Equipment Engineer

The Role: 

• Design, procure, implement, and validate advanced automation and capital equipment to unlock   

• Develop new automated equipment by coordinating its design, purchase, or construction, ensuring manufacturability, reliability, and lifecycle cost efficiency. 

• Establish and deploy globally standardized equipment platforms across sites to ensure consistent performance, simplified maintenance, shared spares, and accelerated technology. 

• Enable production expansion at each site by driving the development and introduction of capacity‑scaling equipment—shortening ramp‑up time, de‑risking launches, and aligning with demand plans. 

• The following recent projects reflect ongoing initiatives in MTD-CoE and the associated resource requirements: 

• NOVA/BCP Project 

• YNZ EX/PGME Expansion project 

• YNZ WEC Capacity Expansion project 

• YNZ Future Expansion project 

New equipment development for new products (Both WEC and Photo) 

In this role you will: 

Key Responsibilities 

• Automation & Equipment Development 

• Design, procure, implement, and validate advanced automation systems and capital equipment to enhance operational efficiency and manufacturing scalability. 

• Develop new automated equipment by coordinating its design, fabrication, and qualification, ensuring manufacturability, reliability, safety, and total lifecycle cost effectiveness. 

• Drive the introduction of capacity‑scaling equipment to support production expansion—reducing ramp‑up time, mitigating risks, and ensuring alignment with global demand plans. 

• Identify, lead, and support continuous improvement initiatives and new equipment/process projects by developing detailed specifications, electrical drawings, implementation plans, and other required documentation. 

• Evaluate existing processes and introduce new automation, tooling, or process‑improvement methods to enhance product flow, improve quality, increase first‑pass yield, and reduce cost and lead time. 

• Create or revise work instructions, routings, and technical documentation; train production and maintenance teams on setup, operation, and troubleshooting of equipment and processes. 

Global Platform Standardization 

• Establish, deploy, and continuously improve globally standardized equipment platforms across multiple manufacturing sites. 

• Ensure consistent equipment performance, simplified maintenance procedures, optimized spare‑parts strategies, and accelerated technology transfer. 

Manufacturing Performance & Collaboration 

• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and supply‑chain teams to achieve 100% on‑time delivery performance by eliminating quality issues, resolving bottlenecks, and improving equipment performance and capacity. 

• Support readiness for new product introductions, ensuring equipment capabilities, documentation, and processes meet production requirements. 

Traits we believe make a strong candidate: 

• A background in mechanical engineering or equipment design is preferred. 

• Licensed mechanical engineer is preferred. 

• Hands‑on experience in designing and commissioning automated mechanical systems. 

• Proficiency in designing mechanical components and automation mechanisms is preferred. 

• Experience with robotics integration, including robot programming, end‑effector design, and safety systems. 

• Experience with vision systems, image processing, and camera‑based inspection technology. 

• Expertise in safety system design, including risk assessment, functional safety, and safety controller programming. 

• Experience with mechanical reliability tools or statistical process control (SPC) is a plus. 

• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols, such as EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC UA, a plus. 

• Experience with SQL—specifically MS‑SQL—and the ability to navigate, create, and optimize databases for historical data storage and data analysis is a plus. 

• Familiarity with electrical systems and control panel design, such as wiring diagrams, sensors, actuators, and power distribution. 

• Capability to perform root‑cause analysis using structured methods such as 5‑Why, FMEA, or fishbone analysis. 

• Strong project management skills, including requirement definition, scheduling, and cross‑functional communication. 

Your success will be measured by: 

• Commitment to safety for colleagues and the environment. 

• Completion of critical projects in a manner that satisfies the customer (internal or external), is within the agreed upon timeline and budget, and exemplifies our core PACE values. 

• Collaboration with the Manufacturing Engineering team and Production team and R&D team. 

• Ability to lead teams and implement long range vision elements as related to automation through continuous improvement initiatives and strategic planning. 

• Ability to work with a diverse group of people across geographies and skill sets to accomplish automation objectives.