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How to Write an Automation Engineer Job Description Sample
An Automation Engineer uses technology to reach goals that require little human input. Their duties include developing, implementing, and monitoring automated systems for a client.
An Automation Engineer designs automated systems and keeps them updated. They work in various settings such as food processing, pharmaceutical, information technology (IT), and manufacturing industries. Automation Engineers help an organization reduce costs and improve productivity by making processes smoother and products better.
Automation Engineers collaborate with Automation Technicians, IT Project Managers, and the upper management team in an organization. They perform most of their duties in office environments and report to an engineering manager or a director of engineering. They can work part-time, full-time, or on contract in an organization.
Automation Engineers typically work regular nine-to-five office hours. However, you may ask an applicant to work a flexible schedule and be available evenings and weekends, especially to monitor new automated systems.
Spectra is an ISO full service aluminum parts supplier with 5 manufacturing facilities in Ontario, Head Offices in Bradford, and due to a new manufacturing facility opening in Bradford and promotions from within Spectra, We have opportunity at our:
BRADFORD Facility
FOR
Automation Engineer
We are looking for a dynamic individual who is interested in working on multifaceted projects related to a large greenfield manufacturing facility (plant floor layout, robotic cell layout, PLC/Robotic programming, machine design, commissioning). Candidates should be hands-on with a degree from an accredited post-secondary program.
Must be proficient in SolidWorks and should have 5 year of mechanical engineering experience
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
Dental care
Extended health care Schedule:
8 hour Location: In person
Example 2
We�re looking for a skilled Cloud Automation Engineer to join our Business Development Team within our Winnipeg Head Office located at 140 otter street.
As Cloud Automation Engineer, you will lead creating and updating automation for deploying and managing Pollard�s Cloud platform resources. You will play a key role ensuring best practices are applied in the areas of Security, Infrastructure, Solution Architecture. You will also work with Application and DevOps Teams to ensure that cloud platform solutions are designed for current and future needs.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation
Profit sharing program � every role plays a part in our success!
Company pension
Health & Extended Benefits
Opportunities for professional development
Tuition reimbursement
Employee & Family Assistance Program
On-Site Cafeteria & Outdoor Patio
On Site Gym
A variety of committee driven employee engagement activities
Free Parking
We are one of Manitoba�s Top Employers for 2023
Access to the latest technology
A hybrid work environment
What You�ll Do
Continually reduce manual tasks for creating, managing, and updating cloud platform resources within Pollard through automation opportunities for configuration and monitoring.
Understand customer requirements and project KPIs on behalf of the Cloud Platform group.
Monitor the Cloud Platform processes during the entire lifecycle for its adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimizing waste.
Mentor team members on the languages, tools, and processes used for automation.
Identify and deploy cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessments and risk management.
Incidence management and root cause analysis.
Investigate and resolve technical issues from triage to assessment to completion.
Coordinate and communicate within the team and with its clients.
Managing periodic reporting on the progress to management and clients.
Review dashboards and logs daily, weekly, and monthly and action any issues.
Provide level 2 technical support for the Cloud Platform resources.
Perform project coordination with clients and other Tech Services groups to ensure work to planned, tracked, and completed.
Track AWS instances to ensure they are sized appropriately and are actively being used. Propose changes for underutilized instances or services.
Who You Are
Someone who is passionate about technology who seeks ways to automate and continually improving process.
A good listener with excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively work with the team, senior management, and customers.
Detail-oriented, organized and thrives in a fast-paced self-directed work environment.
Appreciates the power of collaboration and being a valuable member of a thriving, highly valued team.
What You�ll Bring
Bachelor's degree in computer science or Computer Engineering or equivalent education.
3 years of experience in a Developer Operations, Network Administration and/or Technical Architecture capacity.
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible
Experience with Amazon Web Services.
Ability to apply high level of problem-solving skills and expertise to analyze and report on actions and/or solutions.
Ability to apply professional negotiating techniques with internal and external customers to determine best fit solutions and to provide explanation for processes.
Ability to work cooperatively with all levels of the business and foster team building environment.
Organized, with an ability to handle multiple issues/projects at any one time.
