Automation Specialist

Company: Advantage Technical
Location: Austin
Posted on: November 27, 2022

Job Description:

The Automation Specialist will be responsible for supporting automation engineering services and production automation. The position requires 3 years of experience; Military personnel with technical training are encouraged to apply. Associate Degree in a related field is a plus.

• Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair, and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording, and indicating instruments and equipment.
• Maintain continuous system operation by adjusting, repairing, replacing, or modifying automation/robotic system components.
• Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems and components and return to serviceability.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance actions on all subsystems and related components.
• Ensure preventative maintenance of robotic and process support equipment are completed on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, and mechanical diagrams including complex automated system drawings.
• Collaborate with the automation team in the qualification process of automated systems.
• Records procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or method.
• Maintains software, documentation, and equipment to the latest revision or operational specifications.
• Assists engineers in developing and designing hardware and software required for all automation solutions per specifications.
• Trains other technicians and operators on products, processes, and equipment.
• Proper use of power tools and measuring equipment.
• Through troubleshooting, identifies machine malfunctions and isolates the failure mechanism.
• Repairs the failure mechanism in the most cost-effective manner.
• Performs preventive maintenance at specified intervals and schedules.
• Performs calibrations and re-qualifications on equipment at specified intervals and schedules.
• Assists process technicians and engineers with the installation and removal of process equipment.
• Analyzes and implements corrective action reports and process tracking mechanisms.
• Records times and problems in equipment logs.
• Provides daily equipment functioning activity information.
• Disassembles instruments and equipment and inspects components for defects.
• Aligns, repairs replace and balances component parts and circuitry.
• May require travel to other company sites or equipment vendors' locations.
• The highest level may perform both software and hardware maintenance.

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