Robotics Integration & Automation Commissioning Engineer – Custom Systems & Vision

Robotics Integration & Automation Commissioning Engineer – Custom Systems & Vision

Location: Brown Deer area facility (within a 45‑minute driving radius) with 30–40% travel.
Employment: Direct‑Hire.
Work Mode: 100% onsite shop / field mix.

$40–$50 per hour ($83,200–$104,000 baseline annually) plus overtime eligibility and benefits.

• Start up and initialize complex industrial robotic platforms from scratch, including frame calibration, mastering, and multi‑protocol I/O communication configurations.
• Design complete robot programming architecture, ensuring seamless handshaking between articulated arms, PLC programs, and material handling platforms.
• Collaborate with project leads through build, run‑off, and debug lifecycle to meet customer performance cycle times.
• Provide technical guidance during mechanical and electrical assembly, troubleshoot wiring faults, and optimize end‑of‑arm tooling.
• Integrate, calibrate, and program advanced vision systems for high‑speed inspection, sorting, and precision guidance.
• Partner with application engineering groups to offer real‑time technical insight for new automation concepts and project quoting.
• Mentor shop assembly technicians and junior personnel to maintain high build efficiencies.

• 4–6 years hands‑on experience commissioning robotic arms and PLC‑controlled industrial equipment.
• Experience with robotic offline simulation, ladder logic, and CAD/Solid Works environments.
• Expert diagnostic skills across robotic, electrical, fluid power, and mechanical safety domains.
• Background in vision hardware set‑up, troubleshooting, and programming.
• Willingness to travel 30–40% of the year globally.
• Strong professional stability with long‑term career commitment.
• Completed 2‑year or 4‑year engineering degree (Electrical, Mechanical, Automation, or Software Technology). United States citizen or Green Card holder only (no sponsorship).

Family‑owned automation leader with a century legacy; direct engineering ownership of high‑complexity systems from scratch to global commissioning; supportive, close‑knit engineering culture with direct design influence.