An effective and convincing communicator able to develop clear and concise justifications in support of departmental and company objectives.
Ability to gather technical requirements from a diverse set of departments to develop programs that meet the needs of the business.
Flexibility to participate in the on-call rotation.
Apply now by submitting a cover letter and resume outlining fit and salary to [website]
Pollard Banknote Limited is an equal opportunity employer, committed to promoting and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.
By submitting this application, the applicant consents to Pollard Banknote Ltd. collecting, using and retaining the personal information for purposes relating to the application process and if hired, the employment relationship.
Any and all personal information collected is held in the strictest confidence and in accordance with all applicable Privacy Laws.
We thank all candidates that apply, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory response from a Criminal Record Search.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
Dental care
Employee assistance program
Life insurance
Profit sharing
Vision care Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
Winnipeg, MB R3T 0M8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work Location: In person
Example 3
Automation Engineer
Lean Machine is looking for an individual to join our engineering team in a new position that has been created due to growth in the company. This position will work on a team responsible for both maintenance of existing equipment and cells and creation and procurement of new equipment and cells in the future. Another large part of this position is making calculated adjustments to existing programs for currently running programs and creating new programs for new parts and processes.
Mechanical Skills
PLC/Robotics
-Experience in some form of robotics, Yaskawa Motoman experience a major bonus.
-Teaching/modifying robot position points and motion profiles/speeds between points in existing programs
-Teaching robots new programs for new parts or methods
-Experience using ladder logic programming to accomplish varying tasks within a PLC system.
-Experience using code to manipulate and check IO signals to accomplish tasks within an automated system.
Fixturing
-Ability to design fixturing for welding jigs, and work holding
-Experience with automatic (pneumatic, hydraulic) clamping and their controls
Troubleshooting
-Ability to troubleshoot electrical/mechanical,pneumatic systems to find and correct errors and failures
-Skills using a Digital multimeter to test for voltage/continuity/resistance
-Ability to use scientific method to find the root cause of complex problems
Electrical Experience
-Experience with 24VDC PLC and IO systems and common practice
-Ability to accurately follow schematics to wire systems into PLC terminal strips and sensors/other equipment.
-Familiarity with common practices of wiring, cable glands, crimping, soldering, types of cable
-Knowledge of how Inputs and Outputs are physically connected into a PLC or robot controller
-Knowledge of different types of discrete vs analog sensors
-Understanding of servo motors/encoders and how they track motor positions, for both new installations and maintenance of current systems.
Computer Skills
CAD/Design
-Experience with Autodesk Inventor or similar, Inventor preferred.
-Ability to draw sheet metal and machined parts and understand the tolerance and possibility of each.
-Understanding of machining tolerances
-Experience with 3D printing is a bonus.
-Exposure to a manufacturing environment with knowledge of what common machines are capable of
Shift available:
8am-4:30pm Monday - Friday
Flex time as needed to fit your life needs
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $65,000.00-$90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Casual dress
Company events
Company pension
Dental care
Disability insurance
Discounted or free food
Extended health care
Flexible schedule
Life insurance
Paid time off
RRSP match
Vision care
Work from home Flexible language requirement:
French not required Schedule:
8 hour shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
Saskatoon, SK: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work 1 year (preferred)
Example 4
Apollo Health & Beauty Care (Apollo) is a premium developer of private label and control label health & beauty care products and leverages unique expertise and experience in developing national brand-equivalent products designed to compete equivalently with the most popular national brands. The largest private label and control label personal care manufacturer in Canada, Apollo has formidable penetration and distribution in the North American marketplace and also services customers throughout Central and South Asia, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Building on our core values of Excellence and Commitment, Apollo has established itself as a market leader that attracts the industry's top talent.
Position Summary:
Responsibilities Duties
� Ability to program, troubleshoot and remedy lost opportunity due to PLC failures & gaps.
� Participate and lead project as it relates to process improvements, building improvements, new installs and quality investigations.
� Participate support lead process trouble shoot as required. (pumps, filler, holding tanks, batch tanks)
� Identify opportunities to improvement process controls, automation applications, reduce equipment downtime � increasing productivity.
