Mechanical Engineer II
Hitachi
Lake Orion, MIFull-timePosted 1w agoStill listed today
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JR Automation, a Hitachi Group Company, seeks a Mechanical Engineer II to contribute to the design, development, and execution of automation solutions for manufacturing and distribution challenges. The role works on conventional projects, small projects, or portions of larger projects, with independent judgment and limited supervision. The position is onsite at the Lake Orion facility and requires travel up to 25%, including overnight and international travel.
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Location: Lake Orion, Michigan, Unites States Job ID: R0150399 Date Posted: 2026-11-02 Company Name: ESYS AUTOMATION, LLC Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No Job Description:
The Opportunity: JR Automation, a Hitachi Group Company, is driven to deliver customer success worldwide. We provide intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions that transform how the world's leading manufacturers make and distribute products. Our strength is our people, and we're always looking to grow our team across the globe. Join us as a Mechanical Engineer II, where you'll contribute to the design, development, and execution of innovative automation solutions that help our customers solve complex manufacturing challenges.
Location Type: The position is onsite at our Lake Orion, MI facility.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Develops deep knowledge and skills in a specific practice area
- Evaluates, selects, and applies standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for conventional projects with few complex features
- Collaboratively uses judgement to determine adaptations in methods for nonroutine aspects of assignments
- Works on small projects or portions of larger projects
- May review the technical output of team members
- Influences team and department decisions
- Possesses above average oral and written communication skills
- Works under minimum supervision
- Exercises independent judgment, innovates, and works autonomously
- Recognizes and implements significant design and workflow improvements
- Recognizes engineering and automation/amusement technology-related design and workflow improvements
Note: This list of responsibilities is inclusive; however, it is intended to be a guideline for activities.
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, Associate's Degree (2-year) with experience from accredited program (ABET/EAC), or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- 3+ years’ work experience as a Mechanical Engineer
- Experienced with CAD software (e.g., NX, SolidWorks, Creo, AutoCAD)
- FE Exam, or EIT desirable
- Proficient in the application of standard and advanced engineering principles, practices, and procedures
- Breadth and depth of experience to enterprise engineering problems
- Relies on extensive experience and judgment to accomplish tasks
- Able to quickly recognize and fix common engineering problems based on experience, including review and critique of others' work
- Current or prior JR Automation experience, or experience in the automation industry is strongly preferred.
- Travel required up to 25% including overnight and international
Disclaimer: JR Automation requires candidates to successfully complete a 10-panel drug screen, physical examination, and background check.
Company Overview: At JR Automation, A Hitachi Group Company, we discover potential, reimagine limits, and advance industry. When faced with a problem, we find a solution. Together, we push what’s possible to automate for tomorrow.
Join our team of 2,000+ at one of our 20+ facilities around the world and be a part of the most experienced team of advanced automation integrators.
Fueled by Possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at JR Automation, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Michigan median$91–166K/yr57 salary ranges
- US median$45–58/hr390 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 179 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Michigan and 7,635 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- Black & Veatch15 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,365 postings).
- Education
- 5,220 of the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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