Robotics Technician

Tenneco · Angola, IN

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Level: Technician
Team: Controls
Industry: Automotive
Posted: 16 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level controls role at Tenneco (automotive) in Angola, IN. EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS YOU MAY SUPPORT.

Tools it names: Root cause, PLC, Robotics, Automation, Welding, Tooling

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How this role compares

Against 181 other live controls postings in the US.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: Not stated

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ PLC 57%
✓ Automation 55%
✓ Robotics 35%
Union environment 29%
✓ Root cause 25%
Team leadership 23%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Welding, New product launch, Tooling, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

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This plant: Tenneco in Angola

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About the role

Robotics Technicians at the Angola NVH facility keep robotic welding, material-handling, and assembly cells safe, repeatable, and productive. This hands-on role combines robot programming and recovery with troubleshooting of tooling, PLC interfaces, machine safety, welding equipment, vision, sensors, motion, and cell sequencing. You will work with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Production on breakdowns, chronic losses, launches, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

◆Provide technical support for robotic welding, material-handling, machine-tending, and automated assembly cells with safety, quality, and uptime as priorities.
◆Provide shift wide troubleshooting of ladder logic.
◆Assist in management of PLC related faults and diagnosis.
◆Provide work around and improvement insight for any logix related downtime identified during your shift.
◆Diagnose robot alarms and cell faults, safely recover equipment, and determine the root cause of repeated stops, collisions, lost positions, or sequence problems.
◆Teach and modify robot positions, paths, speeds, zones, frames, tool-center-point data, registers, I/O logic, and routines in accordance with plant change-control practices.
◆Maintain robot backups and support mastering, calibration, payload/tooling setup, battery replacement, and recovery after controller or mechanical work.
◆Troubleshoot robot-to-PLC handshakes, networked or discrete I/O, industrial Ethernet, interlocks, and sequence logic with maintenance and controls personnel.
◆Support robot and cell safety systems, including E-stops, gate interlocks, light curtains/scanners, safe zones or DCS functions where equipped, and approved teach-mode operation; apply LOTO when hazardous-energy isolation is required.
◆Troubleshoot end-of-arm tooling, grippers, clamps, weld guns and torches, dress packs, cables, sensors, valves, fixtures, positioners, and related pneumatic or hydraulic systems.
◆Support robotic MIG and resistance welding applications, including robot path, torch or gun alignment, wire-feed and weld-equipment interfaces, and coordination with process or weld engineering.
◆Support vision and measurement systems and help isolate whether a failure originates in the robot, PLC, tooling, sensor, communications, or process.
◆Improve cycle time, reliability, and repeatability; perform robot preventive maintenance; support launches and prove-out; document changes and train manufacturing or maintenance personnel on proper operation and recovery.
◆All other duties as assigned.

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Education and Experience

✓High school diploma or G.E.D. required.
✓Industrial robotics, automation, mechatronics, electrical, or related technical training is preferred; equivalent hands-on experience will be considered.
✓Three or more years of industrial robotics or automation experience is preferred. Strong candidates with less time but solid robot programming and troubleshooting experience will be considered.
✓Must be able to perform all internal levels up to Robotic Tech.

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Job Description – Robotics Technician

About tenneco

At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values–radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win–or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

How do we make it happen? Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

Want to learn more about who we are? Check out to discover the Tenneco Way .

Equipment & systems you may support

Candidates are not expected to have experience with every platform. Strong robot fundamentals, safe teach-mode practices, and the ability to troubleshoot the entire cell matter more than a checklist of brand names.

•FANUC and Yaskawa/Motoman industrial robots.
•Servo tooling and positioners, end-of-arm tooling, grippers, fixtures, and pneumatic or hydraulic devices.
•Controls & HMI: Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, SLC and PLC-5 systems; PanelView and other HMIs.
•Motors & motion: VFDs, servo drives, motors, encoders, sensors, machine I/O, remote I/O, and industrial Ethernet.
•MIG and resistance welding systems, weld guns and torches, wire-feed equipment, and related interfaces.
•Keyence vision, laser measurement, and automated inspection systems.
•Conveyors, dial tables, walking-beam transfers, and automated material-handling or assembly equipment.

Work Environment

•Office environment: artificial lighting, computers, telephones, desks, and temperature-controlled conditions.
•Manufacturing environment: machine and equipment noise, welding exhaust, metal-working fluid mist, non-controlled temperatures, moving equipment, and required use of PPE.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

•Hands-on robot programming and troubleshooting experience. FANUC experience is strongly preferred; Yaskawa/Motoman or similar industrial robot experience is transferable.
•Ability to troubleshoot a complete automated cell, including the robot, PLC interface, tooling, sensors, safety, communications, and process equipment.
•Working knowledge of robot frames, TCPs, I/O, program flow, mastering or calibration concepts, backups, recovery, and collision troublesh