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Dallas, IA - USA

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Not Disclosed

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1 Vacancy

Job Description

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Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful inclusive and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but dont meet every bullet point we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth were looking to add a/an Global Automation Engineer located in Dallas TX.

Reporting to the Director Business Excellence the Global Automation Engineer Leads the global development standardization and implementation of automation systems and best practices across Critical Power manufacturing sites. Acts as a technical liaison and mentor driving consistency efficiency and innovation in the design and deployment of automation solutions for power distribution equipment and related manufacturing processes.

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 were looking to add to our team

  • Bachelors 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

  • Masters 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)

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What youll 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

Job Category

Production Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available

No

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit qualifications and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age race religion color sex national origin marital status sexual orientation gender identity veteran status disability pregnancy status or any other status protected by law. Were happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email and well discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex you must complete the application process first).

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