Manufacturing Automation Engineer (Cobots)

Location: Warren, Michigan, United States; onsite full-time with regular travel of 25–50% or more, including overnight travel and extended plant assignments. Relocation benefits are not provided.

Company

hirify.global develops automotive products and pursues manufacturing improvements aligned with its vision of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.

What you will do

• Assess manufacturing processes and identify automation opportunities that improve safety, ergonomics, quality, cycle time, labor efficiency, uptime, and cost.
• Evaluate cobots, industrial robots, vision systems, controls, sensors, tooling, and related technologies, then define practical automation solutions.
• Lead turnkey projects from feasibility and concept through design, equipment build, installation, commissioning, validation, launch, sustainment, and closeout.
• Coordinate plant engineering, controls and automation, safety, ergonomics, quality, maintenance, suppliers, OEMs, and other stakeholders.
• Manage scopes, technical specifications, schedules, funding, supplier selection, risks, issues, dependencies, and project deliverables.
• Troubleshoot technical and process issues, perform root cause analysis, validate equipment capability, and prepare documentation, training, and transition to plant ownership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Five or more years of manufacturing experience in manufacturing execution, manufacturing engineering, controls, automation, process engineering, or continuous improvement.
• Experience implementing, launching, optimizing, or sustaining manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Experience leading projects from beginning to end and delivering manufacturing solutions in a plant or launch environment.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing stakeholders to solve technical problems and deliver results.
• Knowledge of manufacturing and assembly processes, equipment integration, lean manufacturing, standardized work, process improvement, safety principles, risk reduction, machine and cell integration, quality requirements, and process validation.
• Familiarity with controls, vision systems, sensors, tooling, robotics, automation software, Microsoft Office, and common engineering, project-management, data-analysis, and manufacturing tools.
• Strong communication, collaboration, facilitation, stakeholder-management, organization, prioritization, troubleshooting, recovery-planning, and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% or more, with travel increasing during equipment build, installation, and launch phases; ability to legally operate a motor vehicle regularly.

Nice to have

• Ten or more years of manufacturing experience and significant manufacturing launch or capital-project execution experience.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing sites, selecting and managing OEMs, suppliers, integrators, or vendors, and developing SORs, equipment specifications, project scopes, funding requests, or governance materials.
• Experience with equipment capability studies, repeatability, process validation, risk assessments, production readiness, personnel training, and transition to operational ownership.
• Direct experience designing, integrating, deploying, or sustaining collaborative robot applications and selecting between cobots and traditional industrial robots.
• Experience with robot integration or programming, vision systems, controls automation, sensors, tooling, and end-of-arm tooling.
• Experience leading automation projects from front-end feasibility through OEM development, installation, commissioning, launch, and sustainment.
• Experience improving safety, ergonomics, cycle time, labor efficiency, uptime, quality, process capability, or cost through automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with plant teams, engineering functions, suppliers, OEMs, leadership, and union stakeholders in a cross-functional manufacturing environment.
• GM promotes inclusion, customer commitment, innovation, urgency, teamwork, transparency, accountability, and integrity.
• Company vehicle provided after successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Report review.
• Employee benefits and total rewards are available from the first day.
• Immigration-related sponsorship is not available for this role, including H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, and J-1 support.

Hiring process

• Applicants may be required to complete role-related assessments and pre-employment screening.