Top Automation Engineer Jobs in Calgary

Designs, programs, tests, commissions, and manages industrial automation systems and projects. Responsibilities include defining customer needs, selecting controls and instrumentation, preparing specifications and estimates, managing schedules, costs, suppliers, contractors, and change control, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams. The role also supports client relationships, technical leadership, knowledge transfer, and occasional travel to client and manufacturing sites.

Designs, programs, tests, and commissions automated systems for industrial clients. Responsibilities include defining customer needs, selecting controls and instrumentation, preparing specifications and estimates, and managing project scope, schedules, budgets, suppliers, manufacturers, and contractors. The role collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and requires professional engineering membership in Alberta or British Columbia, industrial automation experience, and occasional client and manufacturing-site travel.

Develop and deploy UiPath RPA solutions and generative AI applications using AWS Bedrock, LLMs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and RAG. Integrate AI with business applications and automation workflows, build secure APIs and cloud-native services, support data governance, and apply DoD responsible AI and RMF controls. The role also includes testing, documentation, architecture participation, production support, and mentoring junior developers.

Designs and delivers end-to-end automation solutions for Lilly’s global Finance organization. Responsibilities include assessing opportunities, developing and testing software, creating architecture and test documentation, supporting UAT and integrations, troubleshooting production issues, resolving defects, and assisting with QA, audits, migrations, and risk mitigation. The role uses Python, PySpark, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS, Microsoft Fabric, SAP, and other APIs, while collaborating with finance, technology, analyst, and business teams.

Build and maintain sophisticated lifecycle marketing systems using Braze, HTML, CSS, Liquid, SQL, APIs, and webhooks. Develop interactive email, in-app, and web experiences; manage automation journeys, personalization, segmentation, integrations, reporting, and platform administration. Evaluate AI and workflow automation tools, create self-service solutions, troubleshoot technical issues, and support marketers through technical guidance, documentation, and training.

Build and deploy AI agent systems that automate complex business processes. Analyze workflows, design and configure agents, integrate AI with enterprise applications, develop connectors and APIs, and establish evaluation and monitoring systems. The role requires expertise in cloud AI services, LLMs, NLP, Python, integration platforms, conversational AI, RAG, vector databases, APIs, and SQL/NoSQL systems. The engineer will also explore emerging AI technologies and mentor junior developers and system administrators.

Designs and builds end-to-end automation solutions for Lilly’s global Finance organization. Responsibilities include solution design, programming, architecture documentation, testing, UAT support, validation, defect resolution, risk communication, QA, audits, and platform migrations. The role uses Python, PySpark, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS, Microsoft Fabric, SAP, APIs, and emerging AI technologies while partnering with analysts, business teams, and technology stakeholders.

Own the strategy, governance, architecture, and technical roadmap for an enterprise digital support platform. Establish workflow automation standards, quality controls, documentation, and performance measurement. Lead cross-functional initiatives, translate business requirements into scalable solutions, resolve complex architecture decisions, and evaluate emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and vendor enhancements. The role requires strong systems thinking, stakeholder influence, technical judgment, and experience with enterprise workflow automation, digital support platforms, integrations, and transformation initiatives.

Build and deploy enterprise automation and AI solutions across business systems, data platforms, and IT environments. Analyze business processes, identify automation opportunities, integrate platforms and APIs, test and monitor production solutions, and support adoption through documentation and training. The role requires hands-on coding, AI workflow experience, process analysis, and the ability to translate business needs into secure, practical technical solutions.

Build and operate Go-based automation for PostgreSQL provisioning, configuration, upgrades, failover, scaling, and decommissioning at GitLab.com scale. Develop a PostgreSQL-as-a-service platform, integrate cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code tooling, improve database performance and reliability, and create safe upgrade automation. The role includes production ownership, architecture leadership, code reviews, documentation, cross-team collaboration, mentorship, and using AI agents in engineering workflows.

Designs, programs, integrates, troubleshoots, and maintains industrial automation systems for manufacturing assembly and packaging. Responsibilities include PLC control logic, industrial networking, HMI and SCADA development, system commissioning, root cause analysis, cybersecurity, MES/ERP integration, documentation, operator training, and preventive maintenance support. Collaborates with mechanical, electrical, IT, and production teams while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Build and maintain scalable automated UI and API test suites using Playwright, integrate testing into CI/CD, and drive end-to-end quality across platform initiatives. Collaborate with architects, developers, product managers, delivery leaders, and QA specialists to define acceptance criteria, prioritize coverage, support UAT, improve testing processes, and standardize quality practices. The role emphasizes automation architecture, hands-on coding, continuous testing, and applying AI to improve test development and maintenance.

