Flex Global Automation Engineer 

United States, Oregon 

638134950

Job Posting Start Date 08-02-2025 Job Posting End Date

What a typical day looks like:

• Develop and standardize global automation best practices, ensuring alignment across all Critical Power sites.
• Act as a global liaison between regional teams, engineering, and leadership to ensure consistent implementation of automation strategies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to regional engineers
• Design, engineer, and commission PLC, HMI, and SCADA-based automation systems for manufacturing and testing of power distribution equipment, including the development and modification of moderately complex tooling, machinery, and processes.
• Collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of automation into product designs
• Integrate automation systems with MES, historian, and enterprise platforms (e.g., SAP, Power BI)
• Ensure compliance with global electrical and safety standards (e.g., NFPA 70E, IEC, UL, CE)
• Establish technical manuals, drawings, models, training documentation, preventative maintenance plans and troubleshooting guides for automated equipment and automated processes.
• Collaborates and offers input to planning, building, and maintaining the Automation framework and associated processes for new products.
• Identifies and drives change to ensure automation effectiveness of existing processes.
• Demonstrates and thorough understanding of customer requirements, offer suggestions and ideas on how best to deliver automation solutions.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team,

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in industrial automation, with at least 3 years in a senior or global role.
• Proven experience in designing and commissioning automation systems for manufacturing environments, preferably in power distribution equipment or data center infrastructure.
• Proficiency in PLC programming (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider Electric).
• Experience with SCADA/HMI platforms (Ignition, Wonderware, GE Cimplicity).
• Strong understanding of power monitoring and control systems (e.g., Schneider PME, Eaton Foreseer).
• Familiarity with Visual Basic for legacy system support and custom tool development.
• Knowledge of robotic welding and automated painting systems.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols: Modbus, OPC UA, DNP3, SNMP · Electrical design tools (AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN) and power system modeling (ETAP, SKM).
• Data acquisition and visualization tools (OSIsoft PI, Power BI, SQL).

Here are a few of our preferred experiences,

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Automation, or related discipline
• Familiarity with global standards (e.g., IEC, UL, CE) and compliance requirements
• Certifications such as:
  • Certified Automation Professional (CAP) – ISA
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license
  • TÜV Functional Safety Engineer (for safety-critical systems)

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Pay Range (Applicable to US Remote). Due to this role being remote, the actual pay range will vary depending on the geographical location of the candidate $107,900.00 USD - $148,400.00 USD AnnualProduction Engineering