Lead Automation Integration Engineer

The pay range is $113,000.00 - $203,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

Target Global Supply Chain and Logistics is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how we get the right product to the guest even better, faster and more cost effectively than before. We are becoming more intelligent, automated and algorithmic in our decision-making, so that no matter how guests shop—in stores or on Target.com—we deliver the convenience and immediate gratification they demand and deserve. We are on a mission to win decisively over any competitor, with a seamless and superior guest service experience unlike any they can offer. Our teams work with the agility our mission requires, and we constantly come together to implement new processes in record time. So we’re looking for exceptional people who are proactive, creative, independent, innovative, risk-savvy and comfortable working in varying degrees of ambiguity. Are you a critical thinker who seeks the root cause and can analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively? Are you a creative problem-solver who simplifies problems, quickly identifies solutions, commits to a plan and then positively influences others to execute it? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.

A role in HQ Engineering & Asset Management means being at the heart of our perpetual reimagining.  This group is the think tank and laboratory for the innovative ideas that spark change throughout the Supply Chain. We are inventors, metrics masters, data geeks, testers, triers, course-correctors and askers of the all-important question “What if … ?”. This team influences processes, engineers the robotics and automation to support those processes, activates solutions sustainably across the network and manages those assets. Your specific expertise—whether it’s people, process, technology, or data—will be felt well beyond the boundaries of the Supply Chain organization, positively impacting Target team members and guests alike.
 

About the Job:

Transform Target’s material handling automation systems to highly automated systems with robotics and transportation systems that are not tied to or require linear product flow. These systems are to have high levels of redundancy and operate in a matrixed flow. Teams work together to ensure a full-service technical solution that meets operational needs and that is sustainable and supported in future years while still having the flexibility and scalability for future change.

The collective team has the responsibility for the definition of the automation system technologies that will be deployed in Target facilities. The team supports all automation-related activities including implementation and sustainability and any other automation process integration activity that will help grow Target business. This role will join in a team of high level of technical competency in automated material flow system integrations, implementations and will work closely with internal and external technology partners to integrate the middleware systems necessary to enable flexible, scalable, and reliable automated systems.  This will include the use of simulation and emulation solutions with internal and external partners to lead direction and opportunities.

This Automation Intelligence and Integration Engineer role will lead supply chain automation and robotic system architecture and engineering standards and support rollout across a large scale of Supply Chain facilities. The role will drive alignment to standards and specifications in partnership with cross-team engineering teams, business stakeholders, vendor teams, UX designers, and data scientists. This role will influence quality delivery and rollout of design elements and architecture requirements for automation solutions to continuously improve facility performance by integrating technology seamlessly.

Automation Intelligence and Controls Engineering teams at Target are focused on analyzing, researching, designing, integrating and delivering solutions that provide value to Target’s warehouses.  It is vital for this team to continue to be connected to future and alternative options, while maintaining existing solutions.

 As an Engineer for Automation Intelligence and Integration team, you will work in the design and engineering space across existing, new and future automation solutions that align with overall corporate strategies and key business objectives.  This role will focus on material flow end to end, in partnership with data science, project, product, technology and engineering teams to drive artifacts and engineering improvements for all Supply Chain automation solutions.  Each Engineer is expected to view each of their solutions they own with a lens on continuous improvement, safety, security and stability that gives the solution a Long-Range Plan and overall business benefit.

You will be the integration expert that can extend and flex across a particular effort to deliver based on standards, specifications and industry leading process.  It will be important to continue to build strong partnerships with other teams within Target and in the automation industry overall.  Artifacts such as a Description of Operations, messaging specifications, software specifications, standards and contracts will be standard expectations across each solution and integration.

You will encourage the open exchange of information and viewpoints, as well as inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance while committing to the organization's direction. You will foster a sense of urgency to achieve goals and leverage resources to overcome unexpected obstacles, and partner with teams across the organization to help them achieve their goals while pursuing and completing yours. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 6+ years of Engineering or Supply Chain experience
• Lean and/or Six Sigma process expertise preferred
• Software engineering experience preferred
• Industrial automation experience and expertise
• Material handling industry standard artifact proficiency and experience (Examples: Automation KPIs, Description of Operations, software specifications, Controller ladder logic, messaging standards and alignment, ramp planning, design build process, etc.)
• Ability to explain complex operational technology solutions in a simple way to align partners
• Expertise with Warehouse Systems (WMS, WES, ASRS, WCS, SCADA, etc.) and complimentary solutions
• User experience and customer focused with experience driving end state solutions for engineering personas
• Understands automation and interaction with inventory systems in the market
• Ability to drive vendor partners to specific requirements and hold them accountable for delivery and budget
• Experience with data inputs and outputs of Emulation and Simulation of software and/or robotics solutions
• Experience in building strategic long-range plans, in partnership with industry and engineer partners
• Embraces and develops engineered solutions, interest in optimization of end-to-end process

• Experience with technology and ability to facilitate communication between business and technology teams
• Proven ability to lead a body of work with cross functional partners
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers, key stakeholders and leaders 
• Experience in technical leadership roles – either field or within an IT or OT area
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal  
• Ability to travel up to 25% 

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

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