automation engineer Huntsville, AL
Job description
The Automation Engineer is responsible for designing and testing automation systems for use in our electronics manufacturing facilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exploring and implementing new ways to automate systems
- Designing and testing automation equipment and processes
- Investigate current manual manufacturing processes to see if automated systems make more financial sense.
- Programming new automated components
- Identifying quality issues and writing reports
- Eliminating defects and errors with product and software development
- Writes instruction manuals on how to use and maintain automation equipment
- Train operators, technicians, and engineers on how to use automation equipment
- Assist in the debug and repair of down automation equipment
- Collaborating with other business units
- All other duties as assigned by management to ensure the success of Futaba.
Experience and Educational Requirements:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or similar field
- Proficiency in maintaining automation equipment
- Experience with robotics and automated vision equipment
- Experience with project management
- Solid understanding of computer programming and software development
- Ability to understand and develop pneumatic and electrical circuits
- Ability to troubleshoot equipment and perform complex system tests
- Strong leadership and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Creative thinking skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong AutoCAD skills
- Ability to communicate well with other staff members
- Excellent manual dexterity
- Ability to keep up with the latest technologies
- A desire to continually upgrade technical knowledge
- 5 or more years related experience in designing automation equipment.
- Intermediate MS Office skills, specifically Excel, Word and Outlook are required.
Minimum Skills, Knowledge & Ability Requirements:
- Language and reading comprehension skills: Ability to read English, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Computer Skills: strong ability to use AutoCAD and Microsoft Office
- Pneumatic systems: strong understanding of the types of pneumatic devices
- Robotic systems: strong understanding of the various types of industrial robots and linear actuators.
- Verbal communication skills: Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees within the organization.
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardization situations.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet.
Physical & Mental Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- Sedentary physical activity requiring reaching, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, talking and hearing.
- Visual requirement is for close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- 80% or more time is spent looking directly at a computer.
- Employee is occasionally required to stand, walk (or otherwise be mobile).
- Occasional lifting or moving items up to 10lbs.
- Ability to deal with stressful situations as they arise, apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions, deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
