Top Automation Engineer Jobs

Design, build, and maintain UFT-based automated test suites for PeopleSoft HCM. Automate functional, regression, integration, batch, report, and end-to-end tests; analyze results and logs; perform root-cause analysis; support test environment readiness; improve frameworks and documentation; assist with PeopleSoft Test Framework and evaluate Tricentis tools.

Engineering intern supporting digital manufacturing, process and machine control, automation projects, and Industry 4.0/5.0 initiatives. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers, working with PLCs, HMIs, sensors, networks, information systems, and industrial automation technologies, while contributing to production equipment digital infrastructure and future factory innovations.

Designs and maintains automation across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and on-premises infrastructure. Automates patching, STIG hardening, configuration validation, compliance workflows, and drift remediation using Python and Terraform. Develops GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines, integrates enterprise platforms through APIs, and converts manual infrastructure and runbook processes into auditable, testable automation. Collaborates with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and program stakeholders within an Agile/Scrum environment.

Serves as the strategic architect and technical lead for enterprise observability, APM, telemetry, and SRE ecosystems. Designs unified monitoring across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and legacy environments; establishes SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident-response practices; leads automation using Ansible, Terraform, Python, and GitOps; and develops secure, scalable telemetry pipelines. The role also leads FOAK implementations, monitoring migrations, vendor transitions, knowledge-transfer programs, major incident escalations, operational handoffs, and engineering-team mentoring.

Leads automation manufacturing engineering for rubber products across multiple sites. Defines and selects equipment, tooling, processes, layouts, standards, and capital investments; supports industrialization, product launches, continuous improvement, cost reduction, risk mitigation, and stable production. Provides technical authority, supplier coordination, KPI monitoring, training, and plant support while applying Lean and Six Sigma methods.

Lead design and delivery of enterprise integrations, automation, and AI-driven workflows across SaaS platforms. Architect scalable APIs, middleware, and conversational self-service experiences; partner with Security, Infrastructure, and Product; mentor engineers and drive long-term platform strategy, governance, and operational excellence.

Develop and own enterprise low-code/no-code applications, workflow automations, integrations, and AI-enabled solutions. Responsibilities include product roadmapping, Agile delivery, data modeling, ETL and migration, troubleshooting, system optimization, stakeholder collaboration, and process modernization. The role uses platforms such as Quickbase, Microsoft Power Platform, SAP integrations, RPA, AI agents, and AI coding assistants to deliver business applications and automation products.

Develop, configure, test, and commission PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, batch, alarm, historian, and industrial communication applications for nuclear reactor and fuel manufacturing facilities. Support FAT, SAT, loop checks, commissioning, troubleshooting, documentation, software configuration management, and safety logic testing under senior engineering direction. This early-career role emphasizes hands-on plant support, disciplined nuclear-quality records, code reviews, and progressive ownership of controls software.

Develop, configure, test, and commission PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, batch, safety, historian, and enterprise integration software for nuclear reactor and fuel manufacturing facilities. Own controls software scope from specifications through commissioning and long-term support, troubleshoot system faults, implement industrial cybersecurity, prepare FAT/SAT plans, maintain nuclear-quality documentation, and provide technical direction to contractors and junior engineers.

Supports manual and automated software testing, including test case development, functional and regression testing, performance testing, defect analysis, and QA planning. Collaborates with developers, architects, product owners, and business users in an Agile environment. Builds and improves automation frameworks, applies CI/CD and AI-assisted testing practices, researches testing tools, and contributes to quality engineering initiatives for global reinsurance platforms.

Integrates, commissions, troubleshoots, and optimizes automated manufacturing equipment, including PLCs, HMIs, robots, vision systems, networks, and safety controls. Supports equipment design reviews, FAT, SAT, installation, production launches, MES and SCADA integration, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, documentation, standards, and technical training. Collaborates with engineering, maintenance, operations, quality, IT/OT, suppliers, and machine integrators to improve safety, quality, throughput, uptime, and reliability.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for web applications. Execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing; integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines; analyze results and defects; manage test data; and collaborate with development, product, business analysis, and DevOps teams to improve test coverage, quality metrics, and testing efficiency.

