ATS Corporation

Applications Engineer – Automated Manufacturing Systems

ATS Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Koblenz • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

CloudERP

About the role

  • Lead the conceptual system architecture of advanced manufacturing platforms, integrating automation, digital systems, data, physical equipment, and operations in close collaboration with customers
  • Define system boundaries, material and data flows, interfaces, and functional blocks based on customer goals and future state use cases, and that serve as the foundation for follow-on detailed engineering design
  • Develop clear, actionable system requirements and acceptance criteria that are traceable to customer needs, business goals, and regulatory requirements
  • Conduct simulation, modeling, and studies to explore architectural options, capacity strategies, and system performance scenarios
  • Leverage data-driven methods to validate design assumptions, identify risks, and optimize architectural outcomes before handoff to design teams
  • Proactively identify and mitigate early-stage product, process, design, integration, performance, and technology risks through proof-of-concept work or conceptual validation
  • Engage stakeholders, including customers and internal teams, to understand use cases, digital maturity, and future systems needs
  • Collaborate with engineering, controls, IT, operations, and sales to ensure architecture aligns with customer’s long-term strategic goals and execution capabilities
  • Produce architectural deliverables, including system user requirements documents (URSs), functional design specification documents (FRSs), functional block diagrams, and early risk registers
  • Update and evolve architectural requirements and assumptions as system understanding grows and scope evolves
  • Contribute to enterprise-wide frameworks for smart manufacturing, digital enablement, and Information Technology (IT)/Operational Technology (OT) integration

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Industrial, Mechanical, Software, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 7+ years of experience in systems architecture, automation strategy, or conceptual design of complex manufacturing systems
  • Knowledge of Systems engineering principles (requirements development, interface management, V-model, risk analysis and mitigation)
  • Simulation tools (Plant Simulation, or equivalent)
  • Industrial automation systems (robotics, PLCs, SCADA, MES, data acquisition, I/O)
  • Data and integration protocols (OPC, Ethernet/IP, etc.)
  • Vertical integration layers above core automation systems (MES, SCADA, ERP, cloud/edge platforms, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc.)
  • Smart factory frameworks (Industry 4.0, Digital Twin concepts, etc.)
  • Lean Six Sigma and applying CI tools at a systems level
  • Comfortable using Microsoft 365 suite of tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)
Benefits
  • Competitive starting salaries
  • Overtime pay eligibility
  • Subsidized company pension plan
  • Capital-forming benefits
  • 30-day vacation entitlement
  • Professional growth and development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
systems architectureautomation strategyconceptual designrequirements developmentinterface managementrisk analysissimulation toolsindustrial automation systemsdata integration protocolssmart factory frameworks
Soft skills
stakeholder engagementcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationproactive risk identificationadaptabilityanalytical thinkingcustomer focusstrategic alignmentteam leadership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Systems EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Industrial EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Software EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringLean Six Sigma certification