Automation Specialist
About The Position
Own automation system performance and conduct daily optimization of automated cells to improve cycle time, throughput, quality, and equipment uptime. Develop, modify, test, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, robot, vision, motion-control, safety, and supporting automation programs. Optimize robot paths, motion profiles, process sequencing, interlocks, alarms, and recovery routines while maintaining safe operation. Use structured root-cause analysis and corrective action to permanently eliminate chronic equipment and process failures. Configure, calibrate, validate, and maintain vision systems, sensors, error-proofing devices, servo systems, and networked industrial devices. Support equipment installation, commissioning, launch, and the first 90 days of stabilization in partnership with the AMA Lead and cross-functional plant teams. Perform offline programming, reach studies, cycle-time simulation, risk assessment, and system validation before production implementation. Manage program revisions through formal backup and version-control practices and maintain clear technical documentation, schematics, and network diagrams. Train sustainment personnel and complete a stable handoff after launch, including known issues, recovery procedures, validated backups, and performance status. Track performance against cycle-time achievement, direct-labor reduction, repeat-failure elimination, and stabilization-phase uptime targets.
Requirements
- PLC programming
- HMI programming
- Robot programming
- Vision system configuration and calibration
- Sensor configuration and calibration
- Error-proofing device configuration and calibration
- Servo system configuration and calibration
- Networked industrial device configuration and calibration
- Offline programming
- Reach studies
- Cycle-time simulation
- Risk assessment
- System validation
- Technical documentation
- Schematics
- Network diagrams
- Root-cause analysis
- Corrective action implementation
Responsibilities
- Own automation system performance and conduct daily optimization of automated cells to improve cycle time, throughput, quality, and equipment uptime.
- Develop, modify, test, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, robot, vision, motion-control, safety, and supporting automation programs.
- Optimize robot paths, motion profiles, process sequencing, interlocks, alarms, and recovery routines while maintaining safe operation.
- Use structured root-cause analysis and corrective action to permanently eliminate chronic equipment and process failures.
- Configure, calibrate, validate, and maintain vision systems, sensors, error-proofing devices, servo systems, and networked industrial devices.
- Support equipment installation, commissioning, launch, and the first 90 days of stabilization in partnership with the AMA Lead and cross-functional plant teams.
- Perform offline programming, reach studies, cycle-time simulation, risk assessment, and system validation before production implementation.
- Manage program revisions through formal backup and version-control practices and maintain clear technical documentation, schematics, and network diagrams.
- Train sustainment personnel and complete a stable handoff after launch, including known issues, recovery procedures, validated backups, and performance status.
- Track performance against cycle-time achievement, direct-labor reduction, repeat-failure elimination, and stabilization-phase uptime targets.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
