# Distribution Automation Reliability Engineer

Who We Are McMaster-Carr is an innovative e-commerce company helping customers build and repair anything because we offer everything. We've thrived for more than 120 years through a relentless focus on customer experience, adaptability, and world-class operations. Curious, exceptional people are at the center of our evolution, turning new challenges and disruptive technologies into opportunities to learn, grow, and do work that makes customers' lives better. What You'll Do It is an exciting time at McMaster-Carr as we expand the use of automation in our distribution operations. Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), right-sized packaging technology, and sortation equipment are just some of the technologies that are in the scope of this role. We are hiring to advance engineering projects that drive improvements in the reliability and performance of the automation system. Projects span material handling design, controls, software, analytics, process design and AI. You will help establish standards for new systems, improve systems already in operation, and solve complex technical problems in a high-up-time environment. Make an impact and grow your engineering skills throug

- **Id**: 1419693
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mcmastercarr-com-corporate-automation-reliability-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-28T20:40:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T03:16:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 47
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4477
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Wholesale, B2B Commerce, Tools & DIY Supplies

## Company

- **Id**: 678418
- **Name**: McMaster-Carr
- **Domain**: mcmastercarr.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mcmastercarr>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 173
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 185000
- **Max**: 230000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 230000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 46

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-28T21:57:37Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 67
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.84
- **P room**: 0.8
- **Age days**: 47
- **Expected fill days**: 173
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 230000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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