Top Automation Engineer Jobs

Develops, modifies, and maintains automation programs for machines, robotics, integrations, and complete systems. Supports factory testing, documents controls standards, troubleshoots customer field issues, and assists service teams remotely and onsite. The role improves machine speed, capacity, reliability, functionality, and usability while collaborating with engineering, checkout, service, and production teams. Approximately 10% travel to customer sites is required.

Own the software infrastructure and physical execution of R&D lab testing. Develop Python-based evaluation GUIs and automation frameworks, run bench-top characterization of custom mmWave beamforming chips, and perform over-the-air testing to validate silicon performance.

Develop and maintain automated and manual test cases, scripts, and reusable test frameworks for enterprise applications. Execute functional, regression, API, database, performance, and end-to-end testing; track defects and risks through closure; maintain requirements traceability; support delivery pipeline adoption; and ensure compliance with quality standards. Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to interpret specifications, improve test coverage, and deliver reliable solutions.

Supports automation and controls projects in a live manufacturing facility. Assists with PLC, HMI, sensor, instrumentation, troubleshooting, testing, validation, documentation, and implementation activities. Collects and analyzes equipment and process performance data, identifies reliability improvements, and prepares technical drawings, reports, procedures, and project deliverables while collaborating with engineering, maintenance, and operations teams.

Build and maintain automated infrastructure, CI/CD, security scanning, and deployment workflows using AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, and SonarQube. Identify and eliminate manual operational toil through AI-assisted automation, troubleshoot production and pipeline incidents, document solutions, and improve developer tooling. Partner with the India-based DevOps team on standards, handoffs, and on-call practices while evaluating and executing tooling migrations with minimal disruption.

Design complex automated systems and robotic equipment using advanced mechanical engineering principles and CAD tools. Develop assemblies, production drawings, BOMs, I/O lists, P&IDs, and other technical documentation. Support projects from concept through production implementation while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams. Apply expertise in machine design, mechanisms, materials, GD&T, tolerance analysis, DFM/DFA, motion control, pneumatics, sensors, and actuators.

Design and model mechanical systems, components, automation equipment, test benches, and machines using Creo or SolidWorks. Perform FEA and CFD analysis, select materials and manufacturing processes, optimize designs for manufacturability, conduct prototype testing, and prepare technical documentation. Lead design reviews, collaborate with manufacturing and quality teams, manage project priorities, and drive continuous improvement while meeting safety, reliability, timeline, and budget requirements.

Design and automate high-performance aerospace PCB layouts across digital, analog, mixed-signal, high-speed, RF, and high-power applications. Develop eCAD libraries, configure Altium Enterprise Agile workflows, troubleshoot tools and processes, and ensure compliance with manufacturing standards. Create documentation, contribute DFM/DFA/DFT guidance and process improvements, and mentor junior personnel. Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, ERP/PLM, and enterprise computing teams to optimize PCB development.

Develop and maintain Intel’s asynchronous EDA design automation flow for neuromorphic silicon. Build algorithms, tools, utilities, scripts, and regression tests supporting RTL, verification, physical design, simulation, FPGA emulation, synthesis, and implementation. Create scalable frameworks for early software development and optimize custom low-power, high-performance designs. The role requires full ASIC lifecycle knowledge, multiple tape-outs, strong scripting skills, and experience using AI-assisted engineering tools.

Develop and evaluate AI/ML-driven automation for ASIC and VLSI design and implementation. Explore GenAI, reinforcement learning, graph neural networks, and convolutional networks to optimize power, performance, area, and quality. Build prototypes, pilot automation on real SoC and IP designs, and collaborate with architecture, design, verification, implementation, academic, and industry teams. Contribute to CAD methodologies, tools, and digital transformation initiatives for advanced automotive processors and microcontrollers.

Designs, develops, and maintains automated tests for instrument software, web, desktop, API, data pipeline, analytics, and AI-enabled applications. Builds automation frameworks, test data, environments, mocks, and simulators; integrates tests into CI workflows; investigates defects; reviews requirements for testability; executes verification plans under quality-system requirements; and collaborates with engineering, scientific, product, and quality teams.

Develop and scale Python-based web test automation, emphasizing API-level validation, efficient large-scale CI execution, and zero-flake reliability. Troubleshoot complex failures using logs, network captures, and backtraces; manage containerized and virtual test environments; optimize pipelines; and collaborate with developers on shift-left quality. The role also involves adopting AI-assisted tooling, maintaining automation frameworks, conducting code reviews, and establishing engineering standards.

