Lights Automation Engineer

We are looking for you to join our team as Lights Out Automation Engineer at our Portageville, MO facility!

RESRG Automotive is looking for a highly Lights Out Automation Engineer to help create one of the most advanced manufacturing operations in North America.

This is an opportunity to help define and deploy the next generation of manufacturing where robotics, AI, machine vision, autonomous material flow, advanced controls, and digital technologies work together to enable increasing levels of autonomous production and ultimately support our Lights-Out Manufacturing roadmap.

As part of RESRG's Operations Transformation team, you will lead the design, programming, deployment, and optimization of robotic and automation systems that directly advance our lights-out strategy. You will help transform Portageville into a showcase facility where innovative automation technologies deliver new levels of safety, quality, productivity, and operational excellence.

If you are passionate about robotics, enjoy solving difficult engineering challenges, and want to build technology that changes how factories operate, we want to hear from you.

• Design, build, program, commission, and optimize advanced robotic manufacturing systems.
• Develop next-generation automation solutions supporting our Lights-Out Manufacturing vision.
• Program and integrate industrial robots, PLCs, HMIs, servos, drives, and motion control systems.
• Implement advanced machine vision and AI-driven inspection technologies.
• Develop autonomous material handling solutions utilizing AGVs, AMRs, and intelligent logistics systems.
• Lead automation projects from concept through production launch.
• Partner with plant operations, maintenance, quality, and manufacturing engineering teams to identify and execute high-impact automation opportunities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and help shape the future automation roadmap for Portageville and other RESRG facilities.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues and continuously improve equipment performance, reliability, and OEE.
• Contribute to new standards, automation architectures, and best practices that will be replicated across the enterprise.
• Serve as a technical leader for robotics and controls initiatives that accelerate OAMI advancement.

You will be helping design the factory of the future.

This position offers the opportunity to:

• Work with world-class robotics, humanoids, controls, vision, AI, and autonomous manufacturing technologies.
• Lead high-visibility automation projects with executive sponsorship.
• Influence the strategic direction of RESRG's manufacturing transformation.
• Participate in benchmarking, innovation scouting, and emerging technology evaluations.
• Build systems that push beyond traditional automation toward increasingly autonomous manufacturing.
• Join a team whose mission is to make Portageville a benchmark facility for advanced manufacturing within the automotive industry.

• BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience implementing industrial automation systems.
• Strong hands-on experience programming industrial robots and PLC-based control systems.
• Experience integrating vision systems, sensors, drives, and automation components.
• Ability to lead projects from concept through startup and production stabilization.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a passion for continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• FANUC robot programming and vision experience.
• Allen-Bradley Studio 5000, Control Logix, Factory Talk, and Power Flex expertise.
• Experience with AI-enabled inspection systems.
• Experience with AGVs, AMRs, autonomous logistics, or warehouse automation.
• Automation simulation and digital twin experience.
• Experience commissioning highly automated manufacturing cells or production lines.
• Automotive manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of Industry 4.0, IIoT, MES integration, and smart factory technologies.

At RESRG Automotive, we believe the next generation of manufacturing will be defined by intelligent automation, digital connectivity, and autonomous operation. If you're excited by the challenge of helping build a Lights-Out Manufacturing environment and advancing one of the industry's most aggressive automation roadmaps, Portageville is where you can make your mark.

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