We’re looking for a qualified, motivated individual to join our company as an Automation Engineer. As part of our team, you will create automated systems for use in a production and manufacturing environment. You will collaborate with departmental and corporate leadership to determine existing automation capabilities and future opportunities, creating detailed project road maps for automation projects that support our business objectives. You also need superb problem-solving and communication skills. Our ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree (preferred) in engineering with a focus on automation, electrical engineering, or a relevant field.
This key member of our engineering team will play an integral part in creating innovative solutions to support short-term production targets and longer-term growth and sustainability goals.
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Develop controls documentation like interface descriptions, sequence of operations etc. for automation projects, performs reach studies and time calculations for robot cells, and other automation equipment.
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Program robots (Yaskawa, Universal, Omron) and automation equipment (Omron, Mitsubishi, Allen-Bradley – Rockwell, Keyence).
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Human Machine Interface Programming
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Assist in programming /Troubleshooting of Injection Mold presses, Blow molding presses, associated Robots (Star, ARI, Yushin), and automated assembly equipment.
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Recommends, develops, and implements enhancements and improvements to increase production volume or precision in high-throughput operations.
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Wiring of controls including working knowledge of safety relay circuitry.
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Work with other departments to ensure project completion and success.
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Develop studies and runs cycle time calculations.
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Act as the point of contact and liaison between the company and customer to ensure product accuracy.
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Supervision / Trainer for Automation Technicians.
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Design and build automated equipment (cells) with automation team in house.
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Identify processes that are currently running for automated improvements.
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Work with Automation vendors to provide equipment for current / future processes.
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Create / Maintain program backup of all automated processes.
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Other duties as assigned.
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Able to use Autodesk 2D and Inventor 3D or Fuson 360
Work Styles and Abilities
- Attention to Detail – job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Analytical Thinking – job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Persistence – job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Inductive Reasoning – must be able to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Adaptability and Flexibility – must be open to change and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Innovation – job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. This job is conventional in that you must follow set procedures and routines while also allowing self-expression and creativity to create final work product.
- Communication – job requires strong ability to communicate to be understood.
- Stress Tolerance - ability to work under pressure, accept criticism, and deal calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
- Dependability – job requires being reliable, responsible, dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Tools Used
- Bar code reader equipment – bar code readers
- Camera based vision systems for automated data collection – vision systems
- Attention to Detail – job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Desktop or notebook computers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras – digital video cameras
- Force or torque sensors – Torque meters
- Microcontrollers – programmable logic controllers (PLC).
- Multimeters
- Oscilloscopes
- Scanners – laser scanners
- Signal conditioners
- Signal generators – function generators
