Process Engineer

Process Engineer

• Location: Auburn Hills, MI
• Schedule: Onsite
• Type: Full Time (Contract with opportunity to go direct)
• Industry: Robotics
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K + Match, PTO, Paid Holidays (Opportunities to grow)
  

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.

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).
• • 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.

Branex Group is a Minority-owned Technical Staffing firm headquartered in Auburn Hills, MI. We are a Certified Women’s Owned Business through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). We specialize in Engineering, Information Technology, Robotics, Human Resources, and Finance opportunities across the United States.

Branex Group is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We ensure all applicants and employees are considered without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic by State and Federal laws.

Branex Group offers the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k)

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.