Develop and maintain Python-based automated tests for Windows desktop applications. Build UI automation suites with WinAppDriver or Appium, manage Azure test environments, integrate testing into GitHub Actions, and write PowerShell setup scripts. Diagnose flaky tests and CI failures, document defects and test coverage, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with QA, development, and DevOps teams to support reliable releases.

Build AI-powered software automating hiring, finance, capital planning, contract analysis, and operational workflows. Develop production features using LLM APIs, MCP servers, and agentic frameworks; integrate enterprise systems; transform expert processes into structured data and generated work; and collaborate directly with finance, legal, recruiting, accounting, and delivery teams. The role emphasizes autonomy, rapid execution, product judgment, and forward deployment with business experts.

Supports the design, programming, commissioning, validation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of industrial automation and control systems in a regulated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include SCADA, PLC, historian, networking, documentation, system testing, vendor coordination, data collection, reporting, equipment integration, tech transfers, and operational support. The role collaborates with Facilities, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Validation teams and participates in future on-call support.

Design and deploy automated optical IQC/OQC test systems for high-volume manufacturing. Own opto-mechanical fixtures, instrumentation, motion control, machine vision, test software, data acquisition, MES integration, qualification, tool replication, and production ramp. Develop optical acceptance criteria, correlate subsystem results with lidar performance, and maintain yield, throughput, calibration, traceability, SPC, and gauge R&R. Travel to US and Asia manufacturing sites to support tester deployment and volume production.

Develop and scale automated test software and infrastructure for validating RF and satellite communications payloads. Control laboratory instrumentation, implement system and component test sequences, integrate hardware and software environments, debug failures, and improve test frameworks. Build reusable tools, support CI/CD integration, standardize testing across teams, and collaborate with hardware, systems, and software engineers to ensure scalable, reliable validation.

Supports automation systems in a GMP manufacturing facility, including PLC and HMI configuration, troubleshooting, testing, upgrades, industrial network integration, and data historian management. Maintains OT assets, patching records, backups, lifecycle plans, documentation, and validation records. Coordinates contractors, supports change control and commissioning, assesses risks, and collaborates with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Validation, and vendors to ensure reliable, compliant equipment operation.

Lead quality assurance for complex Calypso implementations by defining test strategies, plans, quality gates, and coverage. Build automated test frameworks using CATT, Selenium, JUnit, and Cucumber, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines. Coordinate integration, regression, performance, security, conversion, and user acceptance testing. Manage environments, test data, defects, traceability, metrics, reporting, and stakeholder communications across financial-services workflows.

Develop automated test scripts and strategies using Java and testing frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, and Rest Assured. Perform functional, regression, system, data, API, JSON, XML, and database testing; generate test data; validate results; document defects; and support Agile requirements in JIRA. The role requires collaboration throughout the software development lifecycle and hybrid work in Ashburn, Virginia.

Supports project engineering for new automated electromechanical systems in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include releasing designs into design control, sourcing components, managing purchasing and vendors, reviewing drawings and designs, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and maintaining project schedules. The role also requires compliance with quality and safety systems, analysis of machining and materials considerations, and collaboration with senior engineers across concurrent projects.

Designs and implements automation and control systems for cooling, CHP, and mission-critical plants. Responsibilities include PLC and HMI programming, controls component selection, network configuration, testing, commissioning, technical documentation, coordination with engineering and fabrication teams, customer training, and support for proposals. The role requires collaboration across disciplines and up to 30% travel to fabrication shops and customer job sites.

Develop and maintain Python-based network automation applications that connect to network devices, collect data, and implement configuration changes. Host and maintain web applications on Linux servers, support client projects, document automation practices, and provide technical expertise. The role also involves client briefings, project support, forecasting, quality compliance, and mentoring junior staff.

Supports PLC, SCADA, and HMI programming, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance for battery energy storage manufacturing equipment. Assists with equipment integration, process automation improvements, data acquisition, safety systems, documentation, operator training materials, and validation. Works onsite with Controls, Equipment, Process, and Maintenance Engineers while gaining hands-on industrial automation experience.

The Automation CSV Engineer supports validation, compliance, and testing for GMP automation systems, ensuring they remain compliant and operational. Responsibilities include documentation, testing, collaboration across teams, and maintaining regulatory standards.