Search Jobs

Location: Waukesha County, WI Area | Schedule: Full-time, Onsite with up to 30% travel | Compensation: Up to $120,000 base + benefits

Overview

A respected custom industrial automation systems integrator serving a diversified global client base is seeking a Robotics Automation Engineer to design, build, and commission unique automated machinery and robotic cells from concept through deployment. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who wants to move beyond repetitive production-line work and take ownership of complex, custom builds from design through physical assembly.

What you'll do

• Develop, write, and optimize RAPID code and ABB RobotStudio simulations to integrate ABB robotic arms with master PLCs and plant-wide automation systems
• Lead full-lifecycle custom machine projects, from system design and kinematics simulation through floor build and physical debugging
• Configure electrical communication setups, fieldbus protocols (EtherNet/IP, PROFINET), and software handshakes for ABB robotic packages and end-of-arm tooling (EOAT)
• Troubleshoot pathing errors, cycle-time bottlenecks, mechanical interferences, and control logic issues on the build floor and in the field
• Travel up to 30% domestically and internationally to lead system installations, site acceptance testing (SAT), and customer engineering sign-offs
• Author system logic documentation, sequence-of-operation manuals, and electrical schematic redlines for custom machinery builds

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of verifiable experience programming ABB robots, including at least 2 years focused on RAPID programming and RobotStudio simulation
• 2+ years of practical PLC development and ladder logic programming using Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Studio 5000 or equivalent major industrial controllers
• Solid foundation configuring industrial motion control, vision-guided systems, and safety networks (light curtains, safety relays, SafeMove)
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related discipline (extensive hands-on systems integration experience considered in lieu of degree)
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% worldwide, backed by a valid U.S. Passport (or ability to obtain one immediately)
• Residency within a 45-minute daily commute of Waukesha County / Greater Milwaukee, WI
• US Citizen or Green Card holder

Preferred qualifications

• Direct experience integrating 2D/3D machine vision systems (Cognex, Keyence) or complex servo-driven end-effectors
• Secondary experience programming FANUC (KAREL/TP), KUKA, or Yaskawa robotic systems
• Familiarity with digital twin software or building custom HMI screens (FactoryTalk View) for machine operators

Compensation and benefits

• Up to $120,000 base salary, commensurate with programming depth
• Full health and retirement benefits

Why this role

This direct-hire position offers true technical autonomy, moving away from repetitive production cycles toward designing and building custom, leading-edge machinery with design and assembly teams under one roof.