Interpersonal Skills/Contacts: regular access to confidential or sensitive information; frequent and regular internal interactions and frequent external interactions; purpose of internal/external contacts is regularly related to complex matters and may have high levels of consequence and costs associated with errors; occasional selling, negotiating, consulting, teaching/instructing, or advising; above average level of written and verbal communication skills required for successful job performance
Problem Solving/Judgment: position has significant amount of autonomy in terms of level of monitoring and decisions generally do not follow prescribed guidelines; regular and frequent analysis required; regularly and frequently makes recommendations or referrals; responsible for frequently solving complex technical problems or personnel issues
Mental Effort: requires high levels of concentration and/or attentiveness; sustained duration and/or intensity of efforts; requires high levels of thinking, watching, listening, verifying, checking numbers, creating or designing
Physical Effort: occasional duration or intensity of physical effort; moderate energy required in terms of standing, walking, lifting, keyboarding, pushing, pulling, sitting, packing, assembling, bending or twisting; includes moderate fine or coarse movements
Material Resources: high level of consequence and costs associated with errors as related to losses of time, money, or property; high responsibility for significant machinery, work aids, equipment, materials, properties, products, stock, inventory or tools
Information Resources: high level of consequence and costs associated with errors as related to losses of time, money or property; moderate responsibility for information and or services; regular access to confidential, sensitive or proprietary information
People/Policies/Practices: management responsibility for people, policies or practices in terms of assigning work, development, evaluation, supervision, health and safety, performance, scheduling of work, training, coaching, or well-being; regularly demonstrates work practices to others or is required to influence others to achieve output goals; overall responsibility for departmental output
Financial Resources: regular responsibility for financial data, money or financial transactions, budget management financial records, expenditures, acquisition, financial analysis or risk management; regular opportunity to cause a negative impact to the organization or cause a serious consequence as a result of an error
Environment: works in an office environment within a manufacturing environment with regular or some exposure to dirt, dust, grease, oil, noise or temperature extremes; frequently faces multiple demands or distractions; has limited exposure to poor ventilation
Hazards: average to moderate exposure to chemicals, fumes or smoke; has occasional to regular potential of injury, harm, illness or infectious disease; has occasional to regular exposure to machinery or equipment; may require occasional local or overnight travel
�Apollo Health & Beauty Care Ltd. will ensure accommodations are available in consultation with candidates during all stages of the recruitment process�
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Duties outlined on this job description may not be all-inclusive, and can be modified at any time if requested by management. Apollo is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process. Apollo will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known in advance.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those meeting the minimum qualifications will be interviewed.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
Employee assistance program
Extended health care
On-site gym
On-site parking Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
North York, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work Degree (preferred)
Example 5
Epiphan Video ([website]) is a small, nimble company creating AV products for video capture and streaming. We offer the opportunity to develop leading-edge technology in an entrepreneurial work environment that fosters creativity and collaboration. It�s a fun and interesting place to work with lots of projects and plenty to learn.
We�re looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer skilled in Selenium- and Python-based automation. Working out of our Kanata offices, you would help perfect our products and verify new features by running, writing, documenting, and validating tests, tracking issues and failures, and participating in other essential QA tasks. You�d also help us fine-tune our QA processes to drive efficiency across our team.
Our ideal candidate is a self-starter, enthusiastic team player, and skilled troubleshooter with excellent communication skills who�s able to deliver in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
Responsibilities:
Integrate GUI based tool like Selenium in the current python-based automation framework
Develop automated test scripts and tools in Python to verify new feature functionality.
Execute, maintain and add unit / regression tests during the development phase.
Run regression tests and debug failures
File defects to track issues and failures
Work with development team to reproduce/isolate and try builds with fixes
Participate in design sessions to support and validate ideas for possible solutions
Peer reviews to ensure that new feature will comply to the development standard and best practices
Contribute to team deliverable through involvement in agile scrum development sprints.
