Automation Specialist

Adient plc; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient plc in San Antonio is seeking an automation engineer to own system performance and optimize automated cells, improving cycle time, throughput, quality, and equipment uptime. You will develop, modify, test, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, robot, vision, motion-control, and safety programs, calibrate sensors, and maintain documentation and schematics.

Responsibilities include offline programming, cycle-time simulation, and risk assessment prior to production, plus leading handoff activities with

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Own automation system performance and conduct daily optimization of automated cells to improve cycle time, throughput, quality, and equipment uptime. Develop, modify, test, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, robot, vision, motion-control, safety, and supporting automation programs. Optimize robot paths, motion profiles, process sequencing, interlocks, alarms, and recovery routines while maintaining safe operation. Use structured root-cause analysis and corrective action to permanently eliminate chronic equipment and process failures. Configure, calibrate, validate, and maintain vision systems, sensors, error-proofing devices, servo systems, and networked industrial devices. Support equipment installation, commissioning, launch, and the first 90 days of stabilization in partnership with the AMA Lead and cross-functional plant teams. Perform offline programming, reach studies, cycle-time simulation, risk assessment, and system validation before production implementation. Manage program revisions through formal backup and version-control practices and maintain clear technical documentation, schematics, and network diagrams. Train sustainment personnel and complete a stable handoff after launch, including known issues, recovery procedures, validated backups, and performance status. Track performance against cycle-time achievement, direct-labor reduction, repeat-failure elimination, and stabilization-phase uptime targets.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Avanzar San Antonio Facility Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, please visit www.adient.com.