
Automation Engineer (IoT Solutions Development)
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Job Description:
- Digital Manufacturing Unit, IoT Solutions Development group was created to survey Client manufacturing business and develop strategy for prioritized development of digital solutions that enable improved production efficiency, quality, and safety for a sustainable future.
- The IoT Solutions Engineer is engaging with NA regional plant floor customers to identify opportunities to develop and test technology/concepts and prove the ability to deliver reliable value to our customer.
- Ideal candidate for this role has a creator mindset, is excited to maintain awareness of digital technology developments, and then develop new, reliable solutions that enable Client competitiveness, while also being risk averse.
- Development of new digital technology solutions such as vision inspection systems, AI and M/L analysis of machine/sensor data.
- Analyse user/customer needs along with manufacturing problems and align them with product/technology opportunities.
- Contribute to and execution of IoT strategy and roadmap for selected areas.
- Monitor developments of new technologies for IoT potential in future projects
- Support analytical processes, like machine learning in use within proof-of-technology concepts to deployed IoT projects.
Qualifications, Experience, & Skills:
- Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering-related areas: electrical, controls, systems, computer science, data science or equivalent experience
- Minimum Experience: 2+ years’ experience in manufacturing equipment controls, network design, embedded systems, machine learning and/or data engineering with a focus on the automotive industry
Other Job-Specific Skills:
- Understanding, extraction and interpretation of parameter data in a machine that represents the health of the machine components, proper operation, and effects on product quality.
- Knowledge of manufacturing equipment controls and logic – preferably in at least one of Mitsubishi, Rockwell, Siemens, or Omron PLCs.
- Understanding of computer vision algorithms such as segmentation, morphology, pose estimation, camera calibration, image enhancement, feature extraction, classification, 3D Vision and deep learning techniques.
- Experience implementing vision algorithms in C++, Python, HALCON, Matrox, Cognex, and/or Keyence, using traditional rules and/or deep learning.
- Experience with vibration, audio, or current signature analysis
ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.
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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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