Lights-Out Automation Engineer — Ownership & Stock (Austin)

Open Select; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Ownership from day one

Job summary

Open Select in Austin is seeking an Automation Engineer to design and build an automation stack from scratch for a seed-stage manufacturing tech company. You will standardise processes, own the cell architecture, and drive unattended operation on the shop floor.

You will lead tool sets, pallets, and machine monitoring while collaborating with software engineers to push lights-out production forward. A mechanical Eng degree and US work eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on mechanical or manufacturing engineering experience.
• Ability to work on the shop floor while thinking at a systems level.

Responsibilities

• Define the standard tool set, wear parameters, and swap thresholds across the cell.
• Design the vise and workholding system to cover the widest range of parts.
• Own the pallet strategy, including job assignment and sequencing for unattended operation.
• Specify and implement machine monitoring hardware for spindle load, torque, and vibration.
• Define the quality inspection stack, evaluating CT scanning, in-machine probing, and CMM.
• Lead equipment selection for CNC machines, wash stations, and quality hardware.
• Prove out new parts through first article and process qualification before unattended release.

Skills

Shop floor

Systems thinking

CNC/CAM exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Marposs

Caron Engineering

Job description

Open Select in Austin is seeking an Automation Engineer to design and build an automation stack from scratch for a seed-stage manufacturing tech company. You will standardise processes, own the cell architecture, and drive unattended operation on the shop floor.

You will lead tool sets, pallets, and machine monitoring while collaborating with software engineers to push lights-out production forward. A mechanical Eng degree and US work eligibility are required.