Robotics Solutions Design Engineer

General Motors

3.5

(61)

Warren, MI

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    Position summary

    ith the latest technologies to design new state of the art robotic material handling systems.

    Project durations can range from several months to 2.5 years, with travel across North America required, up to 50% depending on the project phase and site location.

    What You'll Do

    • Invent, design, and implement engineering solutions to complex material flow/transformation and human/machine efficiency problems throughout the supply chain

    • Manage and coordinate design and innovation efforts to develop optimal solutions for the material delivery system through equipment specification, material flow, process design and site layout

    • Collaboration with internal and external teams to generate high-quality, cost-effective solutions in very short period of time

    • Simultaneously manage and support multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors, and vendors

    • Provide technical guidance for large-scale engineering projects

    • Evaluate and create physical processing and material handling solutions using modern edge technology, robotics, and data analytics

    • Identify and analyze key operational and financial metrics as part of program and feature selection to drive smart decisions

    • Coordinate with systems and operations engineering teams to optimize the efficiency of the material delivery system

    • Support the 1st deployment of new technology at the designated site

    • Develops processes for the validation and verification of new technologies

    Additional Description

    Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

    • Bachelor's degree in engineering (Industrial or Mechanical), Operations Research, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

    • 5+ years of related experience in design/innovation, research & development, manufacturing/process/industrial engineering

    • 3+ years in management of engineering design projects

    • Experience validating performance through simulation tools

    • Experience using MS Excel, MS Project, AutoCAD and commercial off-the-shelf technologies such as Tableau, SQL, etc.

    • Demonstrated use of analytical skills to solve complex engineering problems

    What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

    • Master's degree in engineering

    • Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies and systems including robotics

    • Experience working with the designs of complex automated material handling equipment and systems including robotics and high-speed manufacturing.

    • Capital project management skills

    • Design-in-Safety experience

    • Experience with process design based on Lean Principles.

    This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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    Why you should apply for a job to General Motors:

  • 52% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 85% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Our Work Appropriately philosophy gives employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact to achieve their goals.
  • Our future is all electric and we aspire to zero tailpipe emissions by 2035.
  • Paid Family Leave provides employees up to 12 weeks of paid time off to support a new child or care for relatives with a health condition.