Opex-Senior Automation Engineer- Advanced Manufacturing

Overview

Senior Automation Engineer focused on advanced manufacturing automation solutions, primarily for machining and fabrication processes and welding/joining automation. You will lead projects from concept through production launch and standardize repeatable solutions across the enterprise.

What you'll do

• Lead automation projects from concept through production launch.
• Evaluate manufacturing processes and identify automation opportunities.
• Develop technical concepts, capital estimates, and ROI business cases.
• Serve as enterprise technical capability owner for welding and joining automation.
• Develop automation standards, specifications, and preferred technologies.
• Support vendor selection, RFQs, design reviews, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and startup.
• Troubleshoot and optimize existing automation systems, then replicate successful solutions across sites.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Automation/Controls, Robotics Engineering, or related discipline.
• Strong background in welding automation, robotic welding, or automated machining and fabrication processes.
• 7+ years of industrial automation, manufacturing engineering, robotics, controls, or advanced manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of significant automation and capital projects.
• Strong understanding of robotics, controls, safety, machine integration, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience developing automation concepts, specifications, scopes, and business cases.
• Ability to travel as required to support enterprise manufacturing sites.

Details

• Location: Remote, Texas, United States.