Top Automation Engineer Jobs

Supports maintenance, troubleshooting, programming, commissioning, and reliability improvement for material handling automation systems. Works with PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, SCADA, industrial networks, conveyors, sortation equipment, scanners, and control systems. Escalates automation issues, coordinates vendors and technology installations, supports capital projects, monitors performance metrics, and communicates technical impacts and project timelines to operations and maintenance leadership.

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Leads automation and process-control engineering for terminal upgrades, migrations, maintenance, and lifecycle management. Responsibilities include configuring, programming, monitoring, and troubleshooting DCS, SIS, and PLC systems; developing technical designs and specifications; coordinating vendors and stakeholders; supporting HAZOP/PHA activities; reviewing installation and testing; managing project scope and schedules; and ensuring safety, cybersecurity, regulatory, and operational standards are met.

Provides Site Reliability Engineering for automation services, maintaining infrastructure and automation code, CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and monitoring systems. Serves as the highest escalation point for production incidents, leads root cause analysis, designs scalable and secure platform improvements, and manages or reviews DevOps Engineers’ work. The role also owns production standards, documentation, reliability, performance, and operational best practices in a 24/7 environment.

Develop and maintain automated scripts for form submission and data-input testing using JavaScript and Node.js. Improve testing quality, execution time, accuracy, infrastructure, and scripting practices. Maintain technical documentation, gather user feedback, and collaborate with the software team. The role requires familiarity with browser automation, testing tools, Git, Jira, Agile practices, API tools, AWS, and related monitoring technologies.

Designs, develops, executes, and maintains UiPath automated testing solutions for SAP environments and related systems. Translates manual test cases and business processes into reusable, parameterized workflows for integration, regression, smoke, negative, and end-to-end testing. Configures test data, checkpoints, exception handling, logging, and evidence capture; analyzes failures, distinguishes application from automation defects, updates scripts, reports results, and supports Orchestrator monitoring, documentation, demonstrations, and knowledge transfer.

Leads the design, development, and deployment of scalable, reliable software and infrastructure solutions. Builds AI agents, automation workflows, observability integrations, and monitoring systems using technologies including C++, Python, Java, Claude, Codex, BigPanda, ITMP, and Prometheus. Collaborates across teams, drives engineering standards, mentors junior engineers, and manages complex end-to-end projects.

Develop and enhance test strategies and automation for NVIDIA embedded software. Build autonomous agentic AI verification systems, collaborate across development and customer teams, analyze issues to the code level, root-cause defects, and deliver fixes. The role requires large-scale Python or C++ development, embedded systems and automotive sensor experience, Linux proficiency, and Git or Perforce expertise.

Designs, deploys, and operates network automation systems across corporate, campus, HPC, manufacturing, and laboratory environments. Responsibilities include zero-touch provisioning, configuration generation, validation, automated production changes, health checks, drift detection, incident triage, CI/CD, observability, and source-of-truth platforms. The engineer will also develop governed LLM- and agent-based network tools, collaborate across infrastructure teams, document solutions, and mentor engineers. Requirements include extensive network engineering experience, Python-based automation, routing and switching expertise, and multi-vendor networking knowledge.

Develop and enhance test strategies and automation systems for NVIDIA embedded software. Build autonomous, AI-enhanced verification agents and pipelines, analyze and root-cause defects to the code level, collaborate across engineering and customer-facing teams, and drive software quality across functional and performance testing.

Designs, commissions, and maintains automation and control systems for investment-casting equipment. Responsibilities include PLC programming, HMI/SCADA/MES integration, manufacturing data systems, sensor-based condition monitoring, predictive analytics, electrical and fluid system design, safety-system implementation, component selection, and equipment troubleshooting. The role supports production optimization, quality inspection, reliability, and uptime while managing control-panel builds, field wiring, and industrial equipment integration.

Design, build, deploy, and maintain AI-enabled applications and automation tools that improve engineering workflows. Develop LLM assistants, AI agents, document intelligence, developer productivity utilities, and enterprise integrations. Establish evaluation, monitoring, security, privacy, access-control, and responsible AI practices. Collaborate with engineering, security, IT, governance, and business teams to move AI prototypes into reliable production solutions.

Manufacturing Engineer responsible for improving production processes, quality, productivity, and efficiency. The role establishes manufacturing and time standards, investigates root causes, implements tooling and automation improvements, evaluates equipment, coordinates vendors and Purchasing, supports equipment introductions, and provides technical documentation, training, and guidance. Requires collaboration across departments, continuous improvement, safety, and ISO compliance, along with domestic and international travel as business needs require.