Designs and operates enterprise observability, monitoring, telemetry, and automation solutions across infrastructure, applications, IoT platforms, and cloud environments. Responsibilities include managing Grafana and Instana ecosystems, dashboards, alerts, telemetry pipelines, incidents, RCA, databases, and platform health. Automates provisioning, monitoring deployment, remediation, and operational workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, and Puppet. Supports 24x7 operations, major incidents, ITIL processes, service onboarding, documentation, and cross-functional reliability initiatives.

Develop, test, troubleshoot, and support software integrations between warehouse robotics systems and customer platforms such as WMS, WCS, ERP, and middleware. Responsibilities include API and data-flow development, technical documentation, integration testing, UAT, deployment, root-cause analysis, and customer-facing go-live support. Collaborate with hardware, systems, field commissioning, project management, and customer teams. Provide on-site support at North American customer warehouses and travel up to 30%.

Leads manufacturing science and technology activities for analytical instrumentation, including production test planning, new product introduction, process industrialization, technology transfer, design-for-excellence, platform engineering, qualification strategies, root-cause investigations, and scalable assembly, calibration, and testing architectures. Collaborates with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and global sites to improve manufacturability, reliability, cost, quality, supply robustness, and launch readiness.

Leads automation engineering projects from requirements definition through equipment design, supplier selection, installation, verification, and implementation. Designs, programs, simulates, optimizes, and tests automated machinery using PLC and HMI systems. Analyzes equipment performance, reliability, quality issues, and production failures; develops solutions to improve process efficiency and reduce costs. Produces technical documentation and ensures compliance with applicable design, process, and safety standards.

Develop and maintain automation workflows for high-throughput biomanufacturing. Provide hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance for laboratory instruments and integrated automation systems, resolving mechanical, software, and system integration issues. Manage project timelines, coordinate internal resources, communicate across teams, and support technology transfer. The role requires experience with liquid-handling instruments and writing automation scripts or protocols for Tecan, Hamilton, and Thermo Momentum systems.

Designs, develops, tests, documents, and validates automated manufacturing systems for medical device production. Responsibilities include mechanical tooling and fixture design, automation cell development, facility layouts, process improvement, statistical analysis, risk assessment, quality documentation, and project leadership. The role serves as an automation subject matter expert, manages multiple projects, supports continuous improvement, mentors colleagues, and collaborates with geographically diverse stakeholders.

The Principal Automation Engineer will lead the design, delivery, and administration of data historian and integration platforms in pharmaceutical manufacturing, ensuring compliance with cGMP standards and successful project implementation.

Lead the development of production automation for satellite manufacturing, involving design, implementation, and mentorship of engineers while enhancing production reliability and efficiency.

Design, program, and troubleshoot electrical/control systems for membrane manufacturing equipment. Lead electrical documentation, vendor selection, contractor supervision, installation qualification, and continuous reliability improvements across design and manufacturing phases.

Develop and prototype AI/ML-driven automation for ASIC/SoC design and implementation, collaborating with academia and cross-functional teams to apply GenAI, RL, GNNs and CNNs to VLSI CAD flows, pilot solutions on real designs, and improve power, performance, area, and quality.

Develop and maintain LabVIEW-based test, metrology, and automation software for high-power laser test stations. Manage laser test data storage using SQL Server and SQLite, build visualization and reporting tools, and collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to improve test methods, throughput, and automation. The role requires hands-on experience with laboratory instrumentation, industrial equipment, optical test benches, and NI data acquisition hardware.

Supports development of automated manufacturing systems by releasing electromechanical designs, managing purchasing and vendors, sourcing components, reviewing designs and drawings, and maintaining project schedules and design-control activities. The role works on one to two concurrent projects in a production or light-manufacturing environment while following safety and quality requirements.

Deploy and optimize semiconductor EDA-to-ATE conversion flows using Velocity and related tools. Develop automation for STIL, WGL, EVCD, IJTAG, and SSN environments; support Advantest platforms; debug conversion, timing, protocol, and pattern issues; and create Python, Java, and related utilities. Collaborate with customer DFT and test engineering teams, support AI-assisted diagnostics and regression workflows, contribute to infrastructure improvements, and deliver global customer training and technical workshops.