Automation Engineer

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

About the role

To support production and troubleshoot activities on fully automated assembly lines for manufacturing, we’re looking to add an Automation Engineer located in Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and modify existing and new moderately-complex automation equipment, tooling and applications to automate manufacturing processes.
• Direct interface with customer and machine vendor for design improvements.
• Experience troubleshooting PLC Controls Systems: specifically Allen-Bradley and ABB.
• Establish technical manuals, drawings, models, training documentation, preventative maintenance plans and troubleshooting guides for automated equipment and automated processes.
• Understand the machine operating principle, consequence of wear and tear parts and product defects.
• Ensure the uptime of machines through regular preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance.
• Willing to learn and enhance skills in all types of automation equipment.
• Prepare why-why analysis and drive for permanent corrective actions.
• Able to give feedback to improve the design of process and equipment.
• Directs daily department activities to maximize equipment utilization and support production needs.
• Coordinates maintenance activities with other functional groups such as engineering and operations to ensure the efficient operation of the departmental function.
• Collaborates and offers input to planning, building, and maintaining the automation framework and associated processes for new products.
• Identifies and drives change to ensure automation effectiveness of existing processes.
• Demonstrates an understanding of customer requirements, offers suggestions and ideas on how best to deliver automation solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or mechatronics.
• Typically requires 3-5 years of related experience.
• Medical device manufacturing experience is required.
• Understanding of PLCs (ABB preferred).
• Experience with Minitab highly preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma/DRM Green Belt highly preferred.
• Electrical experience is a plus.
• Comfortable with presenting projects and data.
• Regulated industry documentation skills.
• Previous position supporting 24/7 production site.
• Experience with vision-based inspection (Cognex/Keyence software).
• Previous experience with pneumatics.