Top Automation Engineer Jobs

Leads quality engineering for large-scale networking and distributed software solutions. Designs automation frameworks, integrates testing into CI/CD, validates performance, resilience, interoperability, scalability, and recovery, and drives complex root-cause investigations. Partners with customers and cross-functional teams on solution validation, architecture, and operational readiness. Provides technical leadership, mentors engineers, establishes quality practices, and advances automation, observability, reliability, and customer outcomes.

Provides enterprise-level technical leadership for electrical, controls, PLC, SCADA, industrial networking, and automation systems in highly automated manufacturing environments. Troubleshoots complex equipment failures, optimizes PLC programs, supports industrial networks and manufacturing data systems, develops permanent reliability improvements, and mentors engineering and technical teams. The role serves as a technical authority for root-cause analysis, system integration, machine safety, automation architecture, and production equipment performance.

Provides enterprise-level technical leadership for electrical, controls, PLC, SCADA, industrial networking, and automation systems in highly automated manufacturing environments. Troubleshoots complex equipment failures, modifies and validates PLC programs, improves reliability, supports OT connectivity and manufacturing data integration, establishes technical standards, and mentors engineering and technician teams. Serves as the senior escalation point for complex controls and electrical issues and drives root-cause solutions.

Designs and develops enterprise automation for database platforms, with a primary focus on Oracle. Automates provisioning, patching, monitoring, compliance, remediation, backup, recovery, and operational workflows using Python, Linux scripting, Ansible, APIs, and CI/CD. Supports Oracle enterprise technologies and expands automation across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB. Provides technical leadership, mentorship, troubleshooting, reporting, dashboard development, and process improvement for highly available production environments.

Develop and support full-stack software for network automation across the software development lifecycle. Build services and web features using Node.js, React, and Python; apply Agile, CI/CD, TDD, cloud development, resiliency, observability, and secure coding practices. Collaborate with engineering and stakeholder teams, participate in code reviews, use AI-assisted coding tools, and deliver reliable production solutions.

Build and operate production-grade AI-powered security automation, including agent orchestration, API integrations, data pipelines, remediation workflows, CI/CD security gates, dashboards, observability, and reliability controls. Lead technical direction for security tooling, mentor engineers, and collaborate with security and engineering teams to automate vulnerability remediation and improve operational outcomes.

Performs manual and automated testing for iOS and Android applications, develops test plans and regression suites, maintains mobile automation frameworks, integrates tests into CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoots defects using logs and crash reports, and validates APIs, security, accessibility, and mobile architectures. Collaborates with agile engineering teams to improve test coverage, reliability, and development practices, including responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools.

Leads automation strategy and implementation across Austin manufacturing facilities. Identifies opportunities, develops ROI cases and roadmaps, partners with engineering and operations teams, manages vendors and integrators, and leads automation projects from requirements through commissioning and sustainment. Drives documentation, training, operational readiness, and continuous improvement focused on throughput, quality, cost, safety, and ergonomics.

Designs, validates, and optimizes manual and automated manufacturing processes. Implements PLC, HMI, SCADA, robotics, sensors, and instrumentation; develops 3D CAD designs, control panels, fixtures, and electrical schematics. Creates SOPs and maintenance procedures, applies Lean Manufacturing and AI-driven predictive analytics, and leads automation engineering projects from concept through deployment while meeting safety and technical standards.

Designs and maintains advanced threat detections across cloud, identity, endpoint, database, and application environments. Administers Splunk Enterprise Security, resolves telemetry and data-ingestion issues, onboards security data sources, and develops logging standards and monitoring controls. Contributes to Detection-as-Code through version control, automated testing, and CI/CD. Improves detection coverage, alert accuracy, telemetry quality, and operational effectiveness while mentoring junior engineers and partnering across cybersecurity and technology teams.

Develops and maintains secure, scalable software solutions as an automation engineer. Responsibilities include designing automation frameworks, writing production-quality Java and test code, troubleshooting technical issues, creating architecture artifacts, analyzing data for application improvements, and using AI-assisted development tools responsibly. The role requires experience with automated testing, CI/CD, Agile methodologies, REST APIs, defect management, and software development lifecycle practices. Preferred experience includes cloud, AI, and load-testing technologies.

Designs, develops, and implements PLC, robotics, and automation control systems for high-volume manufacturing. Leads technology development projects, equipment selection, installation, testing, troubleshooting, and process optimization. Collaborates with global engineering, manufacturing, IT/OT, and robotics teams while implementing Industry 4.0, IoT, MES, machine learning, and analytics solutions. Provides technical documentation, standards, best practices, and manufacturing support across Magna Exteriors.

