Automation Engineer

Location: Elkhart, IN (100% onsite)

Hire Type: Contract to Hire

Must have: experience with robotics

Overview:

Sterling has helped build careers for thousands of professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you at every step in the process and as a Best of Staffing company, Sterling provides exciting work with exceptional employers across the U.S.

• As a contract employee of Sterling, you are eligible to receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes paid time off, paid holidays, 3 medical plans to choose from, dental & vision plans, 401(k), and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.

Responsibilities:

• Should be able to translate user requirements into functional design and a technical concept
• Provide advanced technical solutions and leads team through process.
• Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity in applying engineering principles and practices.
• Devise innovative solutions to existing manufacturing problems.
• Apply working knowledge of product design and assembly to the manufacturing process.
• Should conduct plant assessments & understand customer requirements and define DOU / SOW
• Should support in preparing RFQ/RFIs to vendors and should evaluate vendor quotes
• Should support in preparing proposals to customers and should play role in winning projects
• Coordinate offshore & vendor teams based on project requirement
• Should support Project Status Reviews and Senior Management Reviews
• Responsible for customer satisfaction and future engagement with customer

Qualifications:

• Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work related experience
• Years of experience: 5 years of relevant work experience
• Project Management Skills & End-to-end Automation project execution experience
• Project estimation & Proposal preparation
• Experience in Customer/Stake holder Management
• Vendor Management & RFQ to Vendors
• Experience in conducting plant and process assessment
• Hand on experience in Manufacturing Automation applications
• Experience in custom engineered solution businesses as well as factory automation is ideal.
• Experience in developing system integration solutions for assembly line automation projects.
• Strong Fundamental knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and control automation.
• Design and implementation of end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) for various applications
• Design, development, and configuration of robotic and / or automation work cell layouts.
• Hand on experience in Robotics / Collaborative robot Automation implementation.
• Automation Cell integration experience (Robotics/Pneumatic/PLC/Safety etc.)