Lead Industrial Solutions Design Engineer, Systems & Products Fixed Field

Amazon; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an innovative engineer to join the Solutions Design Team at Amazon Robotics in Detroit. This role will focus on designing the next generation of fulfillment centers, leveraging advanced technology and robotics to solve complex challenges. Candidates should possess strong technical skills, project management experience, and a passion for optimizing systems. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field with significant industry experience is required. Join us to make a substantial impact on our operational excellence.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Maternity and Parental Leave Options

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) Plan

Qualifications

• 10+ years related experience
• 6+ years as an industrial/process/systems/manufacturing engineer or related
• Experience with complex automated systems and robotics.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and create physical processing and material handling solutions.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks while influencing stakeholders.
• Coordinate with engineering teams to optimize performance.

Skills

Project Management

Technical Problem Solving

Robotics

Data Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in industrial/mechanical engineering

Master's degree in industrial/mechanical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Excel

MS Project

REVIT

Job description

Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and you'll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart, passionate team of doers that work to apply next generation advances in robotics and software to solve real-world problems that will transform our customers' experiences in ways we can't even imagine yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and guidance you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun.

The Solutions Design Team is searching for an innovative and solutions oriented engineer to help design our next generation Amazon Fulfillment Centers (FCs), Sort Centers (SCs), and Amazon Logistics (AMZL). A successful candidate will have a passion for creating high-performance physical systems, a strong technical problem solving ability, excellent project management skills, the ability to effectively communicate with and influence stakeholders at all levels and internal motivation to deliver results in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment. Amazon Robotics culture encourages innovation and expects engineers and managers alike to take a high level of ownership in solving complex problems.

The Solutions Design Team is not only responsible for examining and optimizing existing Robotic ATS performance, but combining those learnings with the latest technologies to design new state of the art robotic material handling systems.

Key job responsibilities

• Evaluate and create physical processing and material handling solutions using advanced technology, robotics, research and critical thinking to meet the product flow requirements based on Amazon design precepts.
• Identify and evaluate key operational and financial metrics as part of program and feature selection in order to drive smart outcomes.
• Coordinate with systems and operations engineering teams to develop product features and optimize the performance of the FCs, SCs and AMZLs.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and effectively influence, negotiate, and communicate with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors.
• Develop models as required to solve complex problems.
• Dive deep and be hands on to drive innovative and incremental improvements to physical processing and material handling solutions using advanced technology, robotics and data analytics to meet the product flow requirements based on Amazon design precepts. Own technical design projects in concert with your team.
• Inspire strategic design decisions by identifying and inspecting key operational and financial metrics. Develop models as required to solve complex problems and advocate for your team's conclusions.
• Manage relationships with key global stakeholders, partners and customers to effectively influence, negotiate, and partner on systems design and integration all the way through building construction and startup.
• Coordinate with technology product management and systems engineering teams to develop next gen product features that further optimize the performance of Fulfillment Centers.
• Candidate would expected to travel up to 10%.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include :

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you're passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team

Working on future generation and advanced concepts. High level of ambiguity and design from scratch. Experience with system level design and expertise in advanced simulation and 3D modeling. In-person Detroit location only.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in industrial / mechanical engineering, or a related field and 10+ years related experience
• Master's degree in industrial / mechanical engineering, or a related field and 6+ years experience as an industrial engineer, process engineer, systems engineer, manufacturing engineer, project manager or related occupation.
• Experience using MS Excel, MS Project, AutoCAD, REVIT and commercial off the shelf technologies such as Tableau, SQL, etc.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with the designs of complex automated material handling equipment and systems including robotics and high-speed manufacturing.
• Experience developing large, highly automated, industrial systems to market from concept through commission and post-launch assistance / continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated use of investigative skills to solve complex engineering problems.
• Experience with process design based on Lean Principles and statistical evaluation.
• Use of computer programming (Python or similar) for use in data inspection and and / or workflow automations.

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