Engineer-Robotics Program

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As part of Corporate Engineering, the Lilly Robotics team is responsible for the design and oversight of robotic applications across all Lilly manufacturing sites around the globe. This includes testing new technologies, delivering proof of concepts, designing robotic systems, establishing robotics engineering best practices and/or standards, and deploying site robotic systems in partnership with site resources.

• Work closely with the Robotics Platform Owner to support the design of robotic and material movement systems.
• Lead efforts with global sites and Robotics peers to develop solutions for the integration of robotic systems that enable the flow of material and data across our manufacturing sites.
• Work with vendors to troubleshoot, shakedown, and oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) activities.
• Develop capabilities in robotics and PLC programming to effectively troubleshoot design and/or functional issues.
• Reviewer of site documentation for assigned engineering systems deployed to sites.
• Support the effective design and deployments of robotic technologies by working in multi‑disciplinary teams within manufacturing, quality, and other business units.
• Be a champion for safety, compliance, and quality best practices when delivering robotic systems to manufacturing sites.
• Support Lilly Robotics lab activities and application development in areas including robotic system design, 2D and 3D vision development, robot code development, End of Arm Tooling (EoAT) design, augmented / virtual reality simulation, rapid prototyping, and augmented / virtual reality simulation.
• Provide technical mentoring to Lilly engineers related to the deployment and utilization of robotic technologies, including serving as a Peer Coach to new robotics engineers in the department.
• Lead or support the design, development, and deployment of solutions for material movement at Lilly manufacturing sites.
• Provide oversight of supplier, contract, and site resources in the delivery of robotics systems to Lilly sites.

• Work with Global Facilities Delivery (GFD), Lilly Robotics Platform Owners, and manufacturing sites to support profiling new robotic and material movement (ASRS, AGV, IAV) systems.
• Support the development of Engineering Best Practices and Engineering Standards for robotic application development.
• Participate in cross-functional teams within manufacturing, quality, and other business units when developing new robotic systems.

• Bachelor's in a science or engineering
• Minimum 2+ years of experience in the development and deployment of robotic and/or automated material movement systems.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience as an engineer in a highly automated environment.
• Experience in automated storage and retrieval systems including warehouse controls and automated guided vehicles/autonomous mobile robots.
• Quali…