Robotics Simulation Engineer - AMR Fleet

Volto Consulting; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Volto Consulting is seeking a Robotics & Autonomous Systems Engineer in Warren, MI (100% on-site) for a 12-month engagement. The role focuses on robotic simulation, automation, AMR integration, and multi-robot coordination across plant and warehouse environments.

You will optimize paths, validate navigation and APIs, and lead cross-functional deployment efforts while ensuring safety and system reliability. Strong collaboration with IT/OT teams is required.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in robotic simulation, automation, AMR integration, and multi-robot fleets.
• Translate manufacturing workflows into robot tasks, work-cell designs, plant interfaces, and operations solutions.
• Proficient in robot programming, offline simulation, sensors, actuators, APIs, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Experienced with FANUC, KUKA, and ABB robot simulation and offline programming.
• Validate feasibility, detect collisions and throughput constraints, and optimize paths, sequences, and cycle times.
• Design and integrate automated equipment, robotics, sensors, actuators, and work cells.
• Integrate AMRs with plant, warehouse, safety, MES/WMS, PLC/SCADA, and OT systems.
• Commissioning, interface validation, fleet orchestration, performance monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, controls, IT/OT, plant, safety, and supplier teams.

Responsibilities

• Optimize robotic paths, EOAT behavior, and task sequences through simulation and offline programming.
• Design and integrate automated equipment, sensors, actuators, robots, and work cells.
• Integrate AMRs with plant, warehouse, system, and safety workflows.
• Define and validate navigation, task allocation, APIs, orchestration, and multi-robot coordination.
• Analyze cycle time, throughput, fleet behavior, availability, and reliability to drive improvements.
• Support commissioning, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Align requirements and delivery with manufacturing, engineering, controls, IT/OT, plant, safety, and suppliers.
• Establish documentation, standards, metrics, and continuous-improvement practices for scalable deployments.

Skills

Robotics simulation

Industrial automation

AMR integration

Multi-robot fleets

Robot programming

Offline simulation

Sensors

Actuators

APIs

Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Fleet orchestration

Tools

FANUC

KUKA

ABB

Job description

Volto Consulting is seeking a Robotics & Autonomous Systems Engineer in Warren, MI (100% on-site) for a 12-month engagement. The role focuses on robotic simulation, automation, AMR integration, and multi-robot coordination across plant and warehouse environments.

You will optimize paths, validate navigation and APIs, and lead cross-functional deployment efforts while ensuring safety and system reliability. Strong collaboration with IT/OT teams is required.