Job Description

Work Flexibility: Onsite

What you will do:

• Design and implement automation solutions for new automated production equipment, including customized fixtures and tooling.

• Develop equipment specifications and deploy automated equipment aligned to the site’s automation roadmap (mechanization, data automation, and digital shop-floor tools).

• Monitor existing automated processes and implement improvements to increase capacity, reduce scrap/reject rates, and enhance line safety using data-driven methods.

• Execute equipment and process validations and document results through technical protocols and formal reports.

• Perform failure analyses on automated production equipment (e.g., fault tree analysis, failure mode and effects analysis) and drive corrective actions to restore and improve performance.

• Create and maintain operating procedures, standard work, and visual work instructions for automated equipment and process changes.

• Train production teams on new automation and updates to existing equipment, and advance-train maintenance technicians and engineers who service automated systems.

• Coordinate project execution by leading periodic design/project reviews, supporting capital expenditure requests, and managing supplier interactions and bidding activities with machine shops/equipment vendors.

What you will need

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related).

• Minimum 5 years of related experience in manufacturing engineering and/or industrial automation.

• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish (business communication).

• Hands-on experience developing and deploying process mechanization/automation in regulated or quality-controlled manufacturing environments.

• Ability to read and interpret electrical, mechanical, and wiring blueprints/schematics.

• Experience with computer-aided design tools (e.g., AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER or equivalent).Intermediate programming capability with programmable logic controllers (PLC) and SQL.

• Experience writing and executing equipment and process validations and using structured failure analysis methods (e.g., fault tree analysis, FMEA).

Preferred

• Experience applying Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methods.

• Experience using a project management tool (e.g., Microsoft Project or equivalent).

Travel Percentage: 10%