Automation Engineer

Rock Hill, United States | Posted on 07/24/2026

Our team at The Recruiting Pros is conducting a search for an Automation Engineer for an industrial manufacturing company located in Rock Hill, SC.You’ll be proud to work for this organization as you progress through your career.

This company is well recognized in the industry and looking to hire toptalent to take them to the next level.

Routine responsibilities will require you to:

• Implement Lean manufacturing for the lines within your oversight; promote 5S solutions.
• Design a worldclass line balancing, with the lowest throughput time using AVIX.
• Design the most efficient and ergonomic workstations, allowing different combinations according to the volumes seasonality.
• Design flexible lines and tools able to assemble a variety of products, with the goal of significantly reducing the number of assembly lines.
• Automate the final test equipment to be renewed.
• Reduce reworkby an active route cause analysis from FTR Andon.
• Perform Poka-yoketo build-in quality by using DC power tools.
• Deploy aco-working robotics solution (or equivalent) to be proposed and implemented.
• Maximize operator presence by anticipating accident, having ergonomic stations, through
  
  Kaizen and audit
• Optimize environment footprint in operation (scrap, CO2 in test …).
• Oversee IMS(ISO
  9001, 14000 & OHSAS) mandatory, legal and internal requirement fulfillment for manufacturing, including hazard identification and risk assessment.
• Be an active member of the NPD process, to introduce new parts, in due time.
• Optimize line performance; prepare line setup, tooling, equipment, balancing; perform PFMEA.
• Define new work instructions for the Operators, perform training.
• Validate and improve the prototype; provide timely management of the DN (design notification).
• Benchmark competition and market technology trends to suggest new way of working to increase quality and reduce cost(virtual reality,augmented reality, AGV, automation, AVIX, MES, etc.).

Required Experience

• B.S. Degree in Automation/ Robotics Engineering;
  Masters Degreeis a plus
• 10+ years’experience in automation, with successful projects implementation
• Green and/or Black Belt Certification is a plus
• Exposure to international business within a large organization is a plus

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, disability or any other protected category as specified by applicable law or regulation.

Automation Equipment, Line Performance, PFMEA, ISO 9001, 14000, OSHA, IMS, Green Belt, Black Belt, tooling, Robotics, Throughput Time, Kaizen Visual Board