Own and improve IT automation across onboarding, offboarding, device logistics, identity, and business workflows. Manage Workato recipes, connections, monitoring, alerts, and failure response while building Okta, Jira, and Rovo workflows. Establish IT-as-code practices using Terraform, CI/CD, Python, Bash, and Linux. Partner with Security Operations and Business Applications, maintain at least 99% flow reliability, document runbooks, investigate root causes, and report reliability metrics to leadership.

Designs, deploys, and supports enterprise IT automation for infrastructure management, configuration, software deployment, hybrid cloud operations, and process improvement. Develops scripts, workflows, and tooling; maintains code repositories; troubleshoots complex systems; evaluates technologies; and collaborates with security, network, and application teams. The role also documents standards, gathers requirements, monitors performance, and supports secure, reliable technology operations.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, monitors, and maintains RPA solutions across their full lifecycle. Translates business requirements into scalable workflows, integrates automations with enterprise systems, ensures data integrity, troubleshoots failures, and maintains technical documentation. Collaborates with technical and non-technical stakeholders while using Agile, DevSecOps, or structured software development practices. The role supports federal financial management operations remotely and requires a Secret clearance or higher.

Leads automation project engineering from design through commissioning. Responsibilities include advising customers, researching SEL and third-party equipment, developing control logic and network configurations, reviewing electrical drawings, certifying deliverables, supporting factory testing and field commissioning, and coordinating project schedules and execution. The role requires expertise with industrial communication protocols, SCADA, HMI applications, and electrical schematics, plus at least 25% domestic and international travel.

Designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines, DevOps infrastructure, automated testing frameworks, and validation pipelines for mission-critical cyber operations systems. Supports software integration, deployment, lifecycle management, and scalable development and test environments. Evaluates DevOps, containerization, and automation technologies; creates technical documentation; and collaborates with developers, cybersecurity analysts, and mission stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure, high-performance solutions.

Develops, scales, transfers, and improves thin-film solar manufacturing processes and equipment in a 24/7 environment. Responsibilities include process experimentation, data analysis, troubleshooting, equipment qualification, continuous improvement, process documentation, cross-functional collaboration, OEM coordination, and technical mentoring. The role uses statistical and Six Sigma methods, SQL, Python, JMP, and Power BI to improve safety, throughput, yield, and performance. Travel is approximately 10%–20%.

Develops, scales, transfers, and sustains thin-film solar manufacturing processes and automation in a 24/7 environment. Responsibilities include qualifying equipment, troubleshooting mechanical and process issues, executing experiments, analyzing process data, improving safety, throughput, yield, and performance, and collaborating with equipment suppliers and cross-functional teams. The role also documents control plans and work instructions, supports Six Sigma improvements, mentors junior personnel, and provides technical training.

Design electrical distribution, automation, controls, SCADA, instrumentation, and control panel systems for municipal water and wastewater facilities. Prepare engineering drawings, P&IDs, specifications, schematics, layouts, bills of materials, and submittal packages. Collaborate with integrators, project managers, and multidisciplinary teams, periodically visit client sites, and help maintain design standards and code compliance.

Designs and maintains automated UI, workflow, API, integration, and regression test suites integrated with CI/CD pipelines. Develops load, stress, endurance, concurrency, recovery, and reliability tests using tools such as Selenium and Locust. Analyzes performance metrics, identifies bottlenecks, publishes test evidence and release recommendations, and coaches development and QA teams. Work supports secure IL-5 and IL-6 government environments and requires Secret clearance or eligibility.

Lead the Flight Test Automation Pod and establish technical direction for automated testing of autonomous drones. Design scalable frameworks and CI/CD pipelines spanning mobile, browser, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and real-world flight testing. Apply AI-assisted workflows to test generation, failure triage, and flight-log analysis. Define coverage metrics, improve test strategy, mentor engineers, and partner with software, flight test, and reliability teams to improve product quality and release confidence.

Supports maintenance and operations by troubleshooting, programming, commissioning, and improving material-handling automation systems. Maintains PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, SCADA, industrial networks, conveyors, sortation equipment, and electrical controls. Escalates automation issues, monitors equipment metrics, coordinates vendors and technology installations, supports capital projects, and communicates technical impacts and timelines. May mentor technicians and assist with control-system reliability improvements in a warehouse environment.

The Automation Engineer supports manufacturing systems, troubleshoots automation issues, ensures compliance with regulations, and documents technical operations in a GMP environment.