Dandy
Senior Factory Automation Engineer, II
$134K–$167K
USA - Provo UT · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; experience may be on a development or operations team.
- Education
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Own and improve the 3D inspection and measurement systems used to sort and inspect dental restorations in Dandy’s 24/7 Provo factory.
What you'll do
- Own the systems’ uptime, yield, performance, maintenance, and technical roadmap; diagnose failures and implement permanent fixes.
- Use production data to improve yield, throughput, asset utilization, and inspection accuracy in partnership with machine learning and advanced manufacturing teams.
- Design tooling and fixtures, and lead vendors through equipment installation and commissioning.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience as an automation, manufacturing, or equipment engineer on a development or operations team.
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Direct experience with high-volume automated production equipment in live environments where downtime carries immediate cost.
- Experience maintaining and optimizing high-speed automated systems, including PLC logic, robotics, and vision systems.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with 3D scanning, metrology, or machine vision inspection systems.
- Experience standing up equipment or a production line from scratch.
Pay
$133,896 – $167,371 USD base salary
Tools
PLC logic, robotics, vision systems, 3D scanning, metrology, machine vision inspection systems, sensor data, statistical process control
AI focus
Partner with machine learning and advanced manufacturing teams to improve inspection accuracy and co-develop future measurement systems.
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