Layout Engineer

Job Title: Layout Engineer Job Description
The Layout Engineer will be responsible for developing and integrating automotive manufacturing system layouts. This role ensures seamless coordination between customers, suppliers, and internal engineering teams to deliver efficient, install-ready production systems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain zone layouts and integrated manufacturing layouts.
- Ensure proper placement, accessibility, and reach envelope validation of robotic systems, tooling, fixtures, and automation equipment.
- Coordinate and develop all internal and external integrated 3D layout design activities.
- Gather, review, and consolidate project requirements, technical specifications, and layout inputs from customers, suppliers, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Document and communicate layout decisions, engineering changes, customer requirements, and supplier updates to ensure alignment across project stakeholders.
- Create and release installation drawings to the manufacturing department and customer installation group.
- Review all mechanical engineering drawings prior to final release, ensuring compliance for customer buyoffs.
- Create, maintain, and manage Bills of Material (BOMs), equipment lists, and project tracking documentation.
- Travel to customer and manufacturing facilities to conduct on-site plant walks and field checks to verify equipment locations, identify as-built deviations, and update 2D/3D layouts to accurately reflect installed conditions.
- Serve as the primary contact for system layout activities with customers, suppliers, and internal program teams within a project.
Essential Skills
- Experience in plant layout or system layout of automated equipment.
- Experience designing in and utilizing AutoCAD 2D and 3D.
- Proficient in Siemens NX for 3D model translation and design collaboration.
- Virtual placement experience within manufacturing facilities for automated equipment and robot placement.
- 5+ years of experience, as the role requires working independently.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience with FactoryCAD.
- Experience with Teamcenter.
Work Environment
This role is part of a smaller department within a global automation systems integrator that serves diverse end markets. The focus is on designing, building, testing, and integrating custom solutions to automate operations and solve unique challenges. The engineer will work fairly independently but will require collaboration with customers and engineering teams. The work week is approximately 45 hours, and the role involves traveling to customer manufacturing facilities for on-site tasks. Paid holidays and PTO are provided.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Bridgman, MI.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $55.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Bridgman,MI.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 15, 2026. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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