Principal Systems Standards Engineer - Mechanical

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match

Pet Insurance

FSA/HSA

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation seeks a Systems Standards Engineer (Mechanical) to set and govern company-wide standards for material handling system design. You will lead architecture, design practices, and engineering governance across customer projects.

This senior role requires mentoring engineering teams, evaluating new technologies, approving deviations, and driving standardization to improve project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in material handling automation, intralogistics, warehouse automation, or related industries.
• Extensive experience designing and integrating complex material handling systems.
• CAD experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and govern company-wide standards for material handling system design.
• Establish standard system architectures, design methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Create engineering design guides, reference architectures, and reusable solution frameworks.
• Define acceptable design practices and technical requirements for automation systems.
• Review complex system designs and provide technical guidance to ensure alignment with established standards, performance objectives, and customer requirements.
• Evaluate, approve, and document deviations from established engineering standards while assessing associated technical, operational, and business risks.
• Lead periodic reviews and continuous improvement of engineering standards.
• Drive standardization initiatives that improve engineering efficiency and project execution.
• Analyze project lessons learned and incorporate findings into engineering standards.
• Supports the distribution of standards through Codex initiative.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Systems Engineers, Engineering teams, and Applications teams
• Evaluate emerging automation technologies and industry trends.
• Monitor, interpret, and maintain expertise in applicable industry standards, codes, regulations, and strategic customer technical specifications, ensuring engineering standards and design practices remain current and compliant.
• Support product development and strategic technology roadmaps.
• Develop enterprise-level KPI metrics to measure project performance in order to evaluate effectiveness of engineering standards.

Skills

System architecture

Engineering standards

Systems integration

Technical governance

Leadership

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD

WMS

WCS

WES

Job description

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation seeks a Systems Standards Engineer (Mechanical) to set and govern company-wide standards for material handling system design. You will lead architecture, design practices, and engineering governance across customer projects.

This senior role requires mentoring engineering teams, evaluating new technologies, approving deviations, and driving standardization to improve project delivery.