Top Automation Engineer Jobs

Design and implement robotic automation and controls systems for aerospace manufacturing, including welding, fabrication, material handling, and inspection applications. Support production robots through simulation, offline programming, and deployment. Architect factory automation solutions that improve speed, quality, reliability, and efficiency. Develop industrial safety systems, assess technical risks, create electrical and pneumatics schematics, and collaborate with mechanical, manufacturing, and design engineers.

Lead the architecture and development of Sonar’s marketing technology infrastructure. Design scalable marketing data models, SQL and ETL pipelines, custom SFMC code, personalization logic, landing pages, and API integrations. Maintain data hygiene, platform security, privacy compliance, automation performance, deliverability, and system uptime. Partner with data, DevOps, and security teams while evaluating AI-driven marketing technologies and next-generation platforms.

Own NVIDIA’s config-as-code foundation for its EDA compute farm. Design LSF deployment schemas, build federated deployment pipelines with staged rollout and rollback, eliminate configuration drift, and create regression testing for scheduled LSF upgrades. Partner with an LSF specialist to encode scheduler expertise into templates and policies. The role also requires infrastructure automation, GitOps at scale, tooling development in Go, Python, and shell, and management of stateful production infrastructure.

Develops automated quality, integration, validation, regression, performance, SIL, and HIL testing for simulation, digital twin, robotics, and autonomy workflows. Builds test frameworks, CI/CD integrations, fixtures, metrics, dashboards, and release evidence across cloud, on-premises, GPU, and embedded environments. Partners with engineering teams on defect analysis, requirements traceability, test coverage, documentation, and continuous quality improvement.

Designs and maintains automated testing frameworks for ATM applications, transaction systems, middleware, and hardware integrations. Builds functional, API, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites; validates ATM devices and transactions; integrates testing into CI/CD pipelines; analyzes results and performs root cause analysis. Collaborates with engineering, product, QA, and infrastructure teams to resolve defects and improve quality engineering practices. Requires on-call support and work onsite at least three days weekly in Portland or Irving.

Designs, deploys, troubleshoots, and automates large-scale enterprise network infrastructure. Responsibilities include WAN and SD-WAN operations, routing, network security, Kubernetes networking, infrastructure automation, configuration management, monitoring, and technical documentation. The engineer uses Python, Ansible, APIs, Linux, and network operating systems to deliver scalable, secure, repeatable solutions while collaborating with architects, vendors, customers, and engineering teams.

Develop and maintain automated integration, verification, and regression testing for spacecraft flight software. Create requirements-based test cases, frameworks, and scripts using Python, C, or C++. Test software across SIL, HIL, and flight-representative environments; validate command and telemetry processing, mode and fault management, and performance. Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoot defects, analyze results, maintain test infrastructure, and support verification reporting, configuration management, and mission readiness activities.

Develop, test, deploy, and support software tools and methodologies for ASIC design automation. Automate synthesis, place-and-route, verification, and other IC development processes using scripting and C/C++. Debug tool and design-flow issues, support engineers globally, collaborate with EDA vendors, and create documentation and training. The role requires digital logic and Verilog knowledge, software development skills, and understanding of timing and power analysis.

Designs, configures, validates, installs, commissions, and supports power system automation, protection, and control systems. Develops system architectures, engineering studies, specifications, test documentation, and commissioning records. Works with IEDs, SCADA, communication protocols, HMI systems, and real-time logic controllers. Provides customer training and technical support while collaborating with project managers and engineering teams. Requires at least two years of experience and at least 20% domestic travel.

The Controls Automation Engineer will resolve automation issues, develop best practices, assist in design and implementation of automation in food processing lines, and mentor others.

Maintains and supports industrial automation systems, including PLCs, HMIs, networks, databases, hardware, software, and control systems. Delivers automation projects from specification through validation, diagnoses malfunctions, develops documentation, trains operators and maintenance staff, performs root-cause analysis, and drives process improvements while ensuring regulatory and company compliance.

Owns deployment, configuration, reliability, and evolution of mixed-signal EDA environments. Develops AI-enabled automation primarily in Python with Tcl or Cadence SKILL, configures tools and PDKs, qualifies supported versions, maintains reproducible flows, and resolves workflow issues in collaboration with CAD, infrastructure, and design teams.

