Automation Engineer

• General understanding of welding timers and guns is desirable.
• Hand on experience for Programming and Maintenance of various type of robotics application like welding, preferrable Kuka and NC Controller
• Knowledge of welding parameters for MiG/MaG welding
• Knowledge of PLCs , like Siemens Step 7, S1200...etc
• Knowledge of simulation softwares , like RobCAD, Process Simulate
• Familiarity with basics of global Industrial Robot standards and specification.
• Working knowledge in Quality, EHS standards and Ergonomics.
• Knowledge of CAD and PLM tools (CATIA, DELMIA…)
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Behavioural Competencies

• Conscientious. Commits and delivers.
• Team Player.
• Able to perform the tasks independently
• Decisive. Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions. Refers decision to others when appropriate
• Self-Motivation.
• Logical and organized
• Good communication.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Make adjustments on existing robot weld programs
• Program spot welding / MiG welding robot on various systems to ensure optimal production output
• Review and improve robotic process and sequence to improve cycle times
• Provide daily production support for robotic weld cells
• Conduct troubleshooting and repairs on PLC controlled systems and programs
• Check completed parts to ensure compliance with required weld quality acceptance criteria
• Modify existing robot programs to improve robot reliability, maintainability,& performance
• Conduct root cause analysis for all robot downtimes
• Work with equipment OEM to improve robotic cells and address operational issues
• Continuous improvement of robotic stations efficiencies
• Leading co-engineering phase during design development
• Conduct trainings for Operators
• Lead the SAT and FAT validation for Robotic Cells
• Strong co-ordination with consultant team for design review, schedule monitoring, detail planning activity
• Productivity Improvement intiatives
• Manage all documents control, special process, flow charts. Prepare & maintain assembly instructions for production area
• Participating to the development of the tooling strategy including the evaluation of re-use of existing tooling
• Collision detection Test for the first serial production
• Prepare SOP for robot programming & maintenance
• ONLINE programming : Robot sequence validation, welding spot validation, cycle time validation using RobCAD/Process Simulate softwares
• Installation, verification of welding robots bringing the system to stage ready for production.
• Breakdown analysis, Root cause of Corrective Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance, Elimination of the problems, MTTR, MTBF, Utility cost controlling, maintenance cost controlling
• Leading Digitalization drive for complete site
• Implementation of Low Cost Automations
• Other activities:
• Bring his expertise to the industrial Costing Manager during tender phase
• Participates to R&D programs as industrial representative.
• Perform industrial REX on manufacturing processes.