Participate in ongoing process improvement including test case update, attaching missing requirements Required Skills:
Experience using Python Scripting for Automation
Must be able to write test plans, document and validate the plan
Develop and manage the overall continuous integration process
Work in an Agile environment using Scrum and Kanban methodologies
Experience & Qualifications:
BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related fields
7+ years of industry experience in information technology and engineering
3+ years of experience in Selenium based automation
3+ years of experience in development of python-based automation
Understanding with basic networking protocols
Familiarity with build process and tools like Gradle, Jenkins, Git
Capable of working in an Agile/Scrum development process
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong presentation skills
A self-starter. Works well with others
To Apply: Please forward applications via email only to careers @epiphan. com including a cover letter and resume. In the e-mail subject line, please indicate the position title Senior QA Automation Engineer. We thank all applicants for their interest, but we will only be able to contact individuals being invited for an interview.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
Casual dress
Company events
Dental care
Discounted or free food
Employee assistance program
Extended health care
Life insurance
On-site parking
Tuition reimbursement
Vision care
Work from home Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Education:
Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Experience:
Selenium based automation: 3 years (preferred)
Python-based automation: 3 years (preferred)
Gradle, Jenkins, Git: 2 years technology and engineering: 7 years (preferred)
Example 6
Job Title: DevTest Engineer Automation
Location: Toronto, Canada
Type � Fulltime
Job Description:
� Automation Testing Develop and execute automated functional and performance test scripts using appropriate automation test tools.
� Work with the development team to unit test suites modules harnesses etc.
� Ability to work on many tools like QTP but not limited to it corresponding years� experience in Primary Skill.
� Experience with other financial services clients preferred.
� Automation Testing Develop and execute automated functional and performance test scripts using appropriate automation test tools.
� Work with the development team to unit test suites modules harnesses etc.
� Ability to work on many tools like QTP but not limited to it Corresponding years� experience in Primary Skill.
� Experience with other financial services clients preferred.
� Proven background in software development software quality engineering agile SCRUM test-driven development continuous integration and automated testing.
� Responsible for designing developing and executing software that ensures the Quality of the Client�s cutting-edge Trading Platform by using industry-standard tools custom-built solutions and strong problem-solving skills.
� Works closely with Developers Architects and Operations to ensure application code Quality thru the use of code reviews UNIT test automation and will also be critical in standing up continuous integration and continuous delivery capabilities.
� Experience with Automation Tools.
� Technologies similar Selenium Web Driver Coded UI Protractor SAHI Pro KARMA Parasoft SOAtest Parasoft Service Virtualize Important soft skills include.
� Ability to drive Strategy Change across organizations and build Continuous Integration Delivery automation solutions for each product project.
� Bachelor s Degree or applicable work experience plus 5 years of experience in a QA and or Developer role.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
Day shift
Experience:
Test automation: 5 years 4 years (preferred)
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Automation Engineers perform various duties and responsibilities to enhance an organization’s efficiency. Some important tasks for an Automation Engineer include:
Determining the automation capabilities of an organization’s processes or products
Building automated systems for an organization and correcting any errors when implementing a solution
Writing reports that explain automation projects from start to finish
Testing and monitoring automation systems
Upgrading or deactivating existing automation systems
Attending training sessions to learn the best practices in automation engineering
Training stakeholders on how to troubleshoot automation systems
Automation Engineer skills and qualifications
Automation Engineers need a unique skill set to perform their duties and responsibilities effectively. Due to recent developments in automation engineering, a strong candidate must be eager to learn new technologies on the job. Other important skills and qualifications of an Automation Engineer include:
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with others
Time management skills to meet the strict project deadlines
Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
Advanced computer proficiency
Ability to pay attention to detail
Analytical and troubleshooting skills
Creativity to develop automation solutions
Automation Engineer experience requirements
Automation Engineers must know how to develop automation solutions for software, machines, and processes. When going through resumes, look for applicants who have at least two years of work experience as an Automation Engineer. Candidates who worked in similar roles and have transferrable skills are also acceptable. If you need an Automation Engineer to lead a team, prioritize applicants who have experience in leadership roles.
Automation Engineer education and training requirements
A successful Automation Engineer typically needs a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, software engineering, computer science, IT or related fields. Applicants with a master’s degree have more in-depth knowledge and are likely a better asset to your organization. When looking through resumes, consider candidates who are members of provincial or territorial engineering associations. A good Automation Engineer also has training certificates in specialized areas such as cloud automation or robotics automation.
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