# Automation Engineer

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner-and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world. This position reports to: Production Engineering Manager__ The work model for the role is: Onsite, Richmond, VA Your role and responsibilities In this role, you will have the opportunity to optimize the Production organization’s assembly methods, processes, and equipment to minimize labor hours in accordance with business strategies related to quality, efficiency, costs, and safety. Each day, you will ensure appropriate production methods, cycle time, equipment performance, and materials/components in support of production targets. You will also showcase your skill by defining the working phase sequence of a new production process to meet the targeted product cost and equipment investment budget. You will be mainly accountable for: Identifying and recommending improvement opportunities and implements Automation projects, ensuring adherence to timeframe, quality, and cost requirements plant wide; Propose, Implement and manage Automation architecture for various

- **Id**: 4278619
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/abb-automation-engineer-6>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Richmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T19:49:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T02:20:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6987
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- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Continuous learning, Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Power Grid, Industrial Automation, Industrial Robotics

## Company

- **Id**: 44977
- **Name**: ABB
- **Domain**: abb.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/abb>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 397
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.353
- **Repost share**: 0.008
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 23
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **ASP.NET Core** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T19:49:25Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 2; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 104 · green card filings: 6; Filings 12m: 104

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:07:22Z

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