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Electromechanical Engineering Technology – Automation (EMA)

Starts in January, May, September

Campus
Duration
6 Semesters (3 Years)
Credential Awarded
Ontario College Advanced Diploma
School
School of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Technology

Program and course delivery

This program is offered in Seneca's hybrid delivery format with some courses available in Seneca's flexible delivery format. Some coursework is online and some must be completed in person. Students will need to come on campus to complete in-person learning requirements. For courses offered in the flexible delivery format, professors use innovative learning spaces and technology to teach students in a classroom or lab and broadcast in real time to students attending remotely. In flexible courses, students have the choice of coming on campus or learning online.

Learn more: Seneca’s program delivery options and how courses in this program will be delivered each term.

International students: review Post Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) eligibility before choosing program and course delivery.

About the Program

In this three-year advanced diploma program, you will learn how to design, program, test, troubleshoot and maintain automation, robotics and mechatronics systems. With an emphasis on automation and robotics, this program blends electronics and mechanical engineering and focuses on training engineering technologists. You will acquire industry-specific skills related to the use of electrical and mechanical CAD/CAM tools, market leading PLCs, CNCs, robots and connection of smart sensors via IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) to the Cloud. You will also learn how to use VR/AR simulation tools to achieve faster design, higher productivity and quality, and enhance safety in automated manufacturing. Classes and labs will be delivered in Seneca’s Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE).

Read more about this program.

Common First Semester

Four programs within the School of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Technology have a common first semester, which allows you to transfer easily between programs before your second semester. The other programs are: Computer Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technician, Electronics Engineering Technology.

Computer Requirements

  • operating system: Windows 10 or 11, 64 bit
  • processor: 3.3 GHz (or faster)
  • memory: 16 GB (or larger)
  • solid-state drive: 128 GB (or larger)
  • second display screen (recommended)

Skills

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

  • Design techniques
  • Diagnostic techniques
  • Troubleshooting of electronics, electrical and mechanical systems
  • Programming of controls systems
  • Programming of robotics systems
  • Reading and creating engineering electrical and mechanical drawings

Work Experience

Optional Co-op

Students meeting all academic requirements may have the opportunity to complete an optional co-op work term(s) in a formal work environment. In most cases the work term(s) is a full-time paid position completed between two academic semesters. In programs with limited co-op opportunities, additional academic requirements and a passing grade on a communication assessment may be required for eligibility. Eligibility for participation does not guarantee a work position will be secured. Additional fees are required for those participating in the optional co-op stream regardless of success in securing a work position.

Your Career

As a graduate of this program, you may pursue future career options, such as:

  • Automation technologist
  • Control systems technologist
  • Electromechanical engineering technologist
  • PLC programmer
  • Pneumatic/hydraulic technologist
  • Process control technologist
  • Robotics programmer and technologist
  • Startup and service technologist
  • Technical sales consultant

Affiliations/Associations

  • KUKA Robotics 
  • Siemens
  • EPLAN/Rital
  • Microsoft
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)

Industry and Professional Certifications

While passing specific courses, students are directly granted numerous global industry certificates or an opportunity to pass comprehensive industry certifications such as:

  • Siemens
    • Basics of PLC Automation
    • Totally Integrated Automation
    • IIoT – Industrial Internet of Things
    • Mechatronics Level I and Level II (comprehensive exams)
  • Kuka Robotics
    • Robot Programming I
    • Robot Applications
  • Microsoft
    • Azure – Cloud basics
  • EPLAN
    • Eplan CAD fundamentals (comprehensive exam)

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