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McMaster-Carr

E-commerce platform supplying industrial components

Distribution Automation Reliability Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeElmhurst, IL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of professional experience in warehouse automation, including experience with AS/RS, automated receiving using vision systems, packaging technologies, shipping sorters, or palletizing.
  • A bachelor's degree in industrial and systems, mechanical, electrical, or computer science engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in a fast-paced, high-uptime operational environment.
  • Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Strong business and financial acumen paired with domain and technical expertise.
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically and roadmap, plan, and execute.
  • Commitment to personal, professional, and team growth.

Responsibilities

  • Advance engineering projects that improve the reliability and performance of distribution automation systems.
  • Establish standards for new systems, improve systems already in operation, and solve complex technical problems in a high-uptime environment.
  • Improve automated packaging technology by creating standards for physical alignment, controls configurations, and software parameters.
  • Define software behavior for automation based on control faults, warnings, and information.
  • Enhance the user experience of picking from totes to cartons in a goods-to-person system.
  • Design or improve material flow connecting automated storage and retrieval, picking, packing, workstations, sortation, and downstream processes.
  • Improve automated receiving through vision, identification, routing, induction, or put-away.
  • Apply conveyor, sortation, mobile robotics, or related material-handling technologies to improve system reliability and throughput.
  • Build an AI-enabled troubleshooting tool for maintenance technicians responding to automation equipment.
  • Create data elements and analytics to identify automation faults, downtime, throughput constraints, and improvement opportunities.
  • Evaluate alternatives, explain technical and operational trade-offs, and recommend practical solutions.
  • Support complex system issues that extend beyond established operating and maintenance procedures.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of hardware, controls, software, process design, analytics, and AI disciplines.
  • Excellent communication skills and advanced project execution skills.

About the Company

McMaster-Carr

E-commerce platform supplying industrial components

McMaster-Carr is an e-commerce supplier with a catalog of more than half a million products used by businesses to design, build, operate, and repair systems and equipment. Customers access a user-friendly online platform where they can search, compare, and order a wide range of parts — from fastening systems and LED lighting to conveyors, PLCs, pumps, and other electrical components — and rely on fast, reliable delivery to keep operations moving. The company distinguishes itself through a culture of experimentation and learning, hiring for capability, and building inclusive, cross-functional teams that develop the platform and distribution operations in-house. Its goal is to be the reliable, convenient source for any part a business might need, continually improving product information, availability, and service to support customers’ design and maintenance needs.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1901

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