Senior Automation Engineer - MHE Controls & PLC Lead

Amazon; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 114,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits from Day 1

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon’s Fort Myers fulfillment operations seek a Senior Automation Engineer to maximize equipment reliability and operational performance across material handling equipment. You will provide proactive controls automation, mentor engineers, and lead cross-functional teams to implement innovative projects and system design improvements.

You will work with conveyors, sortation, scanners, cameras, print/apply systems, and SCADA devices, driving continuous improvement to ensure fast, accurate order

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, automation engineering, or equivalent, or 4+ years PLC/automation experience.
• 4+ years of PLC-controlled automation and issue diagnosis in process/production environments.
• 4+ years of robotics work cells and control systems experience.
• 4+ years of Siemens, Allen-Bradley or Codesys Ladder Logic programming experience.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and optimize control systems to maximize equipment reliability and throughput.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead cross-functional teams for MHE system improvements.
• Support SCADA, PLCs, and industrial networks to reduce downtime and improve performance.
• Escalate and troubleshoot hardware or software issues during and after shifts.

Skills

PLC programming

Robotics systems

Automation engineering

Electrical theory

SCADA knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Automation

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Siemens PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Codesys

Ethernet/IP / Industrial networks

Job description

Amazon’s Fort Myers fulfillment operations seek a Senior Automation Engineer to maximize equipment reliability and operational performance across material handling equipment. You will provide proactive controls automation, mentor engineers, and lead cross-functional teams to implement innovative projects and system design improvements.

You will work with conveyors, sortation, scanners, cameras, print/apply systems, and SCADA devices, driving continuous improvement to ensure fast, accurate order