Automation Engineer, Design & Integration

Newell Brands; Concord (NH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Newell Brands is seeking an Associate Automation Engineer to support Engineering, Reliability & Automation across manufacturing and distribution sites. You will help create and maintain engineering standards, playbooks, and templates while translating guidance into practical tools used by site teams.

The role is designed for an early-career engineer (1–2 years) eager to build broad capability in standards deployment, DFM, and site-facing documentation, with collaboration across ERA leaders

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 1-2 years of engineering experience in manufacturing, product/process development, plant engineering, automation, capital projects, or related technical work preferred.
• Internship, co-op, capstone, undergraduate research, manufacturing project, or engineering competition experience strongly preferred.
• Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, technical drawings, equipment specifications, process flow, continuous improvement, and engineering documentation.
• Familiarity with CAD, DFM, Lean, Six Sigma, FMEA/PFMEA, project management tools, or technical writing preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and follow-through skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and SharePoint; Power BI or Smartsheet exposure preferred.
• Ability to work across functions, sites, regions, and vendors with guidance from senior engineering leaders.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% to manufacturing and distribution sites as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating, updating, and organizing engineering standards, technical guidelines, project templates, and site-facing documentation.
• Support the ERA standards library by maintaining clear document structure, version control, and easy-to-use reference materials.
• Capture lessons learned from pilot projects, technical reviews, vendor evaluations, and site deployments and convert them into reusable guidance.
• Help prepare technical playbooks, checklists, and training materials that improve consistency across Newell manufacturing and distribution sites.
• Work with subject matter experts to ensure standards reflect practical operating needs, safety expectations, maintainability, and manufacturability.

Skills

1-2 years manufacturing/engineering

Analytical & communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

DFM

Lean

Six Sigma

FMEA/PFMEA

Project management tools

Technical writing

Excel

Power BI

Smartsheet

SharePoint

Job description

Newell Brands is seeking an Associate Automation Engineer to support Engineering, Reliability & Automation across manufacturing and distribution sites. You will help create and maintain engineering standards, playbooks, and templates while translating guidance into practical tools used by site teams.

The role is designed for an early-career engineer (1–2 years) eager to build broad capability in standards deployment, DFM, and site-facing documentation, with collaboration across ERA leaders