Automation Engineer II

Automation Engineer II

White Bear Lake

About Heraeus

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.

About Heraeus Medevio

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 2200 employees worldwide together we will meet tomorrows challenges today.

Position Summary

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.

What Youll Do Every Day:

• 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.

What Were Looking For (Medevio) / Your Profile / What is Required for This Role (Heraeus Group):

• Bachelors 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. SolidWorks 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 $80000 and $100000 based upon a full-time schedule. This is a good faith estimate on the applicable salaries are determined by taking a variety of factors in account including but not limited to candidate qualifications geographic locations market conditions and internal position is bonus eligible with a 10% target 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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Required Experience:

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