Automation Engineer - Elkhart, United States - Intellectt Inc

Description

Title: Automation Engineer

Location: Elkhart, IN

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical, Production, or Manufacturing Engineering

Years of Experience: 4-5 years of relevant experience

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Translate user requirements into functional designs and technical concepts
• Provide advanced technical solutions and lead teams through processes
• Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity in applying engineering principles
• Devise innovative solutions to manufacturing problems
• Apply product design and assembly knowledge to the manufacturing process
• Conduct plant assessments and understand customer requirements to define DOU/SOW
• Support in preparing RFQ/RFIs to vendors and evaluate vendor quotes
• Assist in preparing proposals to customers and contribute to winning projects
• Coordinate offshore and vendor teams based on project requirements
• Support Project Status Reviews and Senior Management Reviews
• Ensure customer satisfaction and foster future engagement
• Travel across multiple locations as needed

Skills Required (General):

• Project Management skills and end-to-end automation project execution experience
• Project estimation and proposal preparation
• Customer and vendor management
• Offshore coordination
• Plant assessments
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Business development skills and coordination with sales

Skills Required (Manufacturing Automation):

• Experience in custom-engineered solution businesses and factory automation
• Developing system integration solutions for assembly line automation projects
• Fundamental knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and control automation
• Understanding of the automation ecosystem
• Automation high-level concept preparation
• Automation ROM and BOM high-level estimation
• Knowledge of low-cost automation, fixture design, SPM, and testing machine
• Robotics and collaborative robot automation experience
• Process automation expertise
• Industry experience in Truck & Off-Highway Manufacturing (other industries are advantageous)
• Knowledge of Operation technology communication protocols
• Automation cell integration experience (robotics/pneumatic/PLC/safety, etc.)
• Integration experience in robotics and linear motion systems
• Competency in performing value stream mapping and leading lean manufacturing initiatives

Contact: Email or call

Note: This is a non-IT requirement.