Sr. Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Automation

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The Sr. Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Automation is responsible for driving strategic automation initiatives across manufacturing operations to improve safety, quality, productivity, and operational performance while delivering measurable financial results. This role leads projects from concept through implementation, including automation design, controls integration, business case development, supplier management, commissioning, and sustainment. As a key technical leader, you will partner with Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Finance, and Product Engineering teams to identify automation opportunities, standardize manufacturing processes, and implement scalable solutions that support Carrier's operational excellence and growth objectives.

As a Sr. Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Automation , you'll be responsible for: • Lead automation initiatives for heat exchanger manufacturing processes, including shell-and-tube and finned-tube coil production. • Develop and implement automation solutions for final assembly operations, including refrigerant charging systems, brazing and welding support equipment, sensor installation, controls integration, and end-of-line testing. • Design, support, troubleshoot, and optimize manufacturing automation systems, including PLC, HMI, safety systems, and automated testing platforms utilizing technologies such as Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Siemens, and LabVIEW. • Expand manufacturing digitalization capabilities through MES integration, automated test systems, production traceability, and structured data collection. • Identify, quantify, and deliver hard savings opportunities through labor reduction, scrap reduction, downtime improvements, productivity gains, first-pass yield (FPY) improvements, warranty reduction, and consumable optimization initiatives. • Develop automation business cases and capital investment proposals, including ROI analysis, payback calculations, NPV/IRR assessments, implementation cost analysis, and project prioritization. • Partner with Finance to establish benefit realization plans, validate savings after implementation, and ensure long-term sustainment through audits, standard work, and training. • Lead suppliers and system integrators throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements definition, RFQ development, technical evaluations, FAT, SAT, commissioning, startup, ramp-up, and project handoff. • Define run-at-rate expectations and ensure automation solutions achieve targeted cycle time, availability, quality, and performance requirements. • Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements through risk assessments, machine safeguarding, interlocks, LOTO readiness, and commissioning validation. • Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and New Product Introduction teams to maintain PFMEAs, Control Plans, Reaction Plans, and process capability requirements. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma methodologies, root cause analysis, and data-driven decision-making. • Develop and standardize automation architectures, controls strategies, preferred sensors, safety