Automation Engineer – Material Handling Systems

About the role

Amazon Logistics (AMZL) is expanding its last‑mile operation in Australia and seeks an Automation Engineer to lead the development and improvement of control systems for material handling equipment. The role combines hands‑on engineering, project management, and strategic automation planning across Sydney or Melbourne.

Key responsibilities

• Project management, specification development, implementation, and troubleshooting of control systems for new material handling equipment.
• Analysis, improvement, and maintenance of existing mechanical control systems.
• Research, evaluation, and deployment of new automation solutions for the Australia region.
• Define and drive the regional automation strategy to meet safety, productivity, quality, and cost goals.
• Collaborate with domestic and international teams (Japan, Europe, worldwide) to standardise best practices.
• Travel domestically and internationally (~25% of work time) for project execution and stakeholder alignment.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years experience as an industrial, operations, manufacturing, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment.
• 4+ years PLC programming experience and at least 1 year of PLC/SCADA integration.
• Hands‑on, innovative mindset with strong customer obsession.
• Willingness to travel regularly and work onsite in Sydney or Melbourne.

Required skills

• PLC programming
• PLC/SCADA integration
• AutoCAD (intermediate)
• VBA (intermediate)
• SQL (intermediate)
• Knowledge of automated material handling systems, packaging technologies, and storage solutions
• Experience managing third‑party vendors
• Six Sigma and lean manufacturing methodologies