Process Engineer - Automation

Process Engineer – Automation

Location: Springfield, TN | 100% Onsite
Relocation: Relocation Support Provided
Travel: Less than 5%

Join Our Team

We’re looking for a hands-on Process Engineer – Automation to support and improve automated manufacturing processes in our high-volume operation.

You’ll work with automated equipment, PLCs, robotics, machine vision, and manufacturing processes, while partnering across Engineering, Production, Quality, and Maintenance. You’ll also have opportunities to support new equipment, product launches, automation projects, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support, troubleshoot, and improve manufacturing processes and automated equipment.
• Participate in automation projects, new equipment installations, and product launches.
• Help improve safety, quality, productivity, cycle time, scrap, and overall process performance.
• Work with PLCs, robotics, machine vision, sensors, controls, and other automated technologies.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and solve manufacturing challenges.
• Support process documentation, continuous improvement, and automotive quality activities.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in process, manufacturing, controls, or automation engineering.
• Exposure to PLCs, robotics, automated equipment, machine vision, controls, or related automation technologies.
• Experience supporting manufacturing processes, equipment, automation, or continuous improvement projects.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional manufacturing environment.

Automotive or high-volume manufacturing experience is preferred, but we welcome candidates from other automated manufacturing environments.

Even Better If You Have

Experience with Allen-Bradley or Keyence PLCs, KUKA or other industrial robots, machine vision, APQP/PFMEA, Lean/Six Sigma, or Industry 4.0 technologies is a plus.

What We Offer

Johnson Electric offers the opportunity to grow professionally and personally alongside dedicated, innovative, and entrepreneurial colleagues. We offer competitive pay and benefits along with a culture designed to help our people flourish.

Relocation support is available for this opportunity in Springfield, Tennessee.

Candidates must be eligible to work for any employer in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.

Johnson Electric welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Please note: Johnson Electric may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools as part of our process.

Come join our global, inclusive & diverse team

Our purpose is to improve the quality of life of everyone we touch through our innovative motion systems. We are a truly global team bound together by our shared values. Our culture is built on the diversity, knowledge, skills, creativity, and talents that each employee brings to the company. Our people are our company’s most valuable asset. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace where employees of different backgrounds feel valued and respected, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity or religious background. We are committed to inspiring our employees to grow, act with ownership and find fulfilment and meaning in the work they do.

About Johnson Electric Group

The Johnson Electric Group is a global leader in electric motors, actuators, motion subsystems and related electro-mechanical components. It serves a broad range of industries including Automotive, Smart Metering, Medical Devices, Business Equipment, Home Automation, Ventilation, White Goods, Power Tools, Lawn & Garden Equipment, Warehouse Automation, Liquid Cooling and Robotic joints. The Group is headquartered in Hong Kong and employs over 30,000 individuals in over 20 countries worldwide. Johnson Electric Holdings Limited is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 179). For more information, visit johnsonelectric.com.