System Development Engineer, GEMS NA Ops Engineering

Position Overview

This role will be responsible for collaborating with OEMs on developing, standardizing, implementing, and troubleshooting controls, electrical, and hardware solutions for robotics and material handling systems. The Systems Development Engineer will define requirements and standards from individual work cells to large, complex MHE integrations across multiple vendors, balancing controls and software integration between internal and external stakeholders. Additionally, the role provides commissioning support to the Operations Engineering Teams both prior to, during, and after the launch of greenfield or retrofit sites. This role requires up to 75% regional travel on a yearly basis and availability to work from a corporate office when not traveling. Candidates should either live near or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance of the office; relocation assistance may be provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare specifications and technical details to fully define performance on equipment, material, and services.
• Perform PLC and IPC control level issues and performance diagnosis using Codeysys, Python, and Studio 5000 software.
• Define and measure system performance KPIs, leveraging industry standard PackML.
• Follow and enforce industrial network security requirements.
• Follow change management processes and develop ad-hoc PLC ladder and/or structured text code changes.
• Provide detailed analysis and testing of existing and new engineering solutions and components.
• Work with IT, FC Software, Vendors, and Operations Engineering to support new MHE systems deployments.
• Undertake industrial engineering design on existing and new material handling systems across a worldwide network.
• Provide technical documentation such as flow diagrams, conveyor and equipment layouts, installation details, and integration specifications.
• Support commissioning of new automation elements and designs.
• Actively participate in local or worldwide network-level control projects and initiatives.
• Provide value engineering/value analysis.
• Ensure adherence to all Health & Safety procedures and proactively raise potential H&S issues.
• Use AutoCAD to review, develop, and maintain electrical schematics and conveyor layout drawings.
• Fully understand and ensure procedural adherence to industry operating standards such as the NEC and NFPA.
• Support emulation and simulation modeling of material handling systems.
• Document control system and equipment configuration changes and update documentation in the global project repository.
• Partner with all FC stakeholders to build effective relationships.
• Conduct post go-audits to determine what good looks like with the stakeholders of the fulfillment centers.
• Ability to travel up to 75%.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, engineering technology or equivalent, or 2+ years of industrial controls and automation experience.
• 2+ years of engineering experience.
• Experience designing or implementing integrated automation solutions such as material handling systems, high-speed packaging lines, or manufacturing lines.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products: Excel, Project, and Outlook.
• Experience using one or more CAD technologies: AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, SolidWorks, CREO, BIM360, SketchUp, or KeyShot.
• Experience working with designs of complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems including robotics and high-speed manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advanced automation control systems.
• Experience as an industrial, operations, manufacturing, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience building/operating highly available, distributed systems for data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: The base pay for this position ranges from $89,200/year to $185,000/year depending on geographic market, with additional forms of compensation such as equity and sign-on payments.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan