Senior ABB Robotics

Key Responsibilities

• Develop complete ABB robot programs for assigned robotic stations using ABB RobotStudio, within the client's established Hudson's ABB robot programming template.
• Develop the robot sequences, logic, and motion required to execute assigned automated assembly operations.
• Configure and implement robot I/O and robot-side interface logic.
• Develop and implement the robot/PLC interface, including handshaking, status signals (ready/busy/fault), and station sequencing coordination with the Allen-Bradley PLC.
• Work directly from client-provided electrical schematics and mechanical CAD to inform and validate robot programming.
• Follow the client's established robot programming standards, templates, and coding style consistently across assigned scope.
• Review completed robot functionality against project and proposal requirements.
• Identify, document, and communicate technical risks or issues affecting the robotics scope.
• Participate in project reviews and provide regular engineering status updates.
• Resolve technical review comments and revise programs accordingly.
• Deliver completed robot program exports and supporting documentation describing program function and intended operation.
  
  

Required Technical Competencies

ABB Robotics (Must Have)

• Proven hands-on experience programming ABB industrial robots in production/automated machinery environments
• Strong working proficiency in ABB RobotStudio
• Experience developing complete robotic station programs, including sequencing and I/O
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug robot programs independently
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics and use mechanical CAD as an engineering reference
• Demonstrated ability to work within an established client programming template/standard rather than a personal or ad hoc coding style
• Ability to work independently from a defined engineering package with minimal oversight
  
  

Robot/PLC Integration (Must Have)

• Working familiarity with the Allen-Bradley/Studio 5000 controls environment sufficient to interface robot programs with PLC logic
• Experience with robot-to-PLC handshaking, digital I/O, robot status signals (ready/busy/fault), start/stop/reset interfaces, and station sequencing/interlocks
• Understanding of coordinating robot operation within a larger automated machine sequence
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Senior-level industrial robotics engineer with a track record of owning robotic station programming independently on production automation projects
• Comfortable being handed an engineering package (proposal, schematics, CAD) and a client's existing programming template, and producing compliant, production-ready robot code without close supervision
• Strong communicator who can surface technical risks early, explain robot logic decisions clearly in review, and turn around requested revisions promptly
• Has supported or collaborated closely with PLC engineers on multi-discipline controls projects, even if PLC programming itself was not owned by them
  
  

Software Tools

• ABB RobotStudio Must Have
• ABB robot programming environment Must Have
• Allen-Bradley Studio 5000 Strongly Preferred (integration-level familiarity)
• Ability to work from electrical schematics and mechanical CAD as reference documentation Must Have
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Prior experience as a Senior Controls Robot Engineer or equivalent senior-level robotics programming role
• Experience adapting to and maintaining consistency within an existing client programming architecture, including structured, well-commented, and maintainable code
• Comfort responding to formal engineering review cycles and resolving review comments in a documented, traceable manner
  
  

Expected Deliverables

• Completed ABB RobotStudio programs for all assigned robotic stations
• Robot program exports in client-required format
• Documentation describing program functionality and intended operation
• Resolution of client engineering review comments
• Programming fully compliant with client-provided templates, standards, and the governing proposal/technical basis
  
  

Working Communication Expectations

• Availability to participate in project reviews
• Participation in daily/bi-weekly project meetings covering status, technical risks, and action items
• Comfort with remote engineering collaboration and direct technical communication with the client's engineering team
• Responsiveness to engineering review feedback and clear, proactive reporting of technical risks or blockers
  
  

Scope Boundaries

Role

This role is scoped specifically to ABB robot programming and robot/PLC integration. The following are explicitly outside the scope of this position:

• Mechanical design and CAD
• Electrical schematic/design work
• Machine debug
• FAT/SAT (Factory/Site Acceptance Testing)
• Manufacturing and Assembly
• Validation and certification
  
  

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