Manager, Automation Systems Design

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of mechanical and mechatronics engineers focused on development of prototypes, ensuring sound engineering rigor and industrial scalability.
• Work with business leaders and end-users to understand needs for new equipment across varying scales, including benchtop systems, semi automated stations and fully automated cells.
• Develop project technical strategies.
• Lead one or more technical teams on projects.
• Generate, evaluate, and select concepts based on engineering principles.
• Collaboratively design, build and test prototypes and subsystems to validate concepts, integrating mechanical, electrical, motion, vision, and software components into cohesive systems.
• Communicate through presentations and design reviews.
• Provide expertise to the team responsible for building and deploying industrialized versions of the new technology into manufacturing.
• Be a model for safe work practices, ensuring a safe environment for colleagues.
• Document novel designs and intellectual property.
• Travel up to 25%, typically in concentrated periods every 1–2 years.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or related field (10 years’ experience), or MS (7 years’ experience).
• Supervisory experience required.
• Experience in leading technical teams.
• Mechanical design and detailing experience using 3D CAD.
• Experience in innovation, design and new technologies.
• Enjoy working with diverse team members to collect, align, and communicate requirements and design approaches.
• Some knowledge of industrial controls.
• Strong written communication skills, including documentation and diagrams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Desired Experiences/Education

• MS degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience with SolidWorks.
• Some training in object oriented programming, especially in a language like C++, C#, Java, or Rust.
• Experience with machine vision, motion control, or vision guided motion.
• Electrical or electronics design experience.
• Basic optics knowledge (e.g. photography or laser systems).
• Experience with MATLAB and Python.

Pay

The range for this position is $156,314.00 - $214,933.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.