Supports the development, validation, troubleshooting, and improvement of automated manufacturing equipment and processes in a medical device environment. Assists with equipment qualification, technical documentation, controls projects, risk assessments, process flows, tooling design, FDA-related documentation, and Lean manufacturing initiatives while collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, and project management teams.

Designs and delivers reusable platform automation for AWS-based enterprise services, including databases, middleware, messaging, integration, and shared platforms. Builds Terraform modules, infrastructure-as-code patterns, CI/CD pipelines, self-service workflows, and lifecycle automation. Partners with engineering, security, cloud, and architecture teams to improve developer experience, reliability, compliance, and delivery consistency. Troubleshoots complex provisioning and automation issues, documents standards, contributes to Agile delivery, and mentors engineers.

Lead the architecture, integration, commissioning, and verification of autonomous laboratory automation platforms. Translate scientific workflows into executable automated processes involving robotics, instruments, control software, interfaces, and data systems. Define AI-to-execution interfaces, engineer unattended operation and recovery capabilities, establish reusable engineering standards, and transition validated systems into routine Lab Operations. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and coordinate vendors and system integrators.

Supports SCADA, PI Historian, Ignition, and automation control systems at a manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include designing, developing, implementing, operating, and maintaining instrument, electrical, and automation systems; modeling system behavior; developing controllers; supporting advanced projects; and making project-level decisions. The role requires adherence to GxP regulations, SOPs, documentation, quality controls, training, and continuous improvement. It is onsite in Fort Worth, Texas, with no travel and no sponsorship assistance.

Provides technical leadership and hands-on support for global manufacturing automation and process-control systems. Responsibilities include designing, commissioning, validating, troubleshooting, and optimizing DCS, PLC/HMI, SCADA, instrumentation, and automation systems. Leads Industry 4.0 initiatives involving IIoT, connected equipment, real-time monitoring, data pipelines, dashboards, historians, and secure OT/IT integration. Collaborates with IT, operations, engineering, and vendors while supporting continuous improvement and 24/7 manufacturing operations.

Design, integrate, commission, and improve production automation for aircraft, batteries, docks, and flight-critical subsystems. The role owns equipment requirements, vendor coordination, tooling design, factory-floor debugging, acceptance testing, operator training, and production deployment. Success is measured through cycle-time, uptime, first-pass yield, maintainability, and cost improvements. The engineer collaborates across design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, testing, and field operations, with regular onsite work, occasional off-hours commissioning, and up to 15% travel.

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 and project leaders. Performs onsite implementation and physical commissioning duties at client locations, documents work, identifies conflicts, and develops expertise in automation technologies and system security.

Supports the design, programming, configuration, modification, testing, and commissioning of industrial automation systems. Works with PLCs, HMIs, and IT/OT networking while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and clients. Performs onsite implementation and physical duties, documents work, adapts to changing project needs, and learns industrial processes and automation technologies.

Assists with designing, programming, configuring, testing, and commissioning industrial automation systems. Works with PLCs, HMIs, existing programs, display objects, and industrial processes while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Performs delegated onsite implementation work, identifies conflicts, documents activities, and travels to client sites for automation system testing and commissioning.

Assists with designing, programming, configuring, modifying, testing, and commissioning industrial automation systems using PLCs and HMIs. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to understand client processes, performs onsite implementation work, documents activities, and learns IT/OT networking and system security. The role requires adaptability, organization, technology aptitude, and willingness to travel to client sites and perform physical duties.

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. Travels to client sites to perform implementation and commissioning activities under project leadership.

Supports process control system integration projects from design through implementation. Under supervision, performs project tasks and programs, configures, tests, and commissions PLC- and HMI-based control systems. Maintains quality standards, follows safety and client policies, and contributes to continuous improvement by exploring emerging automation and AI-enabled technologies.

Supports process control system integration projects under supervision, including PLC and HMI programming, configuration, testing, and commissioning. Performs assigned project tasks within scope, schedule, and budget constraints while following safety and quality standards. The intern also learns automation best practices, electrical fundamentals, Allen-Bradley products, and emerging AI-enabled tools for improving workflows, troubleshooting, and system performance.