Full-Time
Weekend Service Engineer
Broetje Automation
Aerospace production automation
Compensation Overview
$34 - $43/hr
Savannah, GA, USA
In Person
Travel to customer sites, primarily Charleston, South Carolina and Kinston, North Carolina, is expected 50% or more.
Bachelor's, Certification
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- A Technical Certificate or bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, and 3+ years of experience within the industrial automation industry or equivalent experience.
- Strong mechanical aptitude from prior professional experience.
- Hands-on industrial automation industry or equivalent experience.
- Strong fundamental understanding of electrical design practices, machine and motion control systems, electromechanical systems, robotics, programming, and system integration.
- Understanding of programmable logic controller programming languages.
- Experience troubleshooting electrical control panels and computer numerical control systems.
- Knowledge of Siemens 840D or WINCC numerical control controllers.
- Experience using precision measurement equipment such as dial indicators and calipers.
- Experience with aerial platforms and working at heights.
- Ability to lift and move materials or equipment weighing up to approximately 40 pounds.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and repetitively climb stairs within a manufacturing environment.
- Must have shift flexibility and be open to working weekend shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts.
- Must be able to travel to customer sites, primarily Charleston, South Carolina and Kinston, North Carolina, with 50% or more travel expected.
- Provide electrical and controls engineering expertise in support of new equipment and system introductions.
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert in control systems, including Siemens programmable logic controllers, human-machine interfaces, motion control systems, system integration, sensors, and electromechanical devices.
- Apply knowledge of electronics, electrical circuits, mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics, and programming.
- Travel to customer sites for machine commissioning and troubleshooting support.
- Maintain logs and written records of duties performed.
- Siemens Step 7 programmable logic controller troubleshooting experience.
- Experience with Siemens TIA Portal and Sinumerik One.
- Computer numerical control troubleshooting experience.
- Experience with IEC 61131 programmable logic controller programming languages.
- Ability to analyze and diagnose automation problems.
Broetje Automation is a industrial automation company. It designs and builds automated production systems, assembly equipment, tooling, and service solutions for large aerospace structures. Its customers include aircraft manufacturers and industrial partners planning, operating, or modernizing complex production lines. The company combines mechanical and electrical engineering, controls and software, project management, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, quality, and lifecycle service. Work spans mechanical design, controls, software, assembly, project management, commissioning, service, quality, and support functions.
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Headquarters
Rastede, Germany
Founded
2012
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- SHILA completed June 2026 and demonstrated robot-assisted contour processing for CFRP structures.
- BiSconA funding from BMWK supports visible, de-risked aerospace R&D through 2026.
- BA France expansion in August 2026 increases delivery capacity and European customer coverage.
What critics are saying
- SHILA ended as research in June 2026, leaving commercialization pressure on Broetje.
- Broetje Automation faces decades-old patent litigation history with Ateliers de la Haute-Garonne.
- Aerospace program delays at Boeing or Airbus would hit order timing and revenue conversion.
What makes Broetje Automation unique
- Broetje Automation owns proprietary shimless aerospace assembly, proven in SHILA with Boeing.
- BiSconA extends its fuselage joining expertise into stress-free, high-speed automated aircraft assembly.
- BA France gained Delta IO capabilities in August 2026, strengthening bespoke automation and machining.
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Company News
Together with ZAL and other partners, Broetje-Automation is working on the BiSconA project funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to develop an automated ‘built-in stress’ compliant joining process for aircraft fuselages that sets standards in terms of accuracy and speed of the assembly process and ensures the stress-free condition of the fuselage over the entire assembly process.