Automation Process Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we're looking for an Automation Process Engineer to join our Manufacturing team. As an Automation Process Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in building the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Your responsibilities will include designing and developing novel automation processes for Ford's next generation products, working with a diverse and highly capable team to deliver new automation enablers, and leading rapid prototyping efforts to swiftly bring concepts to tangible models for further development or testing.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop novel automation processes for Ford's next generation products in a fast-paced innovative environment.
• Work with a diverse and highly capable team that engages with multiple key organizations at Ford to deliver new automation enablers.
• Design and develop manufacturing process flows and optimization strategies for adoption of latest trends and technologies to achieve efficiency improvements.
• Design and develop CAD models using software such as Inventor, CATIA, or similar, to support manufacturing and automation projects.
• Design and develop custom robot tooling designs.
• Lead rapid prototyping efforts to swiftly bring concepts to tangible models for further development or testing.
• Program and troubleshoot collaborative robots and industrial robots, incorporating robot simulation, tool design, and robot path planning.
• Design, implement, and optimize automation cells to enhance manufacturing operations.
• Facilitate design review sessions and lead PFMEA activities to identify and mitigate risks in the manufacturing process.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations and demonstrations for team reviews, MTD project review meetings, and executive reviews.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Robotics or a related field.
• 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• 2 years of experience with each of the following skills:
• Working in a manufacturing environment in an automation engineering role.
• Developing automation systems, including developing CAD designs, programming industrial robots, programming collaborative robots, completing workstation commissioning, and tooling design.
• Programming Fanuc industrial robots and Universal Robots.
• Developing robot simulation using RoboGuide.
• 1 year of experience with each of the following skills:
• Integrating and launching 3D computer vision systems for robot guidance and inspection purposes.
• Designing hardware in CAD software with Inventor or Solidworks.

We are offering a salary of $92,622.00 - $162,120.00/yr.