Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain workflow automations that reduce manual handoffs, spreadsheet dependency, duplicate data entry, and email-driven coordination.
• Develop business-process automations across functions such as engineering, NPI, operations, quality, supply chain, finance, and commercial teams.
• Build automations using approved platforms such as Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps, Logic Apps, Dataverse, SharePoint, Teams, APIs, scripts, and related enterprise automation tools.
• Partner with the AI Lead and AI Solutions Architect to connect AI outputs, agents, copilots, summaries, classifications, and recommendations into governed business workflows where appropriate.
• Partner with the IS Lead and Data Engineer to consume trusted data sources, APIs, lakehouse outputs, dashboards, and system events required to trigger or support automations.
• Partner with the Business Analyst, Transformation PMO, and functional stakeholders to map current-state processes, identify automation opportunities, define requirements, and validate future-state workflows.
• Develop reusable workflow patterns, approval flows, exception alerts, escalation logic, task routing, automated reporting distribution, and notification frameworks.
• Implement logging, error handling, exception management, monitoring, documentation, and sustainment practices for production automations.
• Ensure automations comply with security, access control, data governance, responsible AI, and change-management requirements.
• Support pilot deployment, user acceptance testing, training, adoption, feedback collection, and post-launch improvements in partnership with functional champions.
• Troubleshoot workflow failures, integration issues, permissions errors, source-system changes, and automation performance problems.
• Evaluate opportunities to use low-code/no-code, scripting, APIs, robotic process automation, or AI-enabled workflow orchestration based on business value, reliability, maintainability, and governance needs.
• Support implementation partners and vendors where external support is required for automation design, build, integration, or scale-up.

Qualifications

• BS in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Automation, or related field; equivalent practical experience will be considered.
• 3-7+ years of experience building workflow automations, business-process automations, integrations, low-code/no-code applications, or API-connected digital solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse, SharePoint, Teams, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, or comparable workflow automation platforms.
• Working knowledge of APIs, connectors, webhooks, data triggers, scheduled workflows, approvals, notifications, and exception-handling patterns.
• Experience with SQL basics and scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or PowerShell preferred.
• Ability to map business processes, identify automation opportunities, define workflow requirements, and translate business needs into reliable technical solutions.
• Familiarity with enterprise systems such as ERP, MES, PLM, QMS, Microsoft 365, and cloud data platforms preferred.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows, agents, copilots, document processing, or intelligent automation concepts preferred.
• Experience with security, permissions, access control, documentation, testing, monitoring, and sustainment of production workflows.
• Mechanical, manufacturing, engineering, operations, quality, or supply chain process experience strongly preferred.
• Strong communication, troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement skills.
• Ability to work across business functions, technical teams, and external implementation partners.
• Travel required as needed to support global sites and automation deployment activities.