Staff Engineer - #1398119

At FANUC America Corporation we are passionate about our customers, our employees, and the work we perform. We maintain a workplace where individuals can be proud of, where talents are embraced, and results are encouraged and supported.

We are looking for talented people who value integrity, informed decision-making and collaboration. If you believe you are one of those talented people, and are interested in being considered for a career at FANUC America, we invite you to apply today!

In this role as a Staff Engineer for our Automotive Solutions group, you will collaborate with automotive customers and work across FAC engineering groups to identify, prepare, demonstrate and promote solutions that leverage FANUC products to address their automation challenges. You will directly report to the General Manager – Automotive Solutions Engineering as well as work with Sales and Marketing on campaigns to increase our footprint of proposed solutions across the automotive industry.

Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Collaborate with auto OEM and Tier Suppliers to evaluate and understand their automation challenges
• Work across FAC ASE team and other FAC engineering teams to identify and propose solution concepts that leverage FANUC products and technologies to solve identified customer challenges
• Leverage robot expertise and automation process knowledge to assess proposed solution concepts and identify optimal targets for demonstration
• Solicit customer input on targeted solution concepts to gain alignment and acceptance
• Prepare / provide clear requirements for successful demonstration of targeted solution concepts
• Work with FAC Innovation Lab to create a successful demonstration of targeted solution concepts
• Generate promotional material to highlight the business value of targeted solutions
• Support presentation of demonstration and promotional material to automotive customers
• Assess customer robot interface configuration strategies and identify opportunities to promote the capabilities and expertise of FAC Global Standards Software team as a competitive differentiator
  
  

Ideal Candidate Will Have The Following Experience And Education

• Master’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, software) or related field
• 10+ years of robot automation application development / processing experience, or robotic application engineering support experience
• 10+ years of experience with automotive automation systems (body shop, general assembly, propulsion/powertrain, metal fabrication, etc.)
• 5+ years of experience deploying, configuring and programming robots in automation systems
• Demonstrated ability to effectively identify and specify viable robotic automation solutions
• Demonstrated ability to define and document requirements for successful robotic demonstrations
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management / Product Management / Application Engineering experience related to robot application, system or product implementation
• Diverse customer and application experience to effectively identify and promote new application concepts across strategic customer initiatives
• International customer experience
  
  

Benefits

We offer market competitive pay and benefits programs, as well as opportunities for advancement, knowledge and skill development, and recognition of individual achievements. In addition, we offer the following benefits to our employees:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Program
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Benefit Dollars
• Generous Holiday & Vacation Program
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans