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We pride ourselves in our woodworking and craftsmanship that deliver cabinets that are sure to fit every lifestyle.\nWe are seeking a highly skilled Automation Engineer to lead the commissioning, operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our fully automated frameless cabinet manufacturing facility. This is a ground-floor opportunity to own the technical heartbeat of a greenfield factory where automation handles every stage of production - from raw panel input through CNC cutting, robotic transfer, edge banding, drilling, staging, and order sorting - with the first human touch point occurring at final assembly.\nThe ideal candidate combines deep hands-on experience with industrial automation hardware (PLCs, robotics, servo systems, conveyors) and a strong working knowledge of manufacturing execution systems (MES), QR/barcode-driven production tracking, and cross-functional integration. You will be the primary technical authority ensuring our automated line runs at target OEE and that every panel arrives at assembly correctly edged, drilled, and sorted to order.\nKey Responsibilities:\nCommissioning & System Integration\nLead startup, commissioning, and acceptance testing of all automated production cells including CNC panel saws, robotic transfer systems, edge banding, drilling, and automated staging/sorting equipment.\nIntegrate all machines into the plant MES/WMS via QR code, barcode, or RFID tracking - ensuring part traceability from raw panel to assembly hand-off.\nDefine and validate communication protocols between PLCs, HMIs, robotic controllers, and plant-level software (ERP/MES).\nOperations & Continuous Improvement\nOwn the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) KPIs for all automated cells; lead root cause analysis and corrective action for losses in availability, performance, and quality.\nDevelop and maintain PLC/robot programs, motion profiles, part program libraries, and edge/drill specification databases.\nIdentify and implement automation improvement projects to reduce cycle time, scrap, and rework.\nMaintenance & Reliability\nCreate and maintain preventive maintenance (PM) schedules for all automated equipment, conveyors, robotic systems, and control hardware.\nDevelop MTTR/MTBF targets; build spare parts strategy and critical spares inventory.\nTrain and support maintenance technicians on troubleshooting PLCs, servo drives, pneumatics, and vision systems.\nQuality & Compliance\nDefine automated quality checkpoints including dimension verification, edge quality inspection, and drill position validation.\nPartner with Product Development to ensure tolerance stacks and part programs are achievable on installed equipment.\nEnsure all automation systems comply with OSHA, NFPA 79, and applicable electrical/machine safety standards.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nPartner with Product Development to onboard new cabinet lines into the automated production flow.\nWork with Purchasing to qualify new equipment vendors and manage FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing) at supplier facilities.\nCollaborate with IT to maintain cybersecurity posture of OT/SCADA systems and enforce change management on production software.\nRequirements\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related engineering discipline.\nAssociate's degree with 7+ years of direct automation engineering experience will be considered.\nExperience\n5+ years of hands-on automation engineering experience in a high-volume discrete manufacturing environment.\nDemonstrated experience commissioning and maintaining CNC woodworking or panel processing machinery (panel saws, edge banders, CNC drilling/boring centers).\nHands-on experience programming and maintaining industrial robots (FANUC, KUKA, ABB, Universal Robots, or equivalent).\nPLC programming proficiency - Siemens TIA Portal, Allen-Bradley (Studio 5000/RSLogix), or Beckhoff TwinCAT.\nExperience with automated conveyor systems, sorters, and material handling equipment.\nExperience with QR code / barcode-driven MES or WMS production tracking systems.\nTechnical Skills\nStrong understanding of servo motion control, pneumatics, and machine safety systems (Safety PLC, light curtains, two-hand controls).\nProficiency reading and creating electrical schematics and pneumatic diagrams.\nFamiliarity with OPC-UA, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, or PROFINET industrial communication standards.\nExperience with SCADA/HMI development (Ignition, WonderWare, FactoryTalk, or equivalent).\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience in cabinet, furniture, or wood products manufacturing with exposure to frameless (European-style) construction methods.\nKnowledge of nesting software and cutting optimization tools (e.g., Microvellum, Cabinet Vision, eCabinet, or similar).\nSix Sigma Green Belt or Lean Manufacturing certification.\nExperience with machine vision systems for automated quality inspection.\nWorking knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems.\nExperience with automated kitting, order picking, or e-commerce fulfillment automation.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5291,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"associate","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T02:41:31Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":5,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.183,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":183,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:5","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/avancecabinetry-automation-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/avancecabinetry-automation-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T12:55:38Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15789,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4420392},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4420392"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Favancecabinetry-automation-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Favancecabinetry-automation-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Favancecabinetry-automation-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/avancecabinetry-automation-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Favancecabinetry-automation-engineer"}]}