As a Senior Factory Automation Engineer – Industrial Robotics for John Deere in Dubuque, IA, you will:
- Leads, plans, coordinates, and performs advanced professional controls engineering for Robotic and other manufacturing automated systems setup and improvement assignments of varied engineering tasks
- Provide technical guidance to engineers, technicians, support personnel, and contractors
- Manage and make decisions on automation projects for the department and work with cross functional team for execution
- Contribute to the design of engineering solutions
- Design the feasibility testing approach and supervise its implementation to support the development and validation of engineering solutions
- Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them.
- Up to 25% domestic and international travel required.
What Skills You Need
- 2 years of experience with Robot offline and online programing for complex weld structures for construction equipment. Design of engineering solutions; design the feasibility testing approach and involve in implementation to support the development and validation of engineering solutions. Deliver required outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with contract service providers while working within an established contract management plan
- 2 years of experience with Industrial Engineering for fabrication processes including setup, design process, Fabrication Line, layout for new products, run SAP transactions to setup processes and routings to enable production, and calculate the labor cost, time, and manpower requirements to build the new product or equipment. Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems change management programs to address them
- 2 years of experience with the Robotic Weld Programming to build prototype weld structure for construction equipment and troubleshooting of robotic systems on the shopfloor, installation and implementation of new robotic system in production. Contribute to the analysis of information and the specification of the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters
- 2 years of experience with weld method development to setup and develop Weld Procedures and methods for all new construction and agricultural products including Develop Operator training document, Weld Sequence, Drawing Review, and PFMEA
- 2 years of experience with fixture and tooling design to identify and design the tooling requirement to build the structure for all new construction equipment products, Fixture Modification and Build
Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Welding Engineering or a related field plus 6 years related experience.
What You’ll Get
At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you’ll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
- Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
- Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Tuition assistance
- Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
- Charitable contribution match
- Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
$110,000 – $120,000 per year + Benefits
