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 create for our global customers engineered 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 one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
- Partner with Sales to understand customer needs and recommend optimised solutions.
- Translate complex customer requirements into engineering specifications.
- Support prototyping, testing, and validation of new designs.
- Mentor junior engineers and elevate technical capability across the team.
- Communicate value propositions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Provide hands-on support for pre‑ and post‑sales technical engagement.
- Work cross-functionally to shape new products and improve application performance.
- BS/MS in Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, or Mechatronics Engineering.
- 5+ years in integrated product design for robotics, mechatronics, or medical devices.
- 2+ years supporting commercial teams or customer engagement.
- Deep knowledge of mechanical/electromechanical design and prototyping.
- Advanced SolidWorks capability.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving abilities.
- Work directly with cutting-edge robotics technologies shaping the future of automation.
- Blend technical engineering with real-world impact, influencing products used globally.
- Collaborate with world-class engineers in high-precision mechanical, electromechanical, and opto-mechanical systems.
- Global exposure and the opportunity to shape new applications across multiple industries.
- Culture of continuous innovation, learning, and technical mastery.
- A mission that matters — enabling robots that make surgery safer, manufacturing smarter, and automation more capable.
Compensation and Package:
The salary for this role will range from $106,100 to $158,600 annually based on full-time employment. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to location, relevant skills, training, experience, education, etc.
Certain roles may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation and/or long-term incentives. Incentives could be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan.
Novanta supports all aspects of your life’s needs. This position provides a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits to make your quality of life better.
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
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