Job Title: Specialist, Automation Systems Engineer

Job ID: 10113

Job Location: Huntsville, AL or Camden, AR

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Automation Engineer to work at our Defense Business facilities for fabrication and assembly of rocket motor components and assemblies in Huntsville, AL. The position will report to the Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Architecture, Modernization & Integration (MIAMI) team.

The selected candidate will work with the manufacturing and facility teams to develop, mature, and transition automation solutions to improve manufacturing capability, effectiveness, and employee safety. The automation engineer will initially focus on Research and Development activities for rocket motor manufacturing but will also support other initiatives within the scope of automation and I4.0. This automation team works with stakeholders to identify opportunities in the manufacturing process, draft technical requirements and craft solutions which align with the organization's vision for manufacturing modernization. This requires motivated, self-starting individuals with a passion for technical creativity and the ability to work with others to achieve results. Furthermore, Automation Engineers will lead the automation solutions through project management activities, developing requirements, working with key suppliers, testing the automation, and transitioning the solution to the production team.

Essential Functions:

This position will specialize in developing automation solutions for the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment.

• Automation Systems Engineering lifecycle which includes developing requirements, creating conceptual solutions, preparing plans, managing suppliers, testing systems, and handing off the system to the end user.
• Support the Development and implementation of the vision for the automation systems engineering team, creating standards to drive commonality, easier transitions to production, and system support.
• Troubleshoot existing systems to resolve issues and focusing on continuous improvement.

Automation Engineer Position Requirements:

• Knowledge of automation systems design/sustainment involving robotic cells, custom automation solutions, vision systems, motion control or testing solutions
• Programming Control systems: PLC, HMI's, VFDs, etc
• Experience developing statements or work and functional requirements specification documents
• Ability read electrical design schematics
• Experience integrating automation systems to business and manufacturing systems

Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aero Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline and at least four (4) years of related experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in project management
• Experience managing 3rd automation integrators
• Experience programming Fanuc robotics systems and simulations
• Experience with parametric modeling solutions

• Knowledge of automation, robotics, or testing solutions required
• Project management desired
• Working with 3rd party automation integrators desired
• Programming Control systems: PLC, HMI's is desired
• Programming robotics is desired
• Developing statements or work and requirements definition is desired
• Parametric modeling is desired
• Developing automation simulations is desired