Automation Engineer

Job Description

Educational Requirements - Technical education. - English read, written, spoken Desired Knowledge / Experience - General understanding of welding timers and guns is desirable. - Hand on experience for Programming and Maintenance of various type of robotics application like welding, preferrable Kuka and NC Controller - Knowledge of welding parameters for MiG/MaG welding - Knowledge of PLCs , like Siemens Step 7, S1200...etc - Knowledge of simulation softwares , like RobCAD, Process Simulate - Familiarity with basics of global Industrial Robot standards and specification. - Working knowledge in Quality, EHS standards and Ergonomics. - Knowledge of CAD and PLM tools (CATIA, DELMIA) Behavioural Competencies - Conscientious. Commits and delivers. - Team Player. - Able to perform the tasks independently - Decisive. Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions. Refers decision to others when appropriate - Self-Motivation. - Logical and organized - Good communication. - Key Responsibilities: - Make adjustments on existing robot weld programs - Program spot welding / MiG welding robot on various systems to ensure optimal production output - Review and improve robotic process and sequence to improve cycle times - Provide daily production support for robotic weld cells - Conduct troubleshooting and repairs on PLC controlled systems and programs - Check completed parts to ensure compliance with required weld quality acceptance criteria - Modify existing robot programs to improve robot reliability, maintainability,& performance - Conduct root cause analysis for all robot downtimes - Work with equipment OEM to improve robotic cells and address operational issues - Continuous improvement of robotic stations efficiencies - Leading co-engineering phase during design development - Conduct trainings for Operators - Lead the SAT and FAT validation for Robotic Cells - Strong co-ordination with consultant team for design review, schedule monitoring, detail planning activity - Productivity Improvement intiatives - Manage all documents control, special process, flow charts. Prepare & maintain assembly instructions for production area - Participating to the development of the tooling strategy including the evaluation of re-use of existing tooling - Collision detection Test for the first serial production - Prepare SOP for robot programming & maintenance - ONLINE programming : Robot sequence validation, welding spot validation, cycle time validation using RobCAD/Process Simulate softwares - Installation, verification of welding robots bringing the system to stage ready for production. - Breakdown analysis, Root cause of Corrective Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance, Elimination of the problems, MTTR, MTBF, Utility cost controlling, maintenance cost controlling - Leading Digitalization drive for complete site - Implementation of Low Cost Automations - - Other activities: - Bring his expertise to the industrial Costing Manager during tender phase - Participates to R&D programs as industrial representative. - Perform industrial REX on manufacturing processes.