Converting Automation / Inspection Engineers

About the role

Location: Saint Paul, MN. Full-time/Permanent position.

Responsibilities

• Designing Automation Solutions from initial concept through plant commissioning, working closely with project managers, fabrication teams, and plant personnel.
• Implementing design solutions that meet stringent safety requirements established by customer and applicable regulatory bodies.
• Clearly defining scope, cost estimates, schedules.
• Active project management to meet the commitments on scope, cost and schedules.
• Work closely with identified OEM suppliers based out of US, Europe & India for the supply of automation systems like conveyors, sensors, alarm systems, Robots, AMRs, COBOTs etc.
• Track the overall project status.
• Work closely with Plant IT wherever required.
• Organize & schedule weekly calls with Customer, suppliers & TCS Offshore team.
• Manage & Support Installation / Commissioning and final handover at Customer site.
• Study new opportunities across various areas within the plant and propose solutions proactively (may need to visit other sites).
• Provide technical support to customer technicians/engineers after the successful deployment of the solution like trouble shooting, snag rectification etc.

Requirements

• Possess good experience in Engineering Converting Automation Solutions like Roll loading automation, Auto-splicing, Buffering, Web Tension Control, material replenishment, inspection etc.
• Well versed with associated Technologies like Robots/Cobots, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR), AGV / Vision System etc.
• Hands on experience in application engineering as well as development and deployment of Converting line Automation Solutions that are custom engineered or leveraging AGVs/AMRs/Cobots / Vision Systems etc.
• Knowledge on Advanced Robotics Technologies like Haptics, Teleoperation, Human-Robot Collaboration, Voice Commanding of Robots, Exoskeletons, Robotic Operating System, AMR / AGV Fleet Manager etc.
• Converting Domain Knowledge: Good understanding of the processes like unwinding, splicing, web conveying, slitting, coating, curing, winding, cutting & packaging (Primary / Secondary / Tertiary).
• Knowledge on lean manufacturing concept, value stream mapping and focus on continuous improvement.
• Knowledge on Advanced Modeling and Simulation to the extent of providing the right inputs to the Modeling and Simulation SMEs, providing inputs on various What-If Scenarios, Ability to interpret the Simulation Results and take corrective action in the Design.
• Understanding of Controls Engineering / Plant IT Systems / Enterprise systems like SAP to the extent of the integration requirements.
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Facilitating Equipment