Associate Engineer, Factory Simulation

About the Role

The successful candidate will support all Factory Simulation projects across the Industrial & Electrical sector sites. You will be part of an Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team enabling the deployment of Discrete Event Simulations using ProModel or a similar 2D/3D Simulation platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Discrete Event Simulation models for manufacturing lines, cells, and factory operations using ProModel or comparable simulation platforms.
• Collect and analyze manufacturing inputs such as demand, production routing, cycle time, changeover time, equipment availability, labor allocation, buffer capacity, shift patterns, and material movement.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, CI, Plant OPEX, and Industry 4.0 teams globally to understand operations and gather necessary inputs for successful simulation deployment, realizing target productivity.
• Work with manufacturing sites and project teams to verify that simulation inputs, operating assumptions, constraints, and production scenarios are accurate and traceable.
• Support production line design and line-balancing studies based on demand, takt time, process sequence, cycle time, workstation requirements, operator allocation, and equipment capacity.
• Develop current-state and proposed-state process-flow representations for manufacturing lines and cells.
• Support factory and production-area layout development by evaluating equipment placement, workstation arrangement, aisle requirements, material presentation, storage locations, buffers, and operator movement.
• Perform layout optimization studies to improve production flow, space utilization, equipment access, material movement, and operational efficiency.
• Build simulation scenarios to evaluate alternative production configurations, staffing levels, equipment quantities, buffer sizes, shift patterns, and layout concepts.
• Identify production bottlenecks and capacity constraints using simulation results, process observations, and manufacturing data.
• Support equipment and labor-sizing analyses by comparing required demand with available process and resource capacity.
• Analyze material movement between storage, production processes, workstations, and finished-goods areas to identify excessive travel, waiting, handling, congestion, or work-in-process.
• Support the development and evaluation of internal material-flow concepts, including line-side presentation, point-of-use storage, replenishment routes, supermarkets, carts, tuggers, forklifts, and other material-handling methods.
• Compare simulation results with calculated capacity and actual shop-floor performance to verify model accuracy and identify improvement opportunities.
• Prepare clear engineering reports and presentations summarizing assumptions, simulation logic, findings, alternative scenarios, risks, and recommendations.
• Maintain appropriate version control, model documentation, data sources, assumptions, and validation records for simulation and layout studies.
• Participate in manufacturing-site visits, process observations, time studies, technical discussions, and project reviews.
• Apply Eaton engineering systems, standards, safety requirements, and project processes during model development and project execution.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to the development of reusable simulation-model structures, data templates, and Industrial Engineering methods.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hands-on experience performing Discrete Event Simulations.
• Experience with ProModel or similar 2D/3D Simulation platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (with relevant experience) in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering.
• 0-2 years of relevant industrial experience working with ProModel and other similar software platforms performing plant/line scale Discrete Event Simulations.
• Sound knowledge of Industrial Engineering Concepts, Time & Motion study, and Lean principles.
• Experience with complete shopfloor level simulations and implemented throughput improvement scenarios.
• Ability to work in and with diverse, multi-cultural, and geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams (Development Teams, product management, project management).
• Ability to present to various levels of manufacturing and business leadership globally.