Automation Technician

Location: Richfield, Wisconsin

Country: United States

Category: Operations

Workplace Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm

Posted Date: March 9, 2026

Job ID: 645165

Job Description

9 Total Openings (4 day/ 5 night) - 7am-7pm or 7pm 7am

2-2-3 Schedule - 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, rotate.

$30-$40/hr pay rate range

Located at new Richfield location




Job Description

Now offering a $5,000 sign on bonus!

Our client has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Automation Technician II to join their team. This is a 12-Hour Day or Night Shift Opportunity.

As a Automation Technician II, you will support end of arm tooling (EOAT), robots, and automated assembly machinery as well as provides input for improvement processes in a manufacturing environment. 

Are you inspired by the ability to make a difference?   Now is your chance to work as part of a new project development launch for a large, highly regarded healthcare customer on a program that that makes a difference to our team, our customers and their patients!

Below are additional duties and responsibilities:

  • Know and follow all of the Company’s safety rules, such as safe work practices and standard operating procedures. 
  • Serve as a good role model to employees for safe work practices and behavior by conducting yourself professionally, keeping in mind your own safety and the safety of others.
  • Learn and master all necessary areas of the quality system.
  • Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
  • Performs robotic programming, troubleshooting, and repair.
  • Support automated machinery production runs by solving technical issues.
  • Responsible for training on assembly machines and robot set-ups.
  • Ensure that work instructions are up to date.
  • Order parts and materials as needed.
  • Troubleshoot assembly equipment and other machinery including but not limited to pad printers, sonic welders, heat stakers, and hot stampers.
  • Identify unsafe equipment and ensure that equipment operates safely prior to line start up.
  • Set up robots, EOAT, conveyors, degators, secondary equipment, etc.
  • Build fixtures, guarding, etc., as needed.
  • Document robotic application development and maintenance. Create backups to robot programs and parameters.
  • Any other duties as assigned. 
Experience and Skills

A qualified Automation Technician II candidate would fulfill these requirements:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.  Completion of an accredited two-year technical college program, or a four-year university program, in a related field of study is preferred.
  • 6 + years of experience in related field.
  • Fork truck and Lock out Tag out Certification.
  • Familiar working with conventional manufacturing equipment such as milling machines, lathes, saws, hand tools etc.
  • Demonstrates abilities with 6-axis and SCARA Type Robots (Fanuc).
  • Toolmaker/Machine Builder experience is a plus.

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