Factory Automation Engineer: Battery Pack Manufacturing

Ambrosia Energy; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambrosia Energy, based in Austin, TX, seeks an experienced automation technician to design and build a fast-paced factory for battery-pack production and automation. The role focuses on supporting new automation projects and maintaining production equipment.

You will work on wiring, schematics, harnesses, robotics, and environmental test setups while coordinating with production and engineering teams. English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• High school degree or equivalency.
• 3+ years designing and manufacturing assembly machinery.
• Reliable work ethic to keep the production line moving.
• Excellent English reading and spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• Support the building and activation of new automation projects, including mechanical assembly, wiring, pneumatics routing, I/O checkouts, and production qualification.
• Update/modify electrical, pneumatic, and fluid schematics.
• Design and build wire harnesses, PCBAs, test racks, robotics, and environmental simulation equipment.
• Support production, engineering, and qualification tests including equipment bring-up and configuration, dry runs, and in situ troubleshooting.
• Manage first article builds, address shortages and errors, and feedback finding into documentation.
• Manage supply chain and vendors for outsourced equipment builds.
• Develop and manage maintenance plans for production equipment.
• Troubleshoot and remedy problems with mechanical/electrical/pneumatic systems, HMI's, and PLC's. Layout, build, as well as troubleshoot new industrial electrical control panels.
• Troubleshoot PLC and HMI software applications.
• Improve on existing production and R&D robot application programming.
• Maximize equipment uptime and reliability.

Skills

Harness fabrication

Electrical wiring

Pneumatics routing

I/O checkouts

Troubleshooting

Maintenance planning

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree in Electrical

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

PLC programming

HMI programming

Schematic drawing

PCBAs design

Electrical schematics

Job description

Ambrosia Energy, based in Austin, TX, seeks an experienced automation technician to design and build a fast-paced factory for battery-pack production and automation. The role focuses on supporting new automation projects and maintaining production equipment.

You will work on wiring, schematics, harnesses, robotics, and environmental test setups while coordinating with production and engineering teams. English communication is essential.