Senior Industrial Simulation Developer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

As a Senior Industrial Simulation Developer at , you will create and run simulations that will help the team optimize robot fleets and system solutions. As a part of the Industrial Simulation and Analytics Services (ISA) team, you will act as a subject matter expert, lead modeling and simulation projects, and consult directly with and for our customers. The ISA team works closely with our Systems Engineering, Applications Engineering Project Management team, and Customers to support overall solution design from initial concept all the way to full system design and deployment. You will be building material flow strategies (based on self-driving vehicles) for products already in our arsenal and ones that do not yet exist. Your goal is to develop accurate and robust simulations to evaluate design, lower risk, and enhance the elegance of our solutions to fuel our growth. You will report to Simulation and Analysis Services Manager & it is going to be remote based role.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Creating discrete event simulations for material handling systems to establish equipment, layout and operation requirements, identify traffic bottlenecks and gain insight on expected performance

  • Consulting with project leads, sales team members and customers to obtain understanding of the requirements and to collect the necessary inputs

  • Analyzing results and making recommendations for facility layout and material flow design

  • Presenting your simulation results to our team of engineers, our sales team, and to clients

  • Validating models against real world data to maintain accuracy relative to product portfolio

  • Troubleshooting simulation issues and bugs

  • Growing and improving our simulation library and internal templates for functionality, accuracy, scalability and efficiency

  • Interacting with our development team as necessary to assess impact of new feature or product.

  • Recommending product feature and improvement ideas to our Product and Engineering teams, that lead to greater system optimization in the real world.

  • Developing simulation models to assist Sales & Marketing in demonstrating company products and capabilities

  • Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field

  • Legal authorization to work in Canada or US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

  • Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ Years of relevant work experience

  • Proven success executing simulation projects to evaluate feasibility of facility or process design, mitigate deployment risks and identify operational opportunities

  • Effectively propose, test and communicate industrial engineering principles to contribute to solution feasibility / improvements

  • Experience with discrete event simulation tools (Preference for Simio and/or Emulate3D)

  • Fearless in questioning to ensure end users get the most value out of your work. You understand the importance of early goal alignment and scope definition

  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional and external client teams to gather comprehensive data required for model development and/or analysis

  • Effectively communicate model functionality and assumptions to the client or internal team to ensure accuracy of simulation results

  • Customer-first mindset

  • Avid self-learner mentality

  • Able to cope with sudden jarring changes in projects, priorities, scope and the local gravity field.

  • Bonus Points for: 

  • Experience identifying traffic and material flow bottlenecks and mitigating risk 

  • Experience in manufacturing and/or material handling industry

  • Experience with simulation library development

  • Experience with Object-Oriented programming, C# programming

  • You see block diagrams and flowcharts everywhere and speak the language.

  • What We Offer in Canada:

  • Health Insurance including Medical and Dental

  • Health Care Spending Account (HCSA – dependent on the plan chosen)

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Retirement plans

  • Paid Time off

  • Volunteering Time off

  • Employer Savings Plan Matching (includes RRSP, TFSA, and EPSP)

  • Employer Paid DC Pension

  • Maternity and Parental Leave Top-Up

  • Fitness Reimbursement Program

  • Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

  • What We Offer in the US:

  • Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision

  • 401k

  • Paid Time off

  • Parental and Caregiver Leave

  • Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

  • This posting is for an existing vacancy within our organization. 

    91,040.00 - $ 136,560.00 CAD Annual for Canada candidates and $ 99,280.00148,920.00

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