- You generally expect favorable outcomes
Be Proactive
- You approach situations with sense of personal responsibility
- You demonstrate a sense of urgency and will not hesitate to take the initiative
- You can identify what is likely to happen and take the appropriate actions when needed
Always Add Value
- You strive to be your customer’s go-to problem solving resource
- You are quick to aid those who are in need
- You have a reputation for consistently meeting and exceeding expectations in a quality manner
controls lead
As a Controls Lead with Brave, you will be responsible for delivering quality custom automation solutions to our clients in construction, automotive, food and beverage, and more!
Working together with solution and project engineers, Controls Leads execute assigned engineering project tasks and communicate any issues or changes back to the solutions and project management team.
The day-to-day duties and responsibilities of Leads vary depending on project and customer requirements but generally look something like this:
- Developing software code for PLC, Robot applications and HMI from scratch
- Safety Programming
- Industrial electrical panel design and component selection
- Testing, configuring and integrating motion control solutions
- Robotics and automation simulation
- Lead debug and testing activities
- Lead machine commissioning and start-up activities on the customer’s site
- Line up specialists to complete project tasks and ensure quality standards are met
MUST HAVE
- 5+ years experience as a controls engineer or technologist
- Engineering degree in electrical or mechanical engineering OR
- Technology diploma in electrical or mechanical engineering
- Legally eligible to work in both Canada AND the United States
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
NICE TO HAVE
- Project Management Experience
- Experience leading teams of 2-5 people
- Experience estimating for quotes and proposals
controls & robotics specialist
As a Controls & Robotics Specialist with Brave you will be responsible for delivering quality custom automation solutions to our clients in various industries.
You will work with other engineers and technologists on a variety of assigned projects where you could be working with PLC’s, robots, motion controllers, vision systems, SCADA and HMI packages manufacturing intelligence software, and much more.
You will be an integral part of the technical delivery team and support Brave’s sales initiatives.
The day-to-day duties will vary from project to project, but responsibilities look something like this:
- Support sales as required including when assigned, assisting in the gathering, and analyzing of technical data or requirements
- Produce assigned project documents under direction and guidance of Directors of Engineering and Project Engineers
- When assigned, assist in producing solution concepts, detailed quotes, and R&D
- Develop robot programs from scratch
- Configuring integrated safety control
- Develop and deploy HMI and PLC applications
- Testing and simulation of programs
- Proactively maintain your knowledge of the current technical delivery status
- Provide technical status updates when required via status meetings
- Commissioning and debugging
- Supporting the physical install and build of equipment and systems
- Proactively seek to achieve agreed-upon project and divisional business goals
- Degree or Diploma in Engineering, Automation or related discipline
- 0-5 years experience in robotics or PLC programming
- Knowledge of ABB Robots, Siemens PLCs & Rockwell PLCs
- Able to configure robots from basic software installation
- Able to program online and offline
- Legally eligible to work in both Canada and the United States
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
- Willingness to travel
- Willing to work weekends
Be Positive
- You approach situations with a sense of optimism
- You tend to look for the good in each situation
- You can deal with situations in a constructive manner
- You generally expect favorable outcomes
Be Proactive
- You approach situations with a sense of personal responsibility
- You demonstrate a sense of urgency and will not hesitate to take the initiative
- You can identify what is likely to happen and take the appropriate actions when needed
Always Add Value
- You strive to be your customer’s go-to problem-solving resource
- You are quick to aid those who are in need
- You have a reputation for consistently meeting and exceeding expectations in a quality manner
project engineer
As a Project Engineer at Brave, you will be responsible for supporting Brave’s sales engineering efforts, engineering management, and technical delivery for your assigned projects.
Reporting to the Divisional Director of Engineering, your role includes the following responsibilities:
- Provide pre-sales technical consulting as need via customer meetings, site visits, trade shows and other industry events
- Gather and analyze technical requirements, perform technical assessments, and provide insights and recommendations
- Produce solution concepts, estimates, and detailed quotes
- Provide recommendations for technical project resourcing
- Produce assigned project documents and deliverables in accordance with Brave processes
- Lead/facilitate Specialist and Leads’ efforts to produce assigned deliverables
- Evaluate the engineering quality of project deliverables produced by assigned Specialists and Leads
- Lead/facilitate technical status updates with internal resources
- Attend and participate in regular customer status meetings
- Purchase hardware and other project-related goods and services in accordance with project plan.
- Produce purchase orders and maintain detailed order logs
- Provide technical support for project scope management efforts
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts of internal processes
- 6+ years experience in an integration environment
- Excellent understanding of controls, industrial automation, and mechatronic processes
- Engineering degree in electrical or mechanical engineering OR
- Technology diploma in electrical or mechanical engineering
- Legally eligible to work in both Canada AND the United States
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
- Experience with commissioning, start-ups, and troubleshooting of industrial automation projects
- Willingness to Travel to customer facilities
- Advanced knowledge of electrical design as it pertains to automation
- Supervisory experience as a group leader or branch manager
- Experience estimating projects for materials and labor costs
mechanical designer
As a Mechanical Designer at Brave, you will work in a team to develop and design automation solutions for manufacturing processes in various industries.
