Automation Engineer

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 7 : 00 AM

Are you ready to engineer automation that makes a real impact? At Amphenol Industrial in Mesa, AZ, we're looking for an Automation Engineer to help design and sustain cutting-edge assembly and test solutions for our high-volume, high-mix connector manufacturing. In this role, you'll partner with cross-functional teams to boost safety, quality, delivery, and cost efficiency — all while keeping our production lines running at peak performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Own concept to ramp for automated assembly and test equipment : requirements (URS), vendor selection, RFQs, design reviews, FAT / SAT, installation, validation, and handover
• Architect PLC / HMI, motion, robotics, and vision systems for processes such as pin / terminal forming and insertion, crimping, press fit, heat staking, ultrasonic / laser welding, adhesive / potting, screwdriving, soldering, laser marking, and 100% in line inspection
• Specify and integrate feeders (vibratory / flexible), servo / pneumatic actuators, tooling, sensors, conveyors, fixtures, and poka yoke
• Program PLCs, HMIs, motion, and safety PLCs
• Deploy and program robots / cobots and machine vision for guidance and inspection
• Connect equipment to MES / SCADA for traceability, barcode / 2D data matrix / RFID, OEE, and real time analytics. Use SPC / DOE / MSA for process capability
• Lead PFMEA, control plans, process validation (IQ / OQ / PQ), PPAP / FAIR as applicable (IATF 16949, ISO 9001)
• Ensure electrical and machine safety compliance, ESD, and LOTO. Partner with EHS on guarding and ergonomics
• Troubleshoot chronic downtime, reduce MTTR / MTBF issues, and drive root cause / corrective actions
• Lead kaizen, SMED, standard work, and 5S to improve throughput, yield, and changeover.
• Create documentation (SOPs, schematics, PLC / HMI backups, BOMs), train technicians and operators, and mentor junior engineers
• Manage spares strategy and CMMS inputs with Maintenance
• Identify opportunity to improve efficiency, machine up time, cycle time reduction by improving program or stronger the machine learning

Qualifications :

About the Company :

Amphenol Industrial Operations, headquartered in Endicott, New York with global manufacturing, sales and marketing locations, specializes in delivering a comprehensive range of high-reliability power and signal connectors along with interconnection systems designed specifically for industrial applications. Our solutions cater to diverse industrial sectors such as alternative energy, power generation and storage, rail and mass transit, process control, automotive manufacturing, heavy equipment, wireless base stations, and petrochemical industries.

Disclaimer :

This job description reflects the general nature and level of work expected for this role. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, skills, or qualifications. Management may assign additional tasks or modify responsibilities as needed to meet business needs.

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