Server Manufacturing Engineer

Automation & Maintenance Engineer

Description and Requirements

Lenovo is seeking Automation & Maintenance Engineers to support lineside production operations within a highly automated manufacturing environment. Unlike facilities maintenance roles, this position is focused specifically on production equipment, automation systems, robotics, and PLCdriven machinery. These engineers will ensure uptime, troubleshoot equipment, integrate automation, and support ongoing scale as new collaborative robots and systems are deployed.

The ideal candidate has blended experience across robotics, automation, and traditional mechanical/electrical maintenance, with the ability to diagnose issues quickly and work handson with highly technical production equipment.

Responsibilities

Automation & Production Equipment Support

• Perform lineside maintenance for production automation systems (not facilities maintenance).
• Troubleshoot, repair, and optimize motors, belts, drives, conveyors, sensors, and other core production components.
• Conduct recovery procedures after equipment faults and restore systems safely and efficiently.

PLC & Controls

• Understand PLC ladder logic and perform basic program adjustments or modifications.
• Confidently enter PLC panels to review, diagnose, and analyze system logic.
• Work with crossfunctional teams to ensure PLC programs support desired production performance.

Robotics

• Support teaching, troubleshooting, and calibration of collaborative robots.
• Use handheld teach pendants or remote programming methods to safely adjust robot motion paths and locations.
• Apply safe operation practices including deadman switches, manual jogging, and controlled programming environments.

General Maintenance

• Perform standard mechanical and electrical maintenance including component replacements (motors, tubes, drives, belts).
• Finetune conveyor settings and verify operational parameters.
• Maintain documentation, perform preventative maintenance, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Work closely with automation engineers, robotics teams, manufacturing supervisors, and operations leadership.
• Contribute to hiring, interviews, and skillassessment conversations as needed.
• Support scaleup of additional automation roles as new phases of hiring are approved.

Basic Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with production automation, robotics, or PLCdriven systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and controlsystem issues.
• Experience teaching or operating collaborative robots (preferred but not required).
• Willingness to perform both robotics work and traditional maintenance tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in job titles such as:
• Automation Engineer
• Robotics Engineer
• Maintenance Technician / Maintenance Engineer
• Automation & Maintenance Engineer
• Comfort working in highgrowth or newly scaling manufacturing environments.
• Ability to understand equipment holistically, including mechanical, electrical, controls, and robotics.