Server Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities

• Perform line-side maintenance for production automation systems (not facilities maintenance).
• Troubleshoot, repair, and optimize motors, belts, drives, conveyors, sensors, and other core production components.
• Conduct recovery procedures after equipment faults and restore systems safely and efficiently.
• Understand PLC ladder logic and perform basic program adjustments or modifications.
• Confidently enter PLC panels to review, diagnose, and analyze system logic.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure PLC programs support desired production performance.
• Use handheld teach pendants or remote programming methods to safely adjust robot motion paths and locations.
• Apply safe operation practices including dead-man switches, manual jogging, and controlled programming environments.
• Perform standard mechanical and electrical maintenance including component replacements (motors, tubes, drives, belts).
• Fine-tune conveyor settings and verify operational parameters.
• Maintain documentation, perform preventative maintenance, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with automation engineers, robotics teams, manufacturing supervisors, and operations leadership.
• Contribute to hiring, interviews, and skill-assessment conversations as needed.
• Support scale-up of additional automation roles as new phases of hiring are approved.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with production automation, robotics, or PLC-driven systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and control-system issues.
• Experience teaching or operating collaborative robots (preferred but not required).
• Willingness to perform both robotics work and traditional maintenance tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience in job titles such as: Automation Engineer, Robotics Engineer, Maintenance Technician / Maintenance Engineer, Automation Maintenance Engineer.
• Comfort working in high-growth or newly scaling manufacturing environments.
• Ability to understand equipment holistically, including mechanical, electrical, controls, and robotics.