Warehouse Design and Automation Engineer

Volto Consulting; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Volto Consulting in Saint Paul, MN, seeks a senior automation professional to lead warehouse design and deployment. You will work on ASRS, VNA, and pick/put-away systems, integrating robots, AMRs, cobots, and vision systems to deliver turnkey solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, project leadership, and collaboration with suppliers and plant personnel to meet safety, cost, and schedule goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse automation and turnkey design projects.
• Ability to read design specs and safety standards.
• Strong collaboration with project managers and site teams.

Responsibilities

• Design/re-design warehouses with capacity calculations and tech selection.
• Design automation solutions from concept to commissioning.
• Collaborate with project managers, fabrication teams, and plant personnel.
• Implement safety requirements established by customers and regulators.
• Clearly define scope, cost estimates, and schedules.
• Active project management to meet scope, cost, and schedule commitments.
• Coordinate with OEM suppliers in US/Europe/India for supply of automation systems.
• Track overall project status and report progress.
• Work with Plant IT on integration needs.
• Organize weekly calls with customers, suppliers and offshore team.
• Support installation/commissioning and handover at customer site.
• Identify new opportunities across sites and propose solutions.

Skills

Warehouse automation

Robotics/AMR/COBOTs

Automation engineering

Robotics sensors

Haptics & Teleoperation

Modeling & Simulation

WMS/WES/WCS integration

Project management

Procurement & installation

Tools

PLC/HMI

Vision systems

Conveyor systems

AMR/AGV platforms

Robot Operating System

Job description

1. 1. Possess good Experience in Warehouse Design and Automation Solutions like ASRS for VNA, Automation in Put-Away / Picking, Conveying systems etc.
2. 2. Well versed with associated Technologies like Robots/Cobots, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR), AGV / Vision System etc.
3. 3. Hands on experience in application engineering as well as development and deployment of Converting line Automation Solutions that are custom engineered or leveraging AGVs/AMRs/Cobots / Vision Systems etc.
4. 4. Knowledge on Advanced Robotics Technologies like Haptics, Teleoperation, Human-Robot Collaboration, Voice Commanding of Robots, Exoskeletons, Robotic Operating System, AMR / AGV Fleet Manager etc
5. 5. Converting Domain Knowledge – Good understanding of the practices of jumbo rolls storage & retrieval, Jumbo Bags storage and handling, & packaging (Primary / Secondary / Tertiary)
6. 6. Knowledge on lean manufacturing concept, value stream mapping and focus on continuous improvement.
7. 7. Knowledge on Advanced Modeling and Simulation to the extent of providing the right inputs to the Modeling and Simulation SMEs, providing inputs on various What-If Scenarios, Ability to interpret the Simulation Results and take corrective action in the Design
8. 8. Understanding of Controls Engineering / Plant IT Systems / Enterprise systems like WMS / WES / WCS to the extent of the integration requirements.
9. 9. Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
10. 10. Facilitating Equipment/Capital Procurement - Selects appropriate Robot equipment & associated systems (like Conveyor, Sensors, PLC, HMI etc.) which meets the Customer manufacturing specifications and meets program needs.
11. 11. Managing Installation & Commissioning collaborating with Installation & Commissioning contractors

• o Warehouse design / re-design including capacity calculations, various Warehouse specific technology selection etc
• o Designing Automation Solutions for Warehouse Operations from initial concept through plant commissioning
• o working closely with project managers, fabrication teams, and plant personnel.
• o Implementing design solutions that meet stringent safety requirements established by customer and applicable regulatory bodies.
• o Clearly defining scope, cost estimates, schedules
• o Active project management to meet the commitments on scope, cost and schedules

1. 2. Work closely with identified OEM suppliers based out of US, Europe & India for the supply of automation systems like conveyors, sensors, alarm systems, Robots, AMRs, COBOTs etc.
2. 3. Track the over all project status.
3. 4. Work closely with Plant IT wherever required
4. 5. Organize & Schedules weekly calls with Customer, suppliers & TCS Offshore team
5. 6. Manage & Support Installation / Commissioning and final handover at Customer site
6. 7. Study new opportunities across various areas within the plant and propose solutions proactively (may need to visit other sites).
7. 8. Provide technical support to customer technicians/ engineers after the successful deployment of the solution like trouble shooting, snag rectification etc.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with customer/Vendors to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.