Industrial Automation Engineer
About The Position
Assurant is seeking a highly motivated Automation Engineer to join its growing engineering team and drive new product development from concept through deployment. This hands-on role involves designing, building, programming, and supporting industrial automation solutions across robotics, mechatronics, material handling, sortation, packaging automation, and storage systems. The position offers work with advanced automation platforms and collaboration with internal teams and external partners to develop scalable solutions that improve operational efficiency, reliability, and cost performance. The role is based onsite at Assurant’s Lewisville, Texas facility and is responsible for the full lifecycle of automation solutions. It includes approximately 15% travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 3 years of experience working with industrial automation, controls engineering, or manufacturing systems.
- Hands-on experience with PLC programming, including structured text, ladder logic, or equivalent.
- Experience with traditional programming languages such as C++, as well as version control systems.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to develop creative, practical solutions to complex engineering challenges.
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and priorities in a fast-paced development environment.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple workloads.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional, team-based environments.
Nice To Haves
- Direct experience with OEM robotic and PLC platforms, including KUKA (highly preferred), FANUC, Yaskawa, Omron, Beckhoff, or B&R.
- Experience designing or supporting vision-based automation systems and inspection applications.
- Working knowledge of Python for automation, scripting, data processing, or system integration.
- Experience taking a lead role in defining automation hardware architectures and control platform standards.
- Exposure to large-scale material handling, robotics, packaging, or sortation systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, integrate, program, and commission automation systems using PLCs, robotic arms, conveyors, actuators, sensors, and peripheral equipment.
- Develop and modify PLC and control system software using structured text, ladder logic, and traditional programming languages as appropriate.
- Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, and operations teams to deliver end-to-end automated solutions.
- Identify and implement opportunities to reduce production costs, improve throughput, and enhance system reliability.
- Combine hardware and software architectures to optimize production operations and system performance.
- Support debugging, troubleshooting, and optimization of automation systems during development, testing, and deployment.
- Participate in design reviews, technical documentation, and system validation activities.
- Communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations through written documentation and verbal discussions.
- Stay current on emerging automation technologies and contribute ideas for continuous improvement and innovation.
Benefits
- Benefit information is available through Assurant’s benefits website for U.S. employees; candidates outside the U.S. are directed to speak with a recruiter. Specific benefits are not listed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
