Principal Automation Engineer

Position Overview:

The Principal Automation Engineer is a critical member of the Global Equipment Engineering team. The responsibilities of the role include conceptualizing, specifying, and designing automated assembly equipment for use in Insulet’s global manufacturing operations. Design for manufacturability, reliability, performance, and standardization of design platforms and manufacturing processes are essential. Anticipating and resolving bottlenecks to capacity, identifying and implementing continuous improvement for cost and waste reduction. The successful candidate will have strong structured problem-solving skills of complex component and machine interactions and be comfortable working hands-on with automation machinery. The candidate will work in a collaborative teaming environment and be responsible for working with peers, mentoring junior engineers, building suppliers and servicing internal customers. This is a challenging role, suitable for an energetic critical thinker who has solid technical, organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to plant and equipment architecture & plant layouts
• Develop equipment design specifications to communicate equipment performance requirements to outside vendors, typically in formal URS & FRS documents
• Develop and implement design improvements to equipment for reliability and waste reduction
• Develop and implement assembly process control to stabilize and sustain equipment reliability
• Optimize and document process settings for critical product assembly operations
• Provide input and support for technology transfer and equipment design reviews
• Accountable for driving process improvements in support of Insulet’s primary manufacturing objectives: Best Quality, Best Service, Best Cost
• Autonomously interpret data to drive decision making and prioritization of engineering projects
• Collaborate with internal and external resources to plan and implement design improvement projects
• Develop and deliver training to build the capability of the global equipment engineering team as part of continuous improvement efforts.
• Independently maintain and publish operating scorecards to track and trend projects/improvements.
• Ensure compliance with internal safety rules, quality policies, and employee guidelines
• Maintain a GMP compliant environment and operate within FDA guidelines for 21CFR820 manufacturing.
• Manage IQ, OQ, FAT, SAT and PQ efforts for new assembly and packaging technologies and/or transferring technologies to new factory sites. 
• Perform other duties as required

Preferred Skills and Competencies:

• Technical mastery in mechanical engineering of assembly technologies and packaging is preferred
  • Hands-on mechanical aptitude and Machine Design including pneumatics, linkage design, mechatronics, robotics, and drive systems.
  • Process Technologies: ultrasonic welding, heat transfer decoration, hot stamping, laser welding, laser decoration.
  • In depth component manufacturing knowledge and experience including stamping, swaging, spring design, and injection molding
• In depth experience specifying, selecting, manufacturing acceptance, installation, startup, commission, and validation of fully automated and advanced discrete component assembly and/or packaging
• Sound mechanical skill set incorporating machine design Projects with strong mechanical aptitude is required. 

• Demonstrated ability to understand user requirements of complex products, translate these into a complete conceptualized automated value stream solution; Creates and coordinate design solutions for novel or complex problems; integrate regulatory and operational needs, and assess cost benefit
• Ability to critically review engineering designs and ensure adherence to company design and development guidelines and SOPs.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and successfully lead teams and vendors to achieve exceptional results
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; engage and energize others to reach their fullest potential and performance.  This can include, but is not limited to improving business process systems, developing training aids and SOPs, and providing feedback
• knowledge and experience with post-implementation continuous improvement efforts and methodology is beneficial.
• Good problem-solving skills; ability to respond to barriers, problems, and challenges, internally and externally, to find executable solutions
• Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and rigorous process discipline
• Effectively deal with conflict and openly communicate and lead team members to succe