Automation & Assembly Process Engineer
Freudenberg · Morganfield, KY
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 17 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Freudenberg (industrial) in Morganfield, KY. Develop, validate, and optimize the integrated assembly process and automation sequence.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC, Robotics, Automation, EHS / safety
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About the role
Responsibilities
- ◆Develop, validate, and optimize the integrated assembly process and automation sequence.
- ◆Own gantry, robotic, PLC/HMI, servo, sensor, vision, AI-inspection, and automated material-handling performance from commissioning through serial production.
- ◆Define and validate operating sequences, safety interlocks, error proofing, fault handling, manual recovery, and controlled restart modes.
- ◆Lead FAT, SAT, machine runoff, installation, commissioning, debug, Run@Rate, and production handover activities.
- ◆Drive throughput, automation uptime, labor efficiency, cycle-time, MTBF, MTTR, and false-reject improvements.
- ◆Coordinate supplier technical actions, software and mechanical changes, punch-list closure, documentation, and release evidence.
- ◆Develop backup and contingency concepts that protect delivery when automation or an assembly module is unavailable.
- ◆Maintain controls standards, backup files, change logs, spare-parts requirements, and technical training materials.
- ◆Support process simulation and the future digital-twin development approach with accurate machine logic and production data.
- ◆Partner with Vulcanization, Maintenance, Quality, Production, IT/OT, EHS, and supplier teams to ensure stable end-to-end flow with no uncontrolled WIP.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Automation, Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Controls Engineering.
- ✓Five or more years of experience with automated automotive manufacturing or comparable industrial systems.
- ✓Hands-on experience with PLCs, HMIs, industrial robots, servo motion, sensors, safety circuits, industrial networks, and vision systems.
- ✓Experience with equipment commissioning, supplier management, machine acceptance, and production launches.
- ✓Ability to read electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, and controls documentation and lead multidisciplinary troubleshooting.
- ✓Systems thinking and equipment integration.
- ✓Structured troubleshooting under production pressure.
- ✓Supplier and change-control management.
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