Manufacturing Automation Engineer

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Position Summary:

Own and improve the reliability of production equipment by troubleshooting and sustaining electromechanical, controls, and firmware-adjacent systems across OPT's manufacturing floor.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and develop Python-based control, test, and automation systems.
• Debug and extend ATMega embedded C/C++ (incl. hardware-software interfaces, IP networks)
• Build and maintain hardware-software interfaces for sensors, motors, actuators, and data acquisition systems.
• Design test infrastructure, logging, and fault detection to support production uptime and repeatability.
• Update equipment, documentation, training, and maintenance procedures to prevent recurrence
• Support troubleshooting and urgent production issues on aggressive timelines

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience, or 3+ years plus a Master's degree in robotics, mechatronics, EE, CS, or a related field.
• Strong Python background with experience in hardware control, automation, or test systems.
• Hands-on experience with electromechanical systems: motors, encoders, sensors, power electronics, and control loops.
• Working knowledge of embedded C for microcontroller-based systems
• Comfortable using Bash / Linux environments for scripting, debugging, and system operations.
• Experience supporting systems in a production or manufacturing environment is a strong plus.

OPT Industries is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.