Automation Engineer – Warehouse Automation (Robotics)

Location: Plymouth, Michigan, United States; onsite

Company

hirify.global is hiring an automation engineering specialist for manufacturing, intralogistics, warehouse distribution, and fulfillment operations.

What you will do

• Identify automation opportunities that can be standardized and scaled across processes and plants.
• Assess feasibility and lead automation projects from concept through industrialization, installation, validation, and deployment.
• Develop and enforce equipment and process standards, including specifications, sourcing, design reviews, run-off, qualification, and installation.
• Lead deployment of autonomous forklifts, AMRs, goods-to-person systems, robotic picking, and humanoid robotics for warehouse and fulfillment use cases.
• Integrate mobile robotics and fulfillment automation with WMS, WES, MES, fleet management software, barcode/RFID systems, and plant IT infrastructure.
• Qualify suppliers, drive performance reviews, support automation issues, coach AME teams, and manage equipment cost estimates and capital planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least five years of industry experience and a demonstrated ability to lead automation projects through implementation.
• Experience installing and commissioning automated equipment, including robotic assembly cells and test systems.
• Knowledge of PLC programming and troubleshooting, preferably Allen Bradley, plus controls systems, HMI programming, robot cell design, and industrial networking.
• Experience with autonomous material handling, navigation, traffic management, safety zoning, risk assessment, and integration with warehouse and plant systems.
• Ability to create two-dimensional CAD layouts, solve technical problems, manage projects, and work with controls and IT teams on network topology.

Nice to have

• Automotive interiors or seating product experience.
• Warehouse distribution and fulfillment automation experience.
• Software or application development experience.
• Experience evaluating emerging robotics platforms, including humanoid robots.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position based at the Central Tech Unit in Plymouth, Michigan.
• Opportunity to work across manufacturing, intralogistics, warehouse distribution, and fulfillment automation.
• Collaboration with central IT, business unit IT, equipment controls teams, AME teams, and external equipment suppliers.