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AmazonPosted 1w ago
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MDE-Automation , MDE Automation Team
MDE-Automation , MDE Automation Team at Amazon scores 42 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it a Level 2 role on this board.
CN, 44, Shenzhenmidfull-time
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Automation Engineer to develop assembly automation solutions, using AI assistants to create machine sequences and validate generated code.
ai-assistants
automationmanufacturing-softwareroboticstroubleshooting
Key job responsibilities
As an Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for driving world class manufacturing software solutions to scale assembly automation globally. This will involve architecting, innovating software solutions for assembly processes, explore new technologies, implementing and scaling it globally. You will be driving the development working alongside team members from Asia pacific. You will be the main interface between the hardware, Contract Manufacturers (CMs) and Product Design Engineering teams; with local and Offshore Operations teams within Lab126 and our OEM partners.
A day in the life
• Design and develop scalable software architectures to program assembly automation solutions. This involves creating machine sequences (state machines, process flows) using AI assistants, validating AI-generated code and configuration (device drivers, hardware/connection config, production UI/HMI) to meet production quality standards.
• Perform root cause analysis, troubleshoot live hardware to optimize manufacturing performance
• Scale automation solutions working closely with Contract Manufacturers (CMs)
• Document software code, specifications for internal and external stakeholders.
• Train CM engineers to operate, extend, and troubleshoot the system independently.
• Create standardized reports for recurring issues and platform gaps back to the core platform and AI-tooling teams.
About the team
You will be working with highly skilled individuals with varying skills and backgrounds from China and US. Partner teams will look to you to solve complex issues using automation and come up with new ways to improve the overall product design to delight our customers.
Basic qualifications
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
- Experience working on and delivering end to end projects independently
- 5+ years of industrial controls and automation experience, or Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, engineering technology or equivalent
- Hands-on experience with assembly-automation hardware and drivers/protocols: robots, vision systems, motion controllers, barcode/DIO/conveyors, over TCP/Serial/EtherCAT/Modbus/OPC UA.
- Ability to evaluate code and config (e.g., C#, XML) and resolve errors before they reach a production line.
- Comfort with AI-assisted workflows: writing clear specs/prompts, reviewing generated artifacts, and iterating with AI assistants.
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, computer science. or equivalent
- 3+ years of embedded software engineering experience, including standards, reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- PLC programming experience (Structured Text, register maps, Modbus/OPC UA).
- Prior field-service or commissioning experience on assembly lines.
- MES integration and data-tracking exposure.
- Experience training or mentoring engineers.
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- Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
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- Tell me about a project where troubleshooting was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used AI Assistants in your day-to-day work.
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