📍
Louisville, KY

Automation Engineer - (KTP)

1 year experience
Transportation & Infrastructure
Operations
Posted:
December 28, 2025

Ford

Global automotive manufacturer
76.1
Palpable Score
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Job Description

In this position...

You will have oversight of maintenance operations and the direct supervision of skilled trades assigned to support production and facilities.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

· Ensure adherence to FAS08, OSHA and all applicable safety standard for skilled trades work teams

· Oversee production controls systems and associated systems

· Conduct root cause analysis of downtime issues to prevent recurrence (4D process)

· Support / direct skilled trades/maintenance personnel to evaluate requirements for maintaining and improving production yields, throughput, and up time

o Use Maximo for Maintenance (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (crisis and planned) as well as interface and provide input to maintenance planning activities.

o Execute prioritized daily maintenance tasks (predictive, preventive and crisis maintenance)

o Analyze equipment performance and work to improve efficiencies; actively participate in Constraint Review Process

· Ensure equipment start-up readiness for production

· Lead oversight of controls and automation to include:

o Indirect supervision of electrical trades and electrical technicians supporting production and facilities operations.

o Robot, Automation and controls changes associated with process tooling and equipment. Includes programming and logic changes.

· Evaluate contractor performance and safety behavior and operations as related to controls and automation

· Liaise and supervise maintenance related vendors (parts supply & services) and ensures appropriate execution and that objectives are met.

· Support and as needed supervise preventive maintenance schedules, preventive and predictive inspections, and repairs to minimize down time

· Conduct root cause analysis of downtime issues to prevent recurrence (4D process)

· Work with ME/PE to launch new programs or equipment, optimize Automation and Controls systems for process tooling

· Execute prioritized daily maintenance activities (predictive, preventive and crisis maintenance) obtaining full utilization of work force while optimizing available opportunities for all maintenance

· Provide input to MPS for weekend and shutdown maintenance planning

· Use Maximo for Maintenance (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (crisis and planned).

· Work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends

Qualifications

You'll have...

· High School Diploma or GED

· One or more years of technical work experience and troubleshooting in a Manufacturing or an OEM Tooling environment

Even better, you may have...

· Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Automation, Controls or Robotics Engineering

· Technical certification in Robot / Automation and Controls

· Three or more years of automotive experience

· One or more years of experience with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook)

· Validated experience managing a unionized work force

· Demonstrated skill with automotive controls and robotics

About the company

Ford

Company overview
Ford is a global automotive company that designs, manufactures, and sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, plus connected services. Ford operates across three main customer-focused segments spanning gas and hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and software, and commercial vehicles and services. Ford also provides financing through Ford Credit. Early-career roles sit across engineering, manufacturing, IT, finance, marketing, and commercial teams, plus corporate and customer-facing operations.

Locations and presence

Ford is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan with operations across the US and globally, including engineering centers and manufacturing sites. Ford told most global salaried employees to work in-office four days per week from September 1, 2025, while internships and early-career roles vary by team between on-site and hybrid setups.

Palpable Score

76.1
/ 100
Ford has multiple reliable entry points for graduates, including a summer internship program with a stated path to full-time offers and several rotational programs for new grads and MBAs. The score is capped because Ford does not publish cohort outcomes such as internship conversion rates, early-tenure retention, or typical time-to-promotion for entry-level hires.
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