Senior Automation Engineer – Advanced Manufacturing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams spanning operations, product engineering, maintenance, quality, procurement, IT, OT, EHS, and business leadership.

• Identify, design, implement, and automate solutions throughout the global supply chain.

• Act as a technical leader with a focus on machining and fabrication processes.

• Establish automation standards, assess emerging technologies, share best practices, and promote repeatable solutions.

• Oversee and assist automation systems from development and justification to design, implementation, and optimization.

• Analyze automation opportunities and formulate technical concepts and business cases.

• Support capital project execution while standardizing and replicating successful solutions across various facilities.

• Direct automation projects from initial concept to production launch.

• Generate capital estimates and ROI business cases.

• Function as the enterprise technical capability owner for welding and joining automation.

• Create automation standards, specifications, and preferred technologies.

• Provide support to manufacturing sites and business units based on business priorities.

• Lead or assist in vendor selection, RFQs, design reviews, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and startup activities.

• Troubleshoot and enhance existing automation systems.

• Contribute to the Automation & Advanced Manufacturing roadmap and technology strategy.

• Assess robotics, vision, simulation, and AI-enabled manufacturing technologies.

• Mentor site engineering personnel and offer technical guidance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Automation/Controls, Robotics Engineering, or a related field.

• Extensive experience in welding automation, robotic welding, or automated machining and fabrication processes.

• Over 7 years of experience in industrial automation, manufacturing engineering, robotics, controls, or advanced manufacturing.

• Proven leadership in managing substantial automation and capital projects.

• Strong knowledge of robotics, controls, safety, machine integration, and manufacturing processes.

• Experience in developing automation concepts, specifications, scopes, and business cases.

• Skills in project leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

• Willingness to travel as needed to support enterprise manufacturing sites.

• Familiarity with robotic welding and automated joining systems.

• Experience with industrial robots (FANUC, ABB, KUKA, Yaskawa/Motoman).

• Proficiency in PLCs, HMIs, industrial networking, and controls integration.

• Knowledge of machine vision and inspection systems.

• Certified welding experience.

• Experience with automated material handling.

• Familiarity with MES, SCADA, OEE, and data collection systems.

• Experience in FAT, SAT, commissioning, and production launch.

• Lean Green Belt Certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health benefits.

• Welfare benefits.

• Retirement benefits.

• Annual bonus, if eligible.