Systems Design Engineer - Autonomous Robotics

Position: Systems Design Engineer              Location: Michigan, Detroit, Fort Wayne- Indiana, Toledo – Ohio, Arlington- Texas, Kentucky Job Type: Full-Time Permanent     Experience: 3-5 years Relevant Work Experience Education: Graduate Degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Controls/Mechatronics/Systems Engineering related field Division: OTTO by Rockwell Automation  About OTTO by Rockwell Automation OTTO is a global leader in autonomous technology for material handling inside manufacturing and warehouse facilities. With over five million hours of production experience, OTTO autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are trusted in mission-critical operations for some of the world’s most recognized brands. OTTO Motors was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Robotics Companies of 2023. For more information, visit ottomotors.com.  OTTO was acquired by Rockwell Automation effective October 2023. Rockwell is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.  About the Job The Systems Engineering (SE) team works closely with our Project Management Office (PMO) within our professional services organization to deliver business value to our end users, channel partners, and for OTTO Motors.  SEs design and integrate fleets of OTTO autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and software at our customer facilities. In addition, the SE team delivers training to our integration partners and end-users, and evaluates use cases to establish guidelines, standards, and best practices for how OTTO Motors products can be used by the market, specifically by our integrator network. Furthermore, the SE team is a major contributor to defining our product requirements and is a major influencer of our product roadmap. Primary responsibilities: 

• Understanding customer requirements and ensuring clarity of all requirements prior to detailed design
• Consulting with applications engineering during the requirements and concept definition process; documenting/updating the requirements when needed
• Detailed design of AMR systems using OTTO Motors products to meet the customer requirements; including layout review & design, workflow design, and attachment design
• Support the discrete event simulation process by being the lead SE in verifying the validity of all the inputs required for simulation and working with the customer as well as the internal sim team
• Support definition of middle layer software design to interface between OTTO Fleet Manager API and any third party automation systems in the facility (PLCs, WMS, ERP, MES systems)
• authoring & executing acceptance test plans for validation of system functionality and performance
• Optimizing system performance through analysis, simulation, and experimentation
• Project planning for the deliverables and work packages you own
• Lead and support on-site deployment and integration of designed system as required
• Communicating technical details and status to the customer and broader project team
• Delivery of training to integration partners as well as end users
• Consulting with internal team members and integration partners on all of the above

Additional responsibilities: 

• Authoring new product requirements based on the lessons learned from your design and commissioning activities;
• Working with the systems engineering team to improve project/department tools, processes, and working relationships with other departments;
• Ability to travel for business within North America, Europe and Asia; ~25 - 35 % travel commitment

About You You want to work for a fast-moving company that thinks big and dreams huge. You are driven, view work as more than just a job, and are never satisfied with a project left half-done. You want to be surrounded by people who are creative, fun-loving, and passionate about their work. You are motivated by making an impact on your workplace and you thrive on challenging and rewarding problems.  You have a customer-first mentality and strive to exceed customer expectations. Your mastery comes from years of experience in designing and integrating complex systems solutions for industrial automation applications. You are able to represent a complex system via a simplified block diagram representation to convey the objective and details to the end user systematically. Required background: 

• 3+ years of relevant work experience
• 3+ years of experience commissioning & integrating industrial automated equipment or software that interfaces to the equipment
• Middle layer software design experience to enable multi-device/system integration within facility automation
• College/university diploma or degree in an engineering, design, or industrial controls type of field
• Experience working directly with clients/end-users

Required skills: 

• Planning and organization (how to approach and solve a problem, work breakdown to achieve the end goal, etc.)
• Strong communicator, verbal and written
• Self-motivated and organized with a keen eye for detail
• Familiarity of working with Linux
• Authoring and modifying software code (python, C++, or other)
• PLC design and integration experience
• Interpretation & design analysis of mechanical drawings and electrical schematics

Bonus for experience: 

• Data analysis experience
• Experience with inductive automation ignition OPC/UA software
• Experience with Rockwell FT Optix
• Experience with Jira and Epicor

At OTTO by Rockwell Automation, we are committed to building and supporting a culture of diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We hire the best talent regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression. If you require special accommodation to complete any portion of the application or interview process, please contact 1-800-301-3863.