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- Explore taking your career further with one of the world's most respected brands and one of the top automotive companies in North America!
- Client is growing and leading the way through innovations designed to enhance lives through forward-thinking mobility solutions.
- Client is looking for diverse, highly motivated contractors who want to come grows and lead the change with us.
- Digital Products and Services Automated Guided Vehicle Network Engineer
- The Network Engineer will lead and manage from a technical network infrastructure and device perspective a variety of projects that support critical business processes for Internal Logistics using Automated Guided Vehicles or Automated Mobile Robots or Vision Guide Vehicles.
- Client is innovating at a fast pace and is automating internal part conveyance with varying robot technologies.
- Network Engineer responsible for providing mid to senior-level network engineering leadership.
- Ensure the overall stability, integrity, and efficiency of assigned system(s) infrastructure including engineering, implementation and integration, and technical service and support from the platform level to the device level.
- The successful candidate will have particular focus on actively contributing to and supporting AGV workstreams including Tactical Projects, Operational Systems, Governance and Sustainment and Strategic initiatives.
- Tactical Project support will include working with client and AGV Vendors on upcoming or inflight projects.
- Focus areas will include network design for AGV Systems, Network Settings and Standardized Configuration for AGV systems.
- Operational Project Support will include working with client and AGV Vendors on deployed projects.
- Focus areas will include working with all stakeholders to identify root cause, short term and long-term countermeasures for operational issues.
- Governance and Standards will include working with client and AGV Vendors to develop, maintain and ensure deployment of standards to projects and AGV vendors.
- Strategic Initiatives will include working with client and AGV Vendors on future technical robotic conveyance initiatives and emerging technologies including proof of concepts. For example, cellular enabled AGV's, mesh networked robots.
- Must have good communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve highly complex issues in support of business processing requirements.
- Must be able to analyze business requirements to develop technical network solutions and their architecture framework.
- Must have large enterprise network experience with client facing exposure.
- Must have Warehousing or Production Manufacturing Experience
- Must have Firewall and security skills
- Must have Cloud Computing Experience
- Must be willing to travel to various client Facilities as needed. Approx. 10% to 25% travel.
- Ability to identify issues before they occur in production.
- Ability to work with all stakeholders and engage in troubleshooting in a high-pressure environment.
- Ability to review current situation and make confident recommendations for change/kaizen/improvement.
- Knowledge of Wireshark, DNAC, Ekahau and other network tools to support project and day to day work.
- Must be a team player willing to support colleagues towards overall project goals.
- Must be able and willing to maintain and report out concisely on the status of work and activities on a regular basis.
- Must have scrum/agile experience.
- Go and see actual condition without preconception.
- Computer Science Majoring in Networking or related degree or relevant experience.
- Enterprise Network Qualification and Experience in Lan and WIFI/ CCNA.
- Will have 3 plus years' experience in an Automotive Manufacturing setting or other Engineering based Manufacturing setting.
- Will have experience in various AGV robots and systems.
- Will have experience in various Wi-Fi card technology including Siemens, Moxa, Intel etc.
- Will have Industrial Networking Experience with exposure to PLC system and controls systems networks.
- Will have basic level of operating systems and programming language concepts.
- Will have experience working in agile or Kanban in JIRA.
- Experience with high availability mission critical production impacting systems.
- Knowledge of client vehicle manufacturing processes.
- Manager is looking for a skilled Network Engineer who can support, from the IT perspective, the Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) of the client facilities across United States, Mexico and possibly in Canada.
- The candidate will be responsible for working on shop floor with the AGVs at least one day a week.
- Duration:6 months with possible extension and there's a chance that this position may convert to full time.
- Travel: Approx. 10% to 25% travel domestically to US and Mexico, possibly to Canada.
- Work schedule: Hybrid with 30% being on-site and 70% being remote
- Overtime: Potentially and can be required to work on weekends if need be.
- AGV- Information System: TMNA-KY
- Various Wi-Fi card technologies including Siemens, Moxa, Intel etc.
- Industrial Networking Experience and exposure to PLC system and controls systems networks.
- The ideal candidate should have the required skills along with,
- CCNA or any suitable Networking certification
- Career Background of working at Automotive Manufacturing setting
- Experience in various AGV robots and systems.