Specialist, Automation Engineer - Aerojet Rocketdyne
Camden, AR
About the Job
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L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Title: Automation Systems Engineer
Job Code: 10113
Job Location: Camden, AR
Job Schedule: 4/10 Employees work 10 hours per day, 4 days a week
Job Description:
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader providing propulsion and energetics to its space, missile defense, strategic, tactical missile and armaments customers throughout domestic and international markets. We offer a complete line of propulsion products for launch vehicles, missile defense, and advanced hypersonic propulsion. This site is our center of excellence for development as well as high-complexity production programs where we produce and develop a variety of energetic assemblies for rocket propulsion.
We are seeking an experienced Automation Engineer to work at our Defense Business facilities for fabrication and assembly of rocket motor components and assemblies in Camden, AR. The position will report to the Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Architecture, Modernization & Integration (MIAMI) team.
The selected candidate will work with the manufacturing and facility teams to develop, mature, and transition automation solutions to improve manufacturing capability, effectiveness, and employee safety. The automation engineer will initially focus on Research and Development activities for rocket motor manufacturing but will also support other initiatives within the scope of automation and I4.0. This automation team works with stakeholders to identify opportunities in the manufacturing process, draft technical requirements and craft solutions which align with the organization’s vision for manufacturing modernization.
Essential Functions:
- Lead the automation solutions through project management activities, developing requirements, working with key suppliers, testing the automation, and transitioning the solution to the production team.
- Specialize in developing automation solutions for the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment.
- Automation Systems Engineering lifecycle which includes developing requirements, creating conceptual solutions, preparing plans, managing suppliers, testing systems, and handing off the system to the end user.
- Support the Development and implementation of the vision for the automation systems engineering team, creating standards to drive commonality, easier transitions to production, and system support.
- T roubleshoot existing systems to resolve issues and focusing on continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior manufacturing experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior manufacturing experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior manufacturing experience.
- 4 years knowledge of automation systems design/sustainment involving robotic cells, custom automation solutions, vision systems, motion control or testing solutions.
- 3 years programming control systems: PLC, HMI’s, VFDs, etc.
- 3 years experience developing statements or work and functional requirements specification documents.
- 2 years ability read electrical design schematics.
- 3 years experience integrating automation systems to business and manufacturing systems.
- 3 years knowledge of automation, robotics, or testing solutions required.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Perfers degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering.
- Self-starting individuals with a passion for technical creativity and the ability to work with others to achieve results.
- Experience in project management.
- Experience managing 3rd automation integrators.
- Experience programming Fanuc robotics systems and simulations.
- Experience with parametric modeling solutions.
- Project management desired.
- Working with 3rd party automation integrators desired.
- Programming Control Systems: PLC, HMI’s is desired.
- Programming robotics is desired.
- Developing statements or work and requirements definition is desired.
- Parametric modeling is desired.
- Developing automation simulations is desired.
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