Top Automation Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Designs, configures, tests, commissions, and supports ISA-88 batch automation solutions for industrial manufacturing clients. Develops batch recipes, control logic, HMI/SCADA interfaces, historian integrations, functional specifications, and test plans. Leads software testing, FATs, SATs, commissioning, start-up, troubleshooting, and client support. Coordinates with engineering teams, mentors junior staff, supports project estimates and proposals, and ensures reliable automation solutions across PLC, DCS, and batch management systems.

Designs and executes quality engineering strategies for AI-powered applications, agentic AI systems, UIs, APIs, LLM workflows, and enterprise platforms. Develops scalable automation frameworks, AI validation methods, observability practices, and production quality processes. Coordinates testing, defect management, release validation, risk identification, and production support while collaborating with engineering, security, governance, data, clinical, and operations teams. Mentors quality professionals and communicates technical risks and recommendations.

Designs and maintains automated and functional tests for Salesforce applications, including OmniStudio and LWC. Develops API, regression, integration, end-to-end, and in-sprint automation using Selenium, Java, Cucumber, Playwright, SoapUI, and Postman. Integrates tests with CI/CD pipelines, analyzes failures, maintains frameworks and test environments, applies AI-assisted testing, and mentors junior QA engineers.

Develop and own enterprise low-code/no-code applications, workflow automations, integrations, and AI-enabled solutions. Responsibilities include product roadmapping, Agile delivery, data modeling, ETL and migration, troubleshooting, system optimization, stakeholder collaboration, and process modernization. The role uses platforms such as Quickbase, Microsoft Power Platform, SAP integrations, RPA, AI agents, and AI coding assistants to deliver business applications and automation products.

The Automation Engineer will create automation scripts using vRA and vRO, establish standards for automation infrastructure, and design workflows to automate IT processes.

The Cloud/Infra Automation Engineer will focus on cloud and infrastructure automation, utilizing skills in Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and various VMware technologies, along with Linux administration.

Develops, tests, deploys, and supports attended and unattended UiPath RPA automations. Works with stakeholders to analyze processes, gather requirements, identify automation opportunities, and translate needs into technical solutions. Builds database and API integrations using SQL and programming languages, applies web technologies for browser automation, and maintains documentation. Troubleshoots automations, supports Agile and Waterfall development, participates in testing and project planning, and provides operational status updates.

Designs automation and control systems for building and facility projects, develops technical deliverables, reviews work for quality, and supports project management under senior supervision. Coordinates with clients, vendors, and multidisciplinary teams while managing scope, schedules, budgets, and technical requirements. Requires experience with PLC or DDC systems, CAD, Revit, engineering design, and consulting projects.

Design, build, and maintain automation and control systems for bioreactors and bioprocessing equipment. Tune and troubleshoot PID control loops, improve system reliability through monitoring and fault recovery, and develop safe interfaces between cloud software and physical devices. Build sensor, actuator, and embedded-controller integrations while collaborating across mechanical, electrical, process, and software engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable automation solutions.

Develop and maintain Python-based automated test frameworks for software-, hardware-, and model-in-the-loop environments supporting power plant controllers and SCADA systems. Define verification and validation plans, integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, execute tests across multiple environments, investigate requirements, analyze failures, and perform root cause analysis using engineering tools and telemetry. Collaborate with controls and systems teams to ensure reliable production-ready software.

Design and implement AI systems for customer support and compliance, architect solutions, mentor team members, and manage project deliverables.

Supports the reliability and optimization of automated manufacturing systems by diagnosing failures, improving software and electromechanical systems, leading upgrades, analyzing equipment data, maintaining documentation and spare parts, mentoring technical staff, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with vendors. Requires expertise in PLCs, FANUC robots, servo systems, machinery schematics, and troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and controls issues.

Partners with enterprise and MSP customers to identify network automation opportunities, analyze network environments and ITSM data, and architect automation solutions using NetBrain Runbooks, Qapps, Dataviews, and integrations. Trains customer engineers to maintain and expand automation capabilities, collaborates with vendor partners, researches automation content, and delivers reliable troubleshooting and network operations solutions.

Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and suites for UI, API, integration, database, functional, regression, and end-to-end testing. Create test strategies, plans, cases, and scenarios; validate system controls and compliance requirements; manage defects; analyze quality metrics; and support release and production validation. Collaborate with product, business analysis, development, and DevOps teams throughout the software development lifecycle.

Serves as the strategic architect and technical lead for enterprise observability, APM, telemetry, and SRE ecosystems. Designs unified monitoring across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and legacy environments; establishes SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident-response practices; leads automation using Ansible, Terraform, Python, and GitOps; and develops secure, scalable telemetry pipelines. The role also leads FOAK implementations, monitoring migrations, vendor transitions, knowledge-transfer programs, major incident escalations, operational handoffs, and engineering-team mentoring.

Designs and operates enterprise observability, monitoring, telemetry, and automation solutions across infrastructure, applications, IoT platforms, and cloud environments. Responsibilities include managing Grafana and Instana ecosystems, dashboards, alerts, telemetry pipelines, incidents, RCA, databases, and platform health. Automates provisioning, monitoring deployment, remediation, and operational workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, and Puppet. Supports 24x7 operations, major incidents, ITIL processes, service onboarding, documentation, and cross-functional reliability initiatives.

Build and own automation systems that eliminate friction across engineering, operations, and compliance. Responsibilities include regulatory workflow automation, CI/CD and developer productivity tooling, AI- and LLM-enabled internal workflows, system integrations, and reliable production software with testing, observability, auditability, and failure handling.

Designs, develops, executes, and maintains UiPath automated testing solutions for SAP environments and related systems. Translates manual test cases and business processes into reusable, parameterized workflows for integration, regression, smoke, negative, and end-to-end testing. Configures test data, checkpoints, exception handling, logging, and evidence capture; analyzes failures, distinguishes application from automation defects, updates scripts, reports results, and supports Orchestrator monitoring, documentation, demonstrations, and knowledge transfer.

The Automation Engineer will enable infrastructure automation for mission-critical systems, focus on monitoring health, and provision environments through AWS automation and best practices.

The Controls & Automation Engineer diagnoses and resolves automation failures, enhances system reliability, and mentors technicians to ensure optimal robotic performance in manufacturing environments.

Designs, builds, and operates infrastructure-as-code capabilities using Terraform and Ansible across cloud and on-premises environments. Develops reusable modules, policy-as-code guardrails, testing frameworks, secure credential patterns, configuration automation, and developer self-service tooling. Partners with security, compliance, platform, network, and CI/CD teams to implement controlled infrastructure changes, automate evidence collection, manage drift, and improve reliability. The role also mentors engineers, documents architecture, and leads complex technical initiatives.

Designs and maintains network automation, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, orchestration, and compliance solutions across enterprise and data center environments. Integrates networks with monitoring, CMDB, ITSM, and source-of-truth platforms; develops reusable frameworks, workflows, and libraries; mentors technical teams; supports DevOps, troubleshooting, documentation, and continuous improvement. The role also contributes to technical standards, cross-functional projects, planning sessions, site visits, and vendor engagements.

Serve as the primary pre-sales technical partner for manufacturing customers. Lead discovery, requirements gathering, production-data and CAD analysis, robotic automation solution design, scoping, cost estimation, proposal support, customer design reviews, and handoffs to deployment. Manage multiple technical workstreams, improve standard designs and procedures, identify offering gaps, and visit customer sites for discovery and validation. Expertise in palletizing or case packing and major six-axis robot platforms is preferred.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for shaping technical strategy and architecting automation systems for package creation, testing, and container image builds. The role involves developing production Go, AI- and LLM-powered developer tooling, quality frameworks, CLIs, and scalable services. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, influencing roadmaps, improving reliability, and collaborating across distributed teams. Candidates need strong systems architecture, Linux, build systems, container ecosystem, and developer tooling experience, with familiarity in software supply chain security preferred.

Design, develop, deploy, and support intelligent automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform and UiPath. Partner with business and technical stakeholders to analyze processes, deliver integrations, dashboards, and analytics, and ensure solutions meet enterprise standards, governance, and scalability. Provide troubleshooting, lifecycle support, CoE practices, and promote continuous improvement and innovation.