Automation Engineer II

White Bear Lake

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead.

Together we improve lives. At Heraeus Medevio, we bring lifesaving and life-changing medical devices to market through partnerships with medical device manufacturing companies. Backed by Heraeus Group, we are committed to the growth of our teams and organization by providing an open space for open minds.

To reach our vision of improving 100 million lives every year, we foster a culture of curiosity that thrives on challenge, continuous learning, growth, and the opportunity to try new things. With sites in the United States, European Union, and Asia, and over 2,200 employees worldwide, together, we will meet tomorrow's challenges today.

The Automation Engineer II will be responsible for designing, building, and integrating custom tooling, automation, and robotic equipment within a medical device manufacturing environment. This will involve full-cycle development of manual, semi-automated, and fully automated systems from concept through installation. Key responsibilities for the Automation Engineer II include equipment design, build, test, debug, and providing ongoing engineering-level support.

This is an onsite position in our White Bear Lake, MN location.

• Collaborates with R&D, Process Development, and Manufacturing Engineering to develop initial automation concepts.
• Creates effective designs for manual, semi-automated, and fully automated equipment, including component selection and sourcing.
• Coordinates formal and informal design reviews to ensure designs meet the needs of the internal customers.
• Purchases and assembles systems including mechanical, electrical, controls, and safety.
• Tests and debugs systems to ensure successful implementation into development or production processes.
• Accurately reports and communicates technical progress to milestones.
• Prepares accurate and detailed equipment documentation in alignment with approved processes.
• Troubleshoots difficult technical problems on a variety of equipment.
• Actively supports improvement efforts and works with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Other duties assigned as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineer field, such as Electrical, Controls, Computer Science, Mechatronic, Automation, or related technical field strongly preferred; equivalent relevant education, training, and experience may be considered.
• Minimum 2 years of experience, preferred focus on development of custom automation solutions.
• Demonstrated strong general understanding of mechanical, electrical, and automated systems.
• Strong CAD modeling/design experience. Solid Works preferred/
• Ability to follow a disciplined and detailed approach to project management and design process and ability to manage multiple parallel projects with varying scopes and deadlines.
• Ability to draw on and adapt prior knowledge and experience to initiate effective solutions.
• Demonstrated strong collaborative communication and leadership skills with the ability to lead independently while working collaboratively.
• Adaptive to change and willing to support a variety of work assignments.
• Knowledge of the following specific brands a plus:
  • Sensors:
    Keyence, SMC, Turck
  • Safety:
    Keyence, Banner
  • Vision:
    Keyence
  • PLCs:
    Horner
  • Control Systems:
    Beckhoff, Delta Tau (Omron)
  • Communication:
    Ethercat, Ethernet, RS232
  • Software:
    Visual Studio, Visio, C++, HTML
  • Robots:
    Epson, Universal, Mecademic

Medevio is committed to providing competitive total compensation and benefits packages. The expected hiring range for this position is between $80,000 and $100,000 based upon a full-time schedule. This is a good faith estimate on the applicable range.

Base salaries are determined by taking a variety of factors in account, including, but not limited to, candidate qualifications, geographic locations, market conditions and internal equity.

This position is bonus eligible, with a 10% target bonus.

Our total compensation package includes eligibility for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, education reimbursement, paid parental leave and paid time off.

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