Location:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States of AmericaJob ID:
R0141738Date Posted:
2026-09-02Company Name:
WRIGHT INDUSTRIES, LLCProfession (Job Category):
Engineering & ScienceJob Schedule:
Full timeRemote:
NoJob Description:
The Opportunity:
JR Automation, a Hitachi Group Company, is driven to deliver customer success worldwide. We provide intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions that transform how the world's leading manufacturers make and distribute products. Our strength is our people and we’re always looking to strengthen our team across the globe. Join us as a Senior Mechanical Engineer.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive wages, medical benefits starting your first day, and paid parental leave
- Opportunity to work on unique, custom automation projects
- A collaborative, engineering-driven environment
- Career growth and skill development opportunities
- A role where craftsmanship and quality truly matter
Location Type: The position is onsite in Nashville, TN.
Travel Requirements: Travel up to 20%. Travel may include domestic and/or international customer, supplier, and JR Automation locations.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Develops deep knowledge and skills in a specific practice area
- Evaluates, selects, and applies standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for conventional projects with few complex features
- Collaboratively uses judgement to determine adaptations in methods for nonroutine aspects of assignments
- Works on small projects or portions of larger projects
- May review the technical output of team members
- Influences team and department decisions
- Disciplined lead and contributor to facilitate successful projects
- Possesses above average oral and written communication skills
- Represents the organization in communications and conferences pertaining to broad aspects of engineering assignments
- Works under minimum supervision
- Exercises independent judgment, innovates, and works autonomously
- Recognizes and implements significant design and workflow improvements
- Recognizes engineering and automation/amusement technology-related design and workflow improvements
Note: This list of responsibilities is inclusive; however, it is intended to be a guideline for activities.
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or closely related discipline, or an associate’s degree (2-year) with experience from accredited program (ABET/EAC)
- 5+ years’ work experience as a Mechanical Engineer
- Experienced with CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, Creo, NX, AutoCAD)
- Proficient in the application of standard and advanced engineering principles, practices, and procedures
- Has sufficient knowledge to supervise others
- Breadth and depth of experience to enterprise engineering problems
- Relies on extensive experience and judgment to accomplish tasks
- Able to quickly recognize and fix common engineering problems based on experience, including review and critique of others' work
- Able to lead discipline specific teams and influence project direction and progress
- Viewed as a technical expert in the department
- May serve as a mentor/coach for developing engineers
- Current or prior JR Automation experience, or experience in the automation industry is strongly preferred
- Travel required up to 20% including overnight and international
Disclaimer: JR Automation requires candidates to successfully complete a 10-panel drug screen, physical examination, and background check.
Company Overview:
At JR Automation, A Hitachi Group Company, we discover potential, reimagine limits, and advance industry. When faced with a problem, we find a solution. Together, we push what’s possible to automate for tomorrow.
Join our team of 2,000+ at one of our 20+ facilities around the world and be a part of the most experienced team of advanced automation integrators.
Fueled by Possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at JR Automation, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related discipline from an ABET/EAC-accredited program
- Associate’s degree from an accredited two-year ABET/EAC program combined with relevant experience
- At least 5 years of experience as a mechanical engineer
- Experience with CAD software such as SolidWorks, Creo, NX, or AutoCAD
- Proficiency in standard and advanced engineering principles, practices, and procedures
- Knowledge sufficient to supervise others and lead discipline-specific teams
- Ability to review and critique engineering work and resolve common engineering problems
- Ability to influence project direction and progress
- Automation industry experience or prior JR Automation experience
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%, including overnight and international travel
- Successful completion of a 10-panel drug screen, physical examination, and background check
What We Do
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world.
