Jobs at Daifuku

Develop and engineer automated material-handling products, including conveyors, sortation systems, robotic systems, and automated storage equipment. Create control schematics, panel specifications, equipment sequences, and PLC programs. Conduct prototype, beta, and field testing; investigate product issues; and ensure safety, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and performance requirements. Maintain schedules and estimates, collaborate with cross-functional teams, follow engineering standards, and travel domestically up to 60%.

Designs and leads industrial automation control systems for material handling solutions. Responsibilities include developing PLC programs, control schematics, equipment operation sequences, prototypes, testing, field troubleshooting, and manufacturing transitions. The role leads projects and provides technical direction to junior engineers, using HMI, SCADA, Allen-Bradley, Schneider PLCs, and electrical CAD systems. Requires domestic travel up to 60% across North America.

Designs and leads industrial automation control systems for material handling solutions. Responsibilities include concept development, specifications, PLC programming, control panel schematics, prototyping, testing, manufacturing transition, field troubleshooting, and project leadership. Requires expertise in industrial automation, Allen-Bradley controls, HMI/SCADA, electrical CAD, machine safety codes, and risk assessments. The role involves up to 60% domestic travel across North America and mentoring junior engineers.

Leads the development of automated material handling products, including conveyor, sortation, and automation equipment. Designs, prototypes, tests, and revises products; performs engineering calculations, modeling, simulation, and data analysis; develops test plans; selects purchased components; and verifies safety, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance. Coordinates with design, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and vendors, leads project teams, mentors engineers, troubleshoots issues, and travels up to 20% for testing and verification.

Develops and tests automated material-handling products, including conveyors, sortation systems, robotics, control panels, PLC logic, and equipment sequences. Creates schematics, specifications, and layouts; supports manufacturing integration, prototype testing, field troubleshooting, safety assessments, and root-cause investigations. Requires collaboration across engineering teams, adherence to standards, cost and schedule management, and domestic travel of up to 40%.

Develops and maintains custom software applications using .NET technologies. Responsibilities include software design, coding, debugging, testing, troubleshooting, and participation throughout the software development lifecycle. The role works independently and collaboratively on moderately complex projects, may guide other engineers, and requires expertise in web-based and client/server systems. Some travel, up to 15%, is expected.

Leads enterprise-wide standards, architecture, design governance, and continuous improvement for material handling automation systems. Reviews complex designs, approves deviations, evaluates technical risks and emerging technologies, develops reusable engineering frameworks and KPIs, and mentors multidisciplinary engineering teams. Requires extensive systems integration expertise across WMS, WCS, WES, controls, and software integration.

Leads enterprise-wide standards, architectures, methodologies, and governance for material handling automation systems. Reviews complex designs, approves deviations, evaluates risks and emerging technologies, and drives continuous improvement and standardization. Provides technical leadership and mentorship across engineering and applications teams, maintains compliance with industry standards, supports technology roadmaps, and develops KPIs to measure engineering effectiveness. Requires extensive systems integration expertise, CAD experience, and deep knowledge of WMS, WCS, WES, controls, and software integration.

Designs automated and semi-automated material handling systems, including AS/RS, storage racks, platforms, conveyor supports, and custom products. Creates operational documentation, approval and fabrication drawings, obtains vendor quotes, issues purchase orders, estimates costs, and monitors schedules, engineering hours, and material expenses. Collaborates with project teams, customers, vendors, architects, engineers, and installers. Travel up to 30% is required.

Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting; performs month-end closing, account reconciliation, ledger maintenance, transaction verification, discrepancy resolution, filing, and general clerical support. The role requires strong analytical, organizational, documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office and accounting software.

Builds and maintains custom software applications, performing design, coding, debugging, testing, troubleshooting, and technical consultation. Works autonomously on advanced projects, may lead work groups, and follows coding standards and technical designs. The role supports web-based and client-server systems and requires strong collaboration and communication. Up to 15% travel is expected.

Develops and engineers controls products for conveyors, sortation, automated storage, order fulfillment, and robotic systems. Designs control schematics, specifies automated equipment sequences, programs PLCs, tests prototypes, and conducts on-site beta testing. Investigates field issues, manages schedules and cost estimates, and collaborates with engineering and manufacturing teams. Requires travel up to 30%.

Pursue new Integrator and Partner sales opportunities while managing key accounts. Responsibilities include prospecting, developing sales strategies, leading sales processes, supporting trade shows and training, coordinating with technical teams, and achieving profitable sales goals. The role requires material handling sales expertise, technical understanding of warehouse controls and mechanical systems, customer solution analysis, strong communication, and approximately 30–40% travel.

Processes full-cycle accounts payable activities, including invoice matching, approvals, vendor payments, reconciliations, check runs, expense processing, ledger posting, and audit support. Maintains vendor records and relationships, resolves invoice and payment discrepancies, reviews aging reports, and ensures accurate documentation and records retention. The role also supports phone routing and cross-functional coordination with project managers and controllers.

Process multi-state payroll, reconcile payroll and general ledger accounts, manage tax filings and deductions, prepare payroll reports and journal entries, resolve discrepancies, support audits and compliance, and coordinate treasury-related payroll transactions. The role also maintains payroll records, interprets regulations, supports accounting close activities, and provides payroll guidance and reporting to employees and executive management.

Designs, integrates, installs, tests, debugs, and commissions AGV and AMR material-handling systems at customer sites. Responsibilities include system architecture, specifications, layouts, coding, performance calculations, equipment RFQs, cost and ROI estimates, technical risk assessment, customer presentations, operational data analysis, and project scheduling. The role collaborates across engineering, sales, estimating, design, and customer teams while supporting process improvements and traveling internationally as needed.

Plans, governs, and oversees program activities, resources, finances, operating plans, stakeholder relationships, reporting, escalations, risks, and standards. Leads programs executed by project managers, site managers, engineering teams, and support personnel to achieve strategic, business, and technical objectives. Requires management of material handling and automation solutions, project and program management, accounting, contracts, MS Project, and advanced scheduling.

Provides advanced onsite and remote IT operations support across facilities, resolving complex endpoint, infrastructure, network, identity, server, workplace, and operational technology issues. Leads escalations, deployments, upgrades, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, documentation, service improvements, and coordination with stakeholders and vendors. Mentors junior analysts and supports manufacturing, warehouse, plant, and facility technology environments, including occasional after-hours maintenance and travel.

The Manufacturing Engineer designs, implements, documents, and improves manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, plant layouts, and production controls. Responsibilities include leading lean and Kaizen initiatives, capital projects, new product introduction, quality and corrective actions, process troubleshooting, SPC, data analysis, vendor coordination, and cross-functional collaboration. The role supports production efficiency, safety, quality, cost reduction, throughput, and customer delivery requirements while providing technical training and manufacturing support.

Manages material handling automation projects involving conveyors, robotics, AS/RS, structures, controls, software, and related equipment. Responsibilities include project planning and execution, financial and resource management, customer and supplier relationships, contract administration, project documentation, status reporting, and coordination across multiple locations. The role requires knowledge of warehouse and fulfillment operations, automation projects, software development lifecycle concepts, accounting, and contracts. Travel up to 50% and weekend or evening work during go-live events are required.