Performance Engineer, Innovation and Design Engineering

myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Performance Engineer to push the boundaries of automation technology. This role involves designing experiments, analyzing data, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize mechatronic systems. You will influence product design decisions and ensure our automation solutions exceed customer expectations. The position offers the chance to travel across Europe, providing a dynamic work environment where your expertise will directly impact customer success. Join a team dedicated to engineering excellence and be at the forefront of revolutionizing logistics automation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing or logistics.
• Hands-on experience in automation validation required.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute experiments to validate machine performance.
• Analyze test results and troubleshoot complex process issues.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Fluency in English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree or advanced technical degree

Tools

Python

R

Minitab

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

DESCRIPTION:

Location can be anywhere of our Corporate Offices in Europe.

Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of automation technology and uncovering the true potential of complex mechatronic systems? Do you thrive on designing clever experiments that reveal hidden performance insights and drive engineering excellence? Does the idea of being the bridge between innovative automation design and real-world performance excite you? Our Engineering team is looking for an experienced, analytically-minded Performance Engineer to help us maximize the capabilities of our automation solutions through rigorous testing, statistical analysis, and innovative problem-solving. You'll work at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, and software systems, collaborating with world-class engineers to ensure our products exceed customer expectations in the field. We offer the opportunity to influence product design decisions, value data-driven insights, and have a strong culture of technical excellence.

Join us in shaping the future of industrial automation where your expertise in experimental design and performance optimization will have a direct impact on our customers' success.

Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? The role will be based in an EU major city in one of our corporate offices with up to 40% of time on job travel, either domestically or to other EMEA countries.

Key job responsibilities:
We are seeking an experienced Performance Engineer to lead testing and optimization of advanced mechatronic automation systems. The ideal candidate will design and execute comprehensive experiments to validate machine performance, establish operational boundaries, and drive design improvements. You will apply statistical methods to analyze test results, troubleshoot complex process issues, and develop innovative solutions. A key member of our performance team, you'll participate in technical reviews and influence automation architecture decisions to ensure optimal performance outcomes. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders including Simulation, Business Intelligence, Operations, and Process Engineering teams to define and validate performance requirements that exceed customer expectations. Key responsibilities include creating structured test plans, conducting rigorous performance evaluations, identifying system limitations, and translating technical findings into actionable business insights. You'll build self-service tools to streamline testing procedures and maintain detailed documentation of testing protocols and results. The role requires expertise in mechanical systems, automation controls, and data analysis, combined with strong problem-solving abilities and exceptional collaboration skills to drive excellence in our field-deployed solutions.

A day in the life:
You will be at the forefront of validating and optimizing our next-generation automation systems. Your day could include: designing sophisticated test plans for a new high-speed pick-and-place robot in the morning, to running complex experiments that push the boundaries of servo response times by mid-day. You would analyze real-time performance data, identifying subtle patterns that could impact machine reliability, and collaborate with design engineers to implement improvements. You could dive deep into statistical analysis of test results, presenting key findings to product owners that influence critical design decisions. By afternoon, you might be building automated test sequences that future teams can use, or working hands-on with prototype systems to investigate an unexpected performance anomaly. You'll end your day collaborating with cross-functional teams, sharing insights from your latest experiments that could revolutionize our next design iteration. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to impact our automation solutions - from conceptual design to field deployment, your analytical mindset and innovative testing approaches will be crucial in delivering excellence to our customers.

About the team:
Innovation and Design Engineering are a cross-functional team of mechatronic engineers, controls engineers, data engineers, and simulation scientists with a critical business mission making revolutionary leaps forward in logistics automation. We design and build mechatronic systems including robotics, conveyoring, automated storage, and vision systems to improve safety, speed, and quality in the last mile (AMZL) of Amazon across the world.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years of relevant engineering experience in manufacturing, logistics, or similar fields.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• Statistical analysis proficiency.
• Hands-on experience in automation validation.
• Fluency in English language.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree, or advanced technical degree.
• Experience with Data & Analytics software: Python/R, Minitab/JMP, Power BI/Tableau, SQL.
• German/French languages are a relevant benefit but not a must-have for the role.

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