Automation Engineer

PSI•Lexington, KY

5d•$100,000 - $140,000

About The Position

A large manufacturing company is seeking an Automation Engineer in the Lexington, Kentucky area. The primary responsibility is to develop and implement innovative activities that improve manufacturing competitiveness and reduce fixed costs in North America. The engineer will collaborate with robotics engineers, controls engineers, and plant manufacturing teams to integrate AI into production systems. The role also involves assessing emerging Physical AI technologies, ensuring solutions meet safety and manufacturing requirements, presenting recommendations to stakeholders, managing contractors who build testing cells, and producing documentation to support future scaling and customer enablement.

Requirements

Bachelor's or master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
Demonstrated experience with manufacturing automation deployments.
Experience in robotics, AI/ML, or advanced automation development.
A full-stack mindset and ability to work in team environments to build complete solutions, rather than only independent AI algorithms, demonstrations, and experiments.
Strong hands-on experience in at least two of the following: computer vision (such as detection, segmentation, or 3D perception); machine learning/deep learning; robotics.
Proficiency in Python, C++, and ROS-based systems, with strong software engineering fundamentals.
Deep understanding of sensor types such as RGBD cameras, LiDAR, and Time-of-Flight sensors, and ability to tune them for image quality, accuracy, and performance.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with robotics engineers, controls engineers, and plant manufacturing teams to integrate AI into production systems.
Identify, evaluate, and implement emerging Physical AI technologies through benchmarking, supplier engagement, and industry events.
Ensure solutions meet safety, reliability, and manufacturability requirements, including alignment with applicable standards and internal risk assessments.
Present technical concepts, results, and recommendations to stakeholders, management, and executive leadership.
Manage contractors to design and construct testing cells.
Produce clear, detailed documentation to support future scaling and customer enablement.
Develop and implement innovative activities to improve manufacturing competitiveness and reduce fixed costs in North America.