Principal Automation Engineer
Job Description
Our team at Bloom Energy embraces the unprecedented opportunity to change the way companies utilize energy. Our technology empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. Our energy platform has three key value propositions: resiliency, sustainability, and predictability. We provide infrastructure that is flexible for the evolving net zero ecosystem. We have deployed more than 30,000 fuel cell modules since our first commercial shipments in 2009, sending energy platforms to data centers, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, biotechnology facilities, major retail stores, financial institutions, telecom facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure customers around the world.
Our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable globally. We never stop striving to improve our technology, to expand and improve our company performance, and to develop and support the many talented employees that serve our mission!
We are looking for a Principal Automation Engineer to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to the Director, Equipment Engineering - Automation and based in Fremont, CA. This is a fully on-site, in office role.
As a Principal Automation Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of energy production. You will lead the development of cutting-edge manufacturing tools, techniques, and machinery, driving innovation and efficiency in our production processes. Your expertise will be essential in optimizing costs, enhancing safety, and ensuring the high performance of our fuel cell systems.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Innovate: Spearhead the development of next-generation manufacturing tool sets and inspection techniques.
- Collaborate: Identify and partner with external suppliers to bring prototype designs to life.
- Optimize: Conduct rigorous cost-benefit analyses and ROI assessments for proposed automation projects.
- Engineer: Design high-utilization, low-maintenance, and safety-compliant machinery.
- Strategize: Create comprehensive tool strategies and implementation timelines.
- Lead: Develop compelling presentations to secure executive support and funding for new initiatives.
Skills and Experience:
- Education: B.S. in Engineering (M.S. preferred)
- Experience: 10+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing automation
- Skills:
- Proven ability to conduct in-depth cost analyses for automation projects
- Demonstrated success in identifying and implementing practical manufacturing solutions
- Deep understanding of engineering principles, those related to high-temperature design will be a plus
- Exceptional written, verbal, and active listening communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and a track record of building cross-functional relationships
- Background in control, robotic, and PLC programming is a plus
- Experience in high-volume thin ceramics, solar, and battery manufacturing is a plus
Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.
Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.
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Salary Ranges:$146,800.00 - $211,200.00
Date Posted
09/02/2024
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