ADVANCED ROBOTIC AND AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Nishikawa Cooper LLC•Bremen, IN

4d•$47,989 - $98,034•Onsite

About The Position

Perform advanced robotic and automation development for new model development and kaizen activity in the plants.

High School Diploma or G.E.D. or comparable from country of origin.
Associates or Bachelor Degree and or 7+ years direct and practical experience required.
Possess mechanical ability.
Self-motivated.
Communication skills.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Design and work with vendors for robotic and automation fixture development.
Design and work with vendors to develop supporting equipment for robot and automation development.
Design and work with other Nisco functional teams (NPDD, PDD, Plant Process Eng, and Plant EHS) to assure advanced process development meets safety, customer, and company requirements.
Utilize advanced software (3D Modeling or similar) as required to develop any items needed for robots and automation processes.
Develop and Modify computer-controlled robotic movements.
Ability to use PLC’s for programming automated controls and integration.
May perform preventative or corrective maintenance on robotics systems or components.
Responsible for developing new and advanced processes for new and current products that are manually accomplished currently.
Travel to vendors/customers/other Nisco Functional groups for collaborative development will be required.
Weekend/Evening worktime and development when equipment is available outside normal MP working time will be required to complete development of new robotic and automation processes.
Support current or previous robotic or automation developed cells when needed for advanced support.
Align, fit, or assemble component part using hand tools, power tools, fixtures and templates.
Drives safety and environmental improvements in the department with all associates in mind.
Performs job tasks with safety, honesty, confidentiality and professionalism.