Automation Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Now offering a $5,000 sign on bonus!

MGS has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Automation Technician  to join our MGS Germantown or MGS Richfield  team. This is a 12-Hour Day or Night Shift   or also an 8 hour day shift Opportunity.

As a Automation Technician at MGS, you will support end of arm tooling (EOAT), robots, and automated assembly machinery as well as provides input for improvement processes in a manufacturing environment. 

Below are additional duties and responsibilities:

• Know and follow all of the Company’s safety rules, such as safe work practices and standard operating procedures. 
• Serve as a good role model to employees for safe work practices and behavior by conducting yourself professionally, keeping in mind your own safety and the safety of others.
• Learn and master all necessary areas of the quality system.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• Performs robotic programming, troubleshooting, and repair.
• Support automated machinery production runs by solving technical issues.
• Responsible for training on assembly machines and robot set-ups.
• Ensure that work instructions are up to date.
• Order parts and materials as needed.
• Troubleshoot assembly equipment and other machinery including but not limited to pad printers, sonic welders, heat stakers, and hot stampers.
• Identify unsafe equipment and ensure that equipment operates safely prior to line start up.
• Set up robots, EOAT, conveyors, degators, secondary equipment, etc.
• Build fixtures, guarding, etc., as needed.
• Document robotic application development and maintenance. Create backups to robot programs and parameters.
• Any other duties as assigned. 

About MGS

As a global provider of healthcare manufacturing solutions, MGS provides the right balance to drive vital innovations: robust end-to-end solutions combined with the strong customer focus and seamless collaboration of an agile partner. That’s why we’re the engineering and manufacturing partner of choice for today’s leading Pharma, Diagnostic and MedTech innovators. Serving customers from 12 strategically located facilities around the world, we transform our customers’ most pressing challenges into innovations that improve lives.   To learn more about MGS, please visit 

A qualified Automation Technician candidate would fulfill these requirements:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.  Completion of an accredited two-year technical college program, or a four-year university program, in a related field of study is preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in related field.
• Familiarity with PLCs.
• Fork truck and Lock out Tag out Certification.
• Familiar working with conventional manufacturing equipment such as milling machines, lathes, saws, hand tools etc.
• Demonstrates abilities with 6-axis and SCARA Type Robots (Fanuc).
• Toolmaker/Machine Builder experience is a plus.

MGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.