Senior MHS Automation Engineer - Conveyor & WCS Lead

ID Logistics US; Country Club Hills (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Generous PTO

Job summary

ID Logistics US is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the design, evaluation, and commissioning of automated material handling solutions across warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution. You will own projects through full lifecycle, from concept to handoff, including integration with WCS/WMS and OEMs.

Based near Atlanta, GA or Chicago, IL, with 50-75% travel to sites and partners. Competitive total rewards include salary, bonus, comprehensive benefits, and PTO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial/Automation).
• 7+ years in material handling, warehouse automation, or similar.
• Experience designing, implementing, commissioning, or supporting conveyor and automated material handling systems.
• Strong understanding of conveyor technologies, accumulation, merges, sortation, and throughput analysis.
• Experience managing projects through design, procurement, installation, commissioning, and handoff.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, engineering, implementation, commissioning, and optimization of MHS for warehousing operations.
• Develop concepts for belt/roller conveyors, MDR, accumulation, merges, diverts, sortation, pallet handling, and AS/RS.
• Perform throughput, capacity, cycle-time, and utilization analyses; validate designs.
• Review layouts, equipment arrangements, routing, interfaces, and safety considerations.
• Coordinate with OEMs/integrators; support FAT/SAT/UAT and performance testing.
• Provide on-site leadership during installation, startup, and ramp-up.

Skills

MHS design

Conveyor systems

Throughput analysis

PLC controls

Systems integration

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

WCS/WES integration

Job description

ID Logistics US is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the design, evaluation, and commissioning of automated material handling solutions across warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution. You will own projects through full lifecycle, from concept to handoff, including integration with WCS/WMS and OEMs.

Based near Atlanta, GA or Chicago, IL, with 50-75% travel to sites and partners. Competitive total rewards include salary, bonus, comprehensive benefits, and PTO.