Process Engineer

***THIS IS A LONG-TERM CONTRACT POSITION (24-36 MONTHS) AT FANUC AMERICA WHICH MAY LEAD TO DIRECT HIRE***

Job Overview

The Engineer (Process) will be responsible for developing and maintaining a detailed project technical plan and engineering task list regarding the form, fit, and function of the system, overseeing the mechanical, pneumatic, and process requirements, and scheduling/leading design review meetings to ensure open issues are tracked, and documentation is accurate.

The ideal candidate is a customer-focused, problem-solver who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams and has experience with ROBODRILL, as well as the ability to troubleshoot pneumatic system designs in the field. This role suits someone who enjoys hands-on factory work and turning engineering data into practical improvements.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Review customer specifications for planning and meeting requirements.
• Communicate with Project Manager regularly to ensure accuracy of the project schedule.
• Lead the development of the following:
• Vacuum Tooling along with the entire vacuum infrastructure.
• Conveyors capable of transferring warehouse items such as envelops, polybags, parcels, boxes.
• Pneumatic system designs, including schematic design and BOM development.
• Equipment arrangement, Robot Reach, Payload Analysis, Cycle-time, tolerance studies, Mechanical & Pneumatic component sizing, system Sequence-of-Operations.
• Spare parts lists, maintenance and operational manuals, and 3D simulations for validating engineering requirements (develop and maintain 3D simulations).
• Generate written specifications detailing system functionality.
• Generate the Robot Safety Risk Assessment and review with project team.
• Plan, request, follow-up, and approve all mechanical engineering issues.
• Attend internal & customer project kick-off meetings and provide technical expertise.
• Review detailed project budget and provide forecast updates.
• Identify all work cell equipment that requires mechanical design and build and:
• Coordinate internal design resources based on capacity.
• Develop specifications to line-up external design/build sources, review quotes and place orders.
• Monitor progress and continuously review internal and external designs.
• Generate runoff criteria & coordinate the buyoff of equipment built by external suppliers prior to shipment to FANUC America.
• Support field installation, debug, & customer plant buyoff activities.
• Coordinate delivery & return of all documentation for customer approval.
• Ensure required documentation is available to manufacturing department for integration build; review and approve redline changes on manufacturing floor.
• Ensure as-built documentation package is delivered to the customer.
• Generate run-off documentation per project and customer requirements.

Ideal candidate will have the following experience and education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum three years of experience and expertise in (mechanical) system engineering, design, and integration of robotic automation systems.
• Experience with CAD software including AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and ROBOGUIDE Simulation.
• Knowledge of 3D Simulation and discrete-event simulation methods.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Provide proposal support and review per assigned application areas.
• Generate Work Change Request documents as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience and expertise in (mechanical) system engineering, design, and integration of robotic automation systems.
• Exposure to ISO-9000, QS-9000, & TE Supplement quality systems.
• Familiarity with Reliability & Maintainability techniques such as FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, MTTR, MTBF, Availability, OEE, etc.

Required Competencies:

• Analytical, problem-solving skills – ability to identify causes and offer potential solutions.
• Organizational skills – effectively and professionally organize and plan for many simultaneous and complex issues.
• Team player - successfully work in teams with colleagues in varying responsibilities and backgrounds, personal initiative, and ability to effectively manage themselves in a somewhat unstructured environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including listening, presenting, and effective written and oral communication.
• Proven high level of competency in Windows, MS Office including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other web-based applications.

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• A portion of time is spent on shop floors for testing and debugging systems and includes a significant amount of walking and standing on steel grating and concrete floors (in a manufacturing and industrial environment).

o Must be able to stand on concrete floors for long periods of time.

• Good visual acuity, hearing, and speaking is required, including presenting comprehensive technical evaluations and recommendations to customers and peers.
• Ability to travel to customer sites, occasionally overnights and on weekends, as required for testing and debugging systems (~30% total travel during survey and commissioning phases).
• Must have sufficient hand-eye coordination to operate robot, PLC, and other automation equipment.
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to multi-task, to learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.
• Ability to work overtime when required to meet special/critical deadlines.

Pay: $46.00 - $48.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 – 60.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person