Develop and implement automation and data-driven solutions for photolithography, overlay, critical dimension uniformity, and patterning challenges. Partner with process development teams, global technology development sites, internal stakeholders, and vendors to improve photo automation systems. Define hardware and software requirements, standardize methods across sites, and deliver production-ready solutions using statistical, data modeling, and AI techniques.

Leads organization-wide product security response architecture and software system development for AI and automation initiatives. Evaluates technologies, designs multi-platform architectures, reviews projects for security and development compliance, mitigates failure risks, influences executive and external stakeholders, and mentors engineers. The role requires deep software architecture expertise, testing methodology experience, innovation, strong communication, and 10+ years of experience.

Develop and deploy production-ready software, microservices, APIs, and AI-enabled automation for T-Mobile Core and IP network services. Automate provisioning, configuration, testing, monitoring, issue resolution, and operational workflows. Collaborate with software, network, and AI engineers; integrate IT and network platforms; support CI/CD, testing, documentation, and reliable production delivery. Apply engineering judgment to AI-generated code and contribute to intelligent operations, technology strategy, and continuous improvement.

Designs, installs, commissions, tests, and troubleshoots instrumentation, control, and SCADA systems for water and wastewater facilities. Collaborates with IT, engineering, and operations teams; manages projects and teams; ensures quality control; configures instrumentation; supports startup and testing; and participates in rotating 24/7 on-call troubleshooting. Requires PLC, SCADA, and OIT programming experience across various Rockwell, GE, Ignition, and Wonderware platforms.

Build and deploy AI-powered automation workflows for marketing, growth, content, sales collateral, social distribution, and community operations. Responsibilities include auditing existing processes, automating blog production and publishing, encoding brand voice, integrating platform APIs, implementing human approval steps, documenting workflows, and handing them off to the team.

Develops and maintains automation systems in a manufacturing plant, including PLC and HMI programs, process servers, and process networks. Responsibilities include preventive maintenance, troubleshooting equipment malfunctions, integrating new equipment and processes, supporting plant IT systems, improving reliability and production efficiency, training maintenance employees, and communicating controls changes to production personnel. Safety, policy compliance, and cross-department collaboration are also required.

Leads automation projects across multiple manufacturing sites, identifying opportunities, defining scopes, managing suppliers, preparing financial justifications and capital requests, procuring equipment, and implementing process improvements. Provides troubleshooting support for automated systems, PLCs, HMIs, and robotic programs while coordinating best practices across facilities. Requires extensive travel, project management, manufacturing automation experience, and collaboration with finance, leadership, and suppliers.

Supports the design, programming, configuration, modification, testing, and commissioning of industrial automation systems. Works with PLCs, HMIs, industrial processes, and IT/OT networking while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Performs delegated onsite work at client locations, including implementation and system commissioning, and documents project activities.

Leads electrical, instrumentation, controls, and automation design projects. Develops instrumentation indexes, process instrumentation specifications, loop diagrams, wiring drawings, MCC one-lines, control schematics, installation details, control panels, and PLC/HMI programs. Supports P&ID development and cost estimates, coordinates with clients and multidisciplinary teams, and performs drawing and specification reviews. Requires chemical or manufacturing design experience, engineering education, PLC/HMI proficiency, and knowledge of applicable electrical codes.

Develop and maintain Allen-Bradley PLC logic, Ignition SCADA applications, HMI interfaces, alarms, trends, and industrial system integrations for mission-critical data centers. Support EPMS, industrial networking, commissioning, factory testing, troubleshooting, system architecture, and technical documentation. Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and IT/OT teams while resolving control and communication issues in live environments.

Develop and support network automation solutions across enterprise infrastructure. Build ServiceNow workflows, Python automation, REST API integrations, GitLab repositories, and CI/CD pipelines supporting provisioning, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, governance, and compliance. Integrate SD-WAN, routing, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, and cloud networking technologies. Troubleshoot issues, participate in code reviews and Agile releases, assist teammates, and maintain technical documentation and production support procedures.

Leads architecture, development, integration, and support for automation, monitoring, DevOps, container, cloud, and developer enablement capabilities. Develops Python automation, supports AWS and OpenShift deployments using Terraform, evaluates technology platforms, leads root-cause investigations, establishes operational processes, and provides technical guidance. The role may supervise a small team, mentor employees, and coordinate multiple projects while ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, performant, and supportable.

Lead enterprise network security architecture, governance modernization, and cybersecurity strategy across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Design automated governance capabilities using Policy-as-Code, Process-as-Code, workflow optimization, and AI-assisted security analysis. Establish measurable methods for evaluating controls, policy compliance, risk, and governance maturity while influencing executives, architects, engineers, and business stakeholders. The role is fully onsite Monday through Friday and requires approximately 10% travel.