Mentor Technical Group (MTG) provides a comprehensive portfolio of technical support and engineering solutions for the FDA‑regulated industry. The Automation Engineer OT/IT Integration Specialist will own the technical strategy for robotics and ASRS capabilities, lead system integration, and ensure operational readiness across various project phases.

Responsibilities:

Own the end‑to‑end enterprise technical strategy for robotics and ASRS capabilities across the program, defining reference architectures, subsystem boundaries, and interface patterns
Establish performance and reliability targets, design principles, and scalable solutions across sites, vendors, and operating models
Lead system integration across PLC/HMI, safety PLCs, robotics/ASRS controllers, and WMS/WES/WCS/EMS platforms
Define and govern interface control standards, including message contracts, state models, exception handling, and recovery strategies
Drive architectural decisions across OT networks, industrial protocols, middleware, availability, and cybersecurity requirements
Establish and lead technical governance processes, including design reviews, architecture boards, and readiness gates
Ensure traceability from business requirements through design, testing, and acceptance evidence
Define and enforce engineering quality standards, including naming conventions, alarms, diagnostics, and technical documentation
Lead commissioning and qualification strategies across FAT, SAT, integrated testing, cutover, and hypercare phases
Drive complex issue triage, root cause analysis, and resolution during commissioning and startup
Ensure achievement of throughput, accuracy, availability, and recovery KPIs prior to system acceptance
Act as the senior technical authority for robotics and ASRS OEMs and system integrators
Shape technical scope, assumptions, and trade‑offs impacting cost, schedule, and system performance
Review and approve technical submittals, deviations, and change requests with risk‑based decision making
Hold vendors accountable for documentation, training, spares, and supportability aligned with SLAs
Own the safety‑by‑design approach for automated systems, including risk assessments, safeguarding strategies, LOTO, E‑stops, and safety validation
Coordinate functional safety activities with site EHS and lead hazard closure and safety acceptance
Ensure operational readiness includes maintainability, training, escalation paths, and a reliability plan that sustains post go‑live performance
Provide technical leadership for integrated schedules, vendor dependencies, and program‑level planning
Forecast controls, software, and commissioning resource needs across project phases
Identify and retire technical risks early, including capacity, resilience, networking, software, and safety risks
Establish reusable engineering standards and templates, including ICDs, control narratives, alarm and diagnostic philosophy, test protocols, and as‑built requirements
Govern disciplined change control and configuration management across the lifecycle
Drive clean handover to Operations and Maintenance with training, troubleshooting playbooks, spare parts strategies, and sustaining engineering ownership

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
10+ years of experience delivering industrial automation systems, including robotics and/or ASRS solutions, with significant responsibility for architecture, integration, and commissioning in warehouse, distribution, or manufacturing environments
Recognized technical authority with a proven track record of driving architecture decisions and resolving high‑severity, cross‑domain technical issues
Deep experience authoring and governing controls and software deliverables at scale, including reference architectures, control narratives, alarm and diagnostic standards, test strategies, and network/security architecture
Expert‑level troubleshooting capabilities across electrical, controls, software, and mechanical systems, including leading issue triage and root cause analysis to closure
Proven experience leading multi‑vendor technical delivery, including OEMs, integrators, and software providers, through FAT, SAT, commissioning, and turnover
Strong knowledge of industrial networking and OT/IT integration (e.g., Ethernet/IP, Profinet, OPC UA, VLANs, time synchronization, cybersecurity)
Demonstrated success delivering measurable performance outcomes (throughput, accuracy, uptime, recovery) and establishing sustainment mechanisms beyond hypercare
Exceptional communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and mentor technical teams

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