Description
The Inverter Maintenance Engineer is responsible for ensuring the long-term reliability, availability, and performance of automated production equipment throughout the program lifecycle.
The role provides technical support for maintenance and controls systems while developing and executing preventive, predictive, and lifecycle maintenance strategies to minimize downtime and sustain production performance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting, troubleshooting, and optimizing automated production equipment, including PLCs, HMIs, robotics, drives, sensors, safety systems, and industrial networks.
- Developing and managing preventive and predictive maintenance plans based on equipment criticality, manufacturer recommendations, operating conditions, and failure history.
- Planning lifecycle maintenance activities, including major overhauls, component replacement, controls upgrades, and equipment obsolescence management.
- Analyzing equipment performance and reliability indicators such as downtime, MTBF, MTTR, and recurring failure modes.
- Leading root cause analysis and implementing permanent corrective actions for chronic equipment and controls issues.
- Defining critical spare parts and supporting spare-parts strategy for controls, automation, and high-risk equipment.
- Maintaining and controlling backups of PLC/HMI programs, robot programs, drive parameters, and equipment configurations.
- Supporting equipment modifications, continuous improvement, capacity changes, and new product or process launches.
- Coordinating maintenance activities with Production, Process Engineering, Controls, Quality, and OEM/supplier teams.
- Ensuring equipment remains safe, maintainable, reliable, and technically sustainable from launch through the end of the program lifecycle.
The role also involves:
- Safety & Risk Management: verifying and validating compliance with safety protocols and standards during maintenance activities.
- MES, Quality & Traceability Systems: maintaining and validating the integrity of MES and product traceability systems.
- Production & Control Center Support: providing technical support to the Control Centers.
- Cost, Asset & MRO Management: optimizing the use of line resources, spare parts, and consumables.
- Maintenance Strategy & Equipment Lifecycle: applying the MOS 3x3+3 methodology and established maintenance methods.
- AI, Standardization & Technical Development: leading the implementation of AI solutions within maintenance operations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electromechanical, or related Engineering.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in automotive electronic component manufacturing, with hands-on experience supporting automated manufacturing processes and equipment.
- Previous experience in Maintenance or Controls Engineering, Process Engineer or Process Coach, or similar process-focused manufacturing roles.