VulcanForms
Senior Automation Projects Engineer
$115K–$158K
Devens, MA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 8, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Robotics Engineering.
About the job
Leads end-to-end automation projects that bring lights-out manufacturing capabilities to production facilities, coordinating vendors and internal teams through factory deployment.
What you'll do
- Manage automation project deployment from planning through production release, meeting timelines, budgets, and safety specifications.
- Scope and manage automation integrators and equipment manufacturers, ensuring delivery against Statements of Work.
- Align engineering and operations stakeholders, and support automation standards and interoperability across machinery, robotics, and enterprise systems.
What they ask for
- 5+ years leading automation projects, systems integration, or industrial engineering initiatives in a production environment.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Robotics Engineering.
- Track record taking automation systems from vendor design reviews through 24/7 production release.
- Strong technical background in industrial robotics, PLC architectures, and safety systems integration.
Nice to have
- Experience managing CapEx budgets for automation lines exceeding $250k.
- Practical understanding of manufacturability and maintainability (DfM/DfR) in precision manufacturing.
Pay
$115,000 to $158,000 (USD, base salary)
Tools
industrial robotics, PLC architectures, MES, PLM, ERP
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