Lead automation design and implementation for integrations: build and maintain scalable Playwright E2E suites, integrate tests into CI/CD, drive UI and API test strategy, collaborate with architects and product to define acceptance criteria, support UAT, and improve QA processes and documentation.

Build and maintain scalable Playwright automation for UI and API testing across SaaS integrations. Define test strategies, acceptance criteria, and comprehensive coverage; integrate automated tests into CI/CD; support UAT; review manual test cases; and improve quality processes, documentation, and workflows. The role partners closely with architects, developers, product managers, delivery leaders, and staff QA engineers while applying AI to accelerate test development.

Architect and maintain scalable Playwright-based automated test suites; collaborate with developers and product managers across the SDLC; deliver UI and API test coverage; integrate automation into CI/CD; leverage AI to accelerate QA tasks; support UAT and manual validation; improve QA processes, documentation, and observability.

Architect and maintain scalable automated UI and API test suites using Playwright and related tools. Partner with developers and product managers throughout the SDLC to define acceptance criteria, test plans, and quality improvements. Support UAT, manual validation, incident reviews, and regression automation. Contribute to shared tooling, documentation, CI/CD reliability, and QA standards while testing configuration-driven and multi-tenant SaaS products.

Design and deliver instrumentation and control systems for mining, power, oil & gas, and renewable projects. Responsibilities include PLC/DCS/HMI/SCADA architecture, instrumentation specifications, loop and wiring diagrams, industrial network and control room design, procurement support, construction/commissioning support, and multidisciplinary project coordination across project phases.

Design, program, integrate, commission, and improve automated manufacturing and product-testing systems. Lead projects from concept through commissioning, documentation, training and production hand-off. Troubleshoot controls, integrate PLCs/robots/motion/vision/safety, apply Lean principles, and support ongoing production reliability and improvement.

Build and maintain Python automation tools, test frameworks, and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines supporting functional, regression, and performance testing. Investigate test and pipeline failures, validate software fixes, improve automation coverage and reliability, and communicate actionable results. Partner with QA, Engineering, and DevOps teams on tooling and enterprise changes. Provide technical guidance, mentor co-op students, support hiring, and report on team progress, risks, priorities, and initiatives.

Leads automation project engineering from planning and design through testing and commissioning. Designs control logic, network configurations, HMI and SCADA integrations, controller configurations, and technical specifications. Acts as a customer-facing technical lead, researches equipment and emerging technologies, oversees schedules and deliverables, reviews quality, supports field safety and commissioning, and mentors project engineers. Requires power-system drawings, communication protocols, SCADA, HMI, and OT networking expertise, with at least 25% domestic and international travel.

Build and maintain automation systems for package creation, testing, and container image generation. Develop Go-based CLI tools, services, and integrations, along with AI- and LLM-powered pipelines for manifest generation, test scaffolding, and validation. Create quality tooling, evaluation loops, and security gates while contributing to system architecture and roadmap planning. Collaborate with distributed engineering teams across North America, Europe, and India.

Build and operate full-stack features across TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Rust services. Own development from design through production, including APIs, webhooks, integrations, testing, CI automation, code review, refactoring, troubleshooting, and on-call support. Improve agentic development workflows and quality practices, expand automated coverage, and collaborate with distributed product and engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Designs and commissions automated robotic, CNC, and tooling cells from concept through production handoff. Responsibilities include PLC, robot, HMI, motion-control, electrical-panel, industrial-network, machine-vision, sensor, and safety-device integration. The engineer performs floor commissioning, risk assessments, root-cause analysis, and customer run-offs while collaborating with manufacturing, tooling, software, and program-management teams. The role also mentors engineers and technicians and develops reusable controls libraries and standards.

Own Jenkins-based RTL quality and release-promotion pipelines across lint, CDC, RDC, synthesis, and STA. Build QoR tracking, automated quality gates, waiver management, and evidence generation. Develop LLM-driven tooling to triage violations, create annotated pull requests, check spec-to-RTL consistency, and generate documentation. The role requires strong Python, hardware-flow knowledge, CI/CD expertise, and practical LLM integration experience. It is fully onsite Monday through Friday in the Bay Area, Vancouver, or Toronto.

Build and deploy AI agents that automate internal business processes. Responsibilities include authoring reusable agent skills, integrating systems through MCP, creating evaluation sets, deploying production workflows with permissions and audit trails, and partnering with data engineers. The role requires translating business processes into reliable agent workflows, supporting deployed agents, and maintaining operational quality using Python, SQL, Git, CI, and containers.