About this role
Job Title:
Equipment Engineer
Job Description:
The Role:
• Design, procure, implement, and validate advanced automation and capital equipment to unlock
• Develop new automated equipment by coordinating its design, purchase, or construction, ensuring manufacturability, reliability, and lifecycle cost efficiency.
• Establish and deploy globally standardized equipment platforms across sites to ensure consistent performance, simplified maintenance, shared spares, and accelerated technology.
• Enable production expansion at each site by driving the development and introduction of capacity‑scaling equipment—shortening ramp‑up time, de‑risking launches, and aligning with demand plans.
• The following recent projects reflect ongoing initiatives in MTD-CoE and the associated resource requirements:
• NOVA/BCP Project
• YNZ EX/PGME Expansion project
• YNZ WEC Capacity Expansion project
• YNZ Future Expansion project
New equipment development for new products (Both WEC and Photo)
In this role you will:
Key Responsibilities
• Automation & Equipment Development
• Design, procure, implement, and validate advanced automation systems and capital equipment to enhance operational efficiency and manufacturing scalability.
• Develop new automated equipment by coordinating its design, fabrication, and qualification, ensuring manufacturability, reliability, safety, and total lifecycle cost effectiveness.
• Drive the introduction of capacity‑scaling equipment to support production expansion—reducing ramp‑up time, mitigating risks, and ensuring alignment with global demand plans.
• Identify, lead, and support continuous improvement initiatives and new equipment/process projects by developing detailed specifications, electrical drawings, implementation plans, and other required documentation.
• Evaluate existing processes and introduce new automation, tooling, or process‑improvement methods to enhance product flow, improve quality, increase first‑pass yield, and reduce cost and lead time.
• Create or revise work instructions, routings, and technical documentation; train production and maintenance teams on setup, operation, and troubleshooting of equipment and processes.
Global Platform Standardization
• Establish, deploy, and continuously improve globally standardized equipment platforms across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Ensure consistent equipment performance, simplified maintenance procedures, optimized spare‑parts strategies, and accelerated technology transfer.
Manufacturing Performance & Collaboration
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and supply‑chain teams to achieve 100% on‑time delivery performance by eliminating quality issues, resolving bottlenecks, and improving equipment performance and capacity.
• Support readiness for new product introductions, ensuring equipment capabilities, documentation, and processes meet production requirements.
Traits we believe make a strong candidate:
• A background in mechanical engineering or equipment design is preferred.
• Licensed mechanical engineer is preferred.
• Hands‑on experience in designing and commissioning automated mechanical systems.
• Proficiency in designing mechanical components and automation mechanisms is preferred.
• Experience with robotics integration, including robot programming, end‑effector design, and safety systems.
• Experience with vision systems, image processing, and camera‑based inspection technology.
• Expertise in safety system design, including risk assessment, functional safety, and safety controller programming.
• Experience with mechanical reliability tools or statistical process control (SPC) is a plus.
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols, such as EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC UA, a plus.
• Experience with SQL—specifically MS‑SQL—and the ability to navigate, create, and optimize databases for historical data storage and data analysis is a plus.
• Familiarity with electrical systems and control panel design, such as wiring diagrams, sensors, actuators, and power distribution.
• Capability to perform root‑cause analysis using structured methods such as 5‑Why, FMEA, or fishbone analysis.
• Strong project management skills, including requirement definition, scheduling, and cross‑functional communication.
Your success will be measured by:
• Commitment to safety for colleagues and the environment.
• Completion of critical projects in a manner that satisfies the customer (internal or external), is within the agreed upon timeline and budget, and exemplifies our core PACE values.
• Collaboration with the Manufacturing Engineering team and Production team and R&D team.
• Ability to lead teams and implement long range vision elements as related to automation through continuous improvement initiatives and strategic planning.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people across geographies and skill sets to accomplish automation objectives.