Day to day duties will look something like this:
- Construct and modify CAD models per customer CAD standards using one or more of the following systems: Inventor, Catia, Unigraphics, FIDES, AutoCad, and Solidworks.
- Estimate design hours for tool concept to design and release for original content as well as changes
- Prepare layout and detailed drawings of design as required to project timelines. Develop creative and innovative engineered solutions that meet or exceed customer requirements.
- Review and study customer specifications, engineering schematics, and other data to determine the design procedures needed to generate and release digital and/or hardcopy printouts related to the engineering and manufacturing requirements
- Perform necessary engineering calculations and proper material selection to satisfy the required design functionality
- Coordinate any structural and/or finite element analysis that need to be performed for assessing the functionality of the tools designed
- Coordinate the development of part drawings, including CAD drawings, through other designers, internal or outsourced, to comprehensively manage the complete design of the tools that are assigned
- Work closely with senior designer and/or designer on design changes to improve manufacturability, maintainability, and serviceability of equipment
- Post-secondary diploma or degree in related field
- Willing and able to travel to customer facilities (USA, Mexico, Canada)
- 5+ years of direct experience and demonstrated capabilities in Concepting, 3-D Design, and 2-D Detailing for manufacturing and assembly tooling
- Experience in one or more of the following industries: automotive, aerospace, construction, heavy equipment manufacturing
- Willingness to work extended hours, when necessary, including overtime, weekends, and holidays and on night shift, as project and customer demands dictate.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with others, including peers and personnel in other departments.
controls designer
As a Controls Designer at Brave, you will work in a team to develop and design automation solutions for manufacturing processes in various industries.
Your responsibilities include:
- Prepare controls designs according to customer specifications and process requirements
- Creation of panel external and internal layouts and best practices
- Create template pages and standards for new designs
- Supervise the installation and build of equipment to ensure they align with design specifications
- Provide a BOM for Panel and field components
- Work with industry partners to determine hardware purchasing lead times
- Post secondary diploma or degree in related field (equivalent experience will be considered)
- 5+ years of controls design experience using AutoCAD and/or EPLAN
- Familiarity with JIC and IEC layouts and symbols
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience designing with different Network Architectures (Ethernet/ProfiNET, IOLink, DeviceNET/Profibus etc.)
- Willing and able to travel to customer facilities (USA, Mexico, Canada)
- Willingness to work overtime if needed during installation and to meet tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work well with others
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience with higher amperage cabinets >100A
- Experience in pneumatic, hydraulic, water and/or lubrication circuits
- Experience in designing cable tray layouts and cell/machine cabling/grounding
- Familiarity in macros and scripts used to aid in automating design tasks – ie batch renaming text across a print set, purging a set, etc
project manager
At Brave Control Solutions, the Project Management role is one of the most impactful. As a Project Manager, you will coordinate people and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results. You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organization and timeline. You will interact with clients, vendors, and internal resources.
The day-to-day duties and responsibilities of Project Managers generally look something like this:
- Develop project charters, plans, milestones, and schedules using standardized project templates/tools to ensure projects are completed on time and the expectations of project stakeholders are met
- Coordinate, manage, and complete assigned projects on time and within budget
- Analyze and coordinate project schedules and timelines internally to procure staffing
- Proactively manage risks, actions, issues, and decisions for each project (ie. Scope and project changes)
- Holds self and others accountable to meet stated scope, timeline, and cost commitments
- Serve as the main liaison between customers, vendors, and internal business units to coordinate the necessary support needed, and to provide successful implementation of project initiatives
- Manage/maintain processes to provide structure for new projects using Brave’s Tiered Delivery Process
- Create Project Status Reports and communicate to all stakeholders
- Maintain project billing schedules and milestones and obtain required approvals
- Reporting Project Milestone Status by facilitating project meetings
- Coordinate shipments of material as needed
MUST HAVE
- 3+ Years in the automation industry or related field
- Diploma or bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
- Legally eligible to work in both Canada AND the United States
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
- Excellent communication & customer service skills
- Strong time management & strong conflict resolution ability
- Must be able to detail hands on experience with management of large-scale projects spanning multiple departments and stakeholders
- Ability to maintain excellent levels of communication between all stakeholders
NICE TO HAVE
- PMP Certification
- Having knowledge of both agile and waterfall methodology
estimator
As our automation estimator, you will play a crucial role in the initial stages of project development. You will be responsible for evaluating client needs, conducting cost analysis, and providing accurate and competitive estimates for automation projects. Your expertise will contribute to our ability to win contracts and deliver solutions that meet or exceed client expectations.
Estimator Job Duties:
- Gather required information for solution development by determining client requirements, reviewing blueprints and relevant specifications
- Create project proposals and quotes for custom automation solutions
- Create concept and process flow for solutions
- Gather first-hand information from site visits
- Identify labor, material, time requirements and costs
- Obtain and review offers and quotes by subcontractors or vendors
- Manage solution team through the development process
- Build relationships with key vendors (subcontractors, suppliers, engineers etc.)
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
- Proven experience in automation system estimation or a related field.
- Strong analytical and mathematical skills
- Proficiency in estimating software and tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel, cost estimation software).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Familiarity with automation technologies and industry standards is a plus.