Jr. Automation Engineer

Jabil — Ranjangaon, Maharashtra

₹4–7 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · Entry level · Freshers eligible · Full-time

HireSetu listing reference 23675d · employer requisition J2467802 — confirm requirements below, then apply on the employer site.

Quick answer: No prior experience needed, and the job is hands-on from the start: troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining automated assembly equipment. PLC programming and ladder logic are the skills that decide whether you can do it.

From Jabil's job posting

JOB SUMMARY

Working under general supervision, plans, maps, sequences and performs assembly of complex electrical, mechanical and pneumatic robotic and equipment from verbal and written instructions. Performs layout of mechanical, pneumatic and electrical schematics.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Performs a variety of diagnostic troubleshooting activities on assembly automation equipment.
  • Makes mechanical, electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic repairs to assembly automation equipment
  • Performs equipment failure analysis, repairs, and scheduled preventative maintenance on robotic and automated equipment.
  • Sets up manual and semi-automatic assembly lines and assists in operating pre-production runs.
  • Assists in installing new automated equipment and in moving equipment to new locations.
  • Creates new robot programs and edit existing robot programs.
  • Updates manuals and programs for automated equipment.
  • Keeps accurate reports of all activities performed on each piece of equipment.
  • Provides input to engineering staff on areas for machine improvements.
  • Sets up and maintains production maintenance schedule and parts inventory.
  • Ensures all software is backed up and up-to-date.
  • Works with Maintenance and Process Technicians to maintain daily production operations and assembly through preventative and corrective maintenance.
  • Supports all company safety and quality programs and initiatives.
  • Other responsibilities may be assigned from time to time as needed, based on the evolution of the company and the requirements of the department/position.
  • May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

  • Ability to use advanced trades mathematics together with use of complex drawings, specifications and charts.
  • Ability to use all varieties of precision measuring instruments
  • Must be able to apply judgment to perform more difficult work with use of complex drawings, specifications and charts.
  • Ability to program and troubleshoot PLC (programmable logic controllers) and ladder logic.
  • Ability to read and understand electrical drawings and schematics.

The employer’s company overview, benefits and equal-opportunity statement are left out here; they are on the original posting.

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HireSetu's note

The bar a fresher has to clear

Two requirements carry real weight: programming and troubleshooting PLCs with ladder logic, and reading electrical drawings and schematics. The rest of the duties, hydraulic and pneumatic repairs, robot programming, precision instruments, get picked up on the job by anyone who can already read a circuit.

A diploma or degree in electrical, electronics, mechatronics or instrumentation is the common route in. If a college lab is the only place you have touched a PLC, that still counts, and it belongs at the top of your CV. A plant apprenticeship or maintenance internship next to it puts you ahead of most other freshers applying.

Ladder logic and the fault-finding chain

Revise ladder logic properly: contacts, coils, timers, counters, latching circuits, interlocks. Then sensors, because a large share of line stoppages start there. Know how a proximity sensor, a photoelectric sensor and a limit switch behave, and how to check one with a multimeter. Pneumatics matter too, since a cylinder, a solenoid valve and a flow control make up much of what you will repair.

Equipment failure analysis appears in the duties, so work through faults in order: power supply, inputs, logic, outputs, then mechanical. Have one fault you diagnosed end to end ready to describe, even if it came from a college project or a workshop.

Ranjangaon and the plant clock

Ranjangaon is an MIDC industrial belt in Pune district, well outside the city and reached mainly by company transport and shared cabs. Rent is cheap and so is daily living; the trade-off is that your week runs around the plant gate. Maintenance cover on an assembly line rarely keeps office hours, so settle the shift pattern early in the process. The parts inventory and maintenance schedule duties also mean paperwork, not just tools, and reports on every piece of equipment you touch.

Drafted with AI from Jabil's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.

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