The Home Depot

Robotics Automation Designer

The Home Depot • $95K — $115K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Massachusetts, US
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in organizing and maintaining technical documentation for complex products or systems.
  • Experience with engineering requirements, specifications, drawings, and interface documentation.
  • Strong understanding of product development processes in robotics or complex electromechanical systems.
  • Proven coordination skills across multiple engineering disciplines.
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Collect and manage product requirements and technical documentation throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure documentation is complete and current.
  • Manage documentation changes and traceability for consistent product definitions.
  • Facilitate reviews and meetings to identify gaps in documentation and resolve issues.
  • Develop and enhance standards and processes for documentation management.

Benefits

  • Work in a comfortable indoor office environment with occasional manufacturing exposure.
  • Limited overnight travel (under 10%) required.
  • Opportunity to improve organizational documentation processes.
Full Job Description
Position Purpose:

The Robotics Automation Designer - Robotics Systems is responsible for organizing, maintaining, and coordinating the technical documentation that defines robotic products throughout the product lifecycle. The role works with subject matter experts across Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Controls, Manufacturing, Quality, and Installation to ensure that product requirements, specifications, interfaces, and supporting technical documentation are complete, organized, current, and accessible.

Rather than serving as the technical subject matter expert for each engineering discipline, the Product Manager provides structure and coordination across disciplines. The role ensures that documentation developed by engineering teams is captured consistently, changes are properly maintained, dependencies between disciplines are understood, and teams are working from a common and current product definition.

Key Responsibilities:
  • 35% Collect, organize, maintain, and manage product requirements, engineering specifications, interface documentation, and other technical documentation developed by subject matter experts across Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Controls, Manufacturing, Quality, and Installation.
  • 25% Coordinate with engineering subject matter experts to ensure required product documentation is complete, current, appropriately structured, and maintained throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • 20% Manage documentation changes, revision history, traceability, configuration information, and cross-functional dependencies to ensure teams are working from a consistent product definition.
  • 10% Facilitate requirements reviews, documentation reviews, design reviews, and other cross-functional meetings to identify gaps, conflicting information, unresolved interfaces, and required documentation updates.
  • 10% Develop and continuously improve standards, templates, processes, and tools for organizing and maintaining product documentation across the organization.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
  • This position reports to the designated Engineering or Product Management leader.
  • This position has 0 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:
  • Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
  • Occasional travel to manufacturing facilities, customer sites, test locations, or system deployments may be required.

Physical Requirements:
  • Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about.
  • On occasion, the position may require working around robotic equipment, manufacturing environments, or customer installations.
  • On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:
  • Primarily located in a comfortable indoor office or engineering environment.
  • The role may periodically require work in manufacturing facilities, laboratories, warehouses, distribution centers, or customer installation environments where industrial equipment is operating.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Must be eighteen years of age or older.
  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
  • Experience organizing and maintaining technical documentation for complex products or systems.
  • Experience working with engineering requirements, specifications, drawings, interface documentation, or other controlled technical documentation.
  • Strong understanding of product development processes for robotic, automated, or complex electromechanical systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate information and activities across multiple engineering disciplines.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to identify missing, inconsistent, outdated, or conflicting technical information.
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with industrial robotics, automated equipment, or material handling systems.
  • Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering teams including Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and Controls.
  • Familiarity with requirements management, product lifecycle management (PLM), document management, CAD, and ERP systems.
  • Experience with engineering change management, revision control, and product configuration management.
  • Familiarity with industrial controls, PLCs, motion control, networking, sensors, and electromechanical systems.
  • Experience supporting system integration, verification, validation, commissioning, or product release activities.
  • Experience developing or administering documentation standards, templates, and engineering documentation processes.

Minimum Education:
  • The knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program in Engineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field.

Preferred Education:
  • No additional education required.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:
  • 5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:
  • Experience supporting robotics, industrial automation, or complex electromechanical product development preferred.

Minimum Leadership Experience:
  • None

Preferred Leadership Experience:
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams or facilitating multidisciplinary engineering activities preferred.

Certifications:
  • None required.

Competencies:
  • Technical documentation management
  • Requirements organization and traceability
  • Engineering change and configuration management
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Systems-level thinking
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Document and revision control
  • Attention to detail
  • Technical communication
  • Ability to understand and organize complex technical information
  • Ability to identify documentation gaps and inconsistencies
  • Ability to coordinate subject matter experts across multiple engineering disciplines
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation
  • Analytical problem solving
  • Organization and planning

About The Home Depot

The Home Depot is a home improvement retailing company that combines its physical stores with an online presence to provide customers with innovative products at great value. The company specializes in the fields of retail, home improvement, and customer service. The Home Depot was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Home Depot Careers

Join the vibrant team at The Home Depot, the largest home improvement retailer in the U.S., where your career can flourish in an environment ripe with opportunities for growth and innovation. As a market leader, The Home Depot offers a variety of job opportunities that allow professionals to thrive in a culture that values leadership, diversity, and professional development. Work You’ll Do At The Home Depot, you’ll be part of a team that’s committed to helping homeowners, builders, and do-it-yourselfers bring their visions to life. Our extensive range of job opportunities spans from store operations to supply chain management, from IT to marketing. No matter where you start, you’ll be doing work that matters, impacting our customers' lives and experiences. Transform Your Career Step into a role within The Home Depot and join a network of over 400,000 associates who are as passionate about building their careers as they are about helping our customers. Leadership at The Home Depot means continuous improvement, embracing diversity, and fostering a culture of inclusion and respect that makes us stronger. Innovate with Us Innovation isn’t just a buzzword at The Home Depot; it’s the backbone of how we do business. We are constantly seeking out new technologies and tools to improve every aspect of our operations, from logistics to customer service. Join us, and bring your unique perspective and skills to a team that’s setting the standard for excellence in the retail industry. Grow and Develop The Home Depot is committed to the growth and development of its associates through robust training programs, leadership workshops, and opportunities for advancement. Whether you’re looking for a part-time position or a full-time career, The Home Depot nurtures your professional growth every step of the way. Internship Programs Dive into the professional world through The Home Depot’s internship programs, which offer a dynamic environment to gain hands-on experience and develop critical skills in various business areas. Our internships provide a platform to connect with leaders and peers, enhancing your resume and preparing you for future employment. Benefits and Culture Choosing to start your career at The Home Depot means more than just securing a job. It means you gain access to unparalleled benefits that support your life and well-being, from health insurance to educational assistance. Our commitment to employees is reflected in our open, supportive culture where everyone’s voice is heard, and every team member’s contribution is valued. Join Our Team Ready to take the next step in your career? Explore the wide range of positions available at The Home Depot, where we’re hiring passionate, curious, and innovative team players. Search open positions that match your skills and interests on our Jobs page. Stay Connected Keep up to date with the latest career tips, company news, and industry insights—all from the people who work here. Subscribe to our Careers Blog and personalize your subscription to receive updates that align with your career interests and goals. At The Home Depot, we don’t just offer jobs—we offer careers that make a difference. Join us, and be a part of something bigger as we continue to invest in your future and our shared success.
Learn more about The Home Depot
Size
490,600 employees
Market Cap
$323 billion
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Net Income
$12.8 billion
Founded
1978
5 Year Trend
+9.8%
Revenue
$132.1 billion
NASDAQ
HD
* Ladders Estimates

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