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The Simulation Engineer III builds and validates discrete-event simulation and emulation models of automated material handling systems — conveyor and sortation, AS/RS and shuttle systems, goods-to-person, AMRs/AGVs, robotic picking and palletizing, and the labor and processes around them. The models this role produces answer the questions that decide a project: Will the design hit peak throughput? Where does it bottleneck? How much buffer, how many stations, how many robots, how many people?
This is a hands-on modeling role with real customer exposure. You will support pursuits alongside sales and solution design, defend designs in front of customer engineering teams, de-risk systems before steel is ordered, and use emulation to shorten on-site commissioning. At Level III you own the simulation scope on multiple concurrent projects with minimal supervision, and you help less experienced engineers get better at the craft.
Key Responsibilities
Simulation Modeling & Analysis
- Build, verify, and validate discrete-event simulation models of proposed and existing material handling systems using [FlexSim / AutoMod / Emulate3D / Simio / AnyLogic / Plant Simulation].
- Translate concept drawings, equipment specifications, rate assumptions, and operating procedures into accurate model logic, including routing rules, recirculation, induction strategies, and exception handling.
- Analyze customer order and inventory data — order profiles, lines per order, units per line, SKU velocity, cube and weight, seasonality, hourly and peak-day profiles — and develop the design-day and peak-hour scenarios that models run against.
- Quantify system throughput, capacity, utilization, bottlenecks, accumulation and buffer sizing, staffing requirements, and order cycle time; run sensitivity and what-if analyses across growth, mix shift, and failure scenarios.
- Apply sound statistical practice: warm-up periods, replication counts, confidence intervals, and documented verification and validation steps so results hold up under customer scrutiny.
- Produce clear deliverables — result summaries, charts, animations, and written assumptions and limitations — that a non-simulation audience can act on.
Solution Development & Customer Support
- Work with solution design, sales engineering, and estimating during pursuits to compare alternative concepts, right-size equipment, and remove cost that analysis shows are unnecessary.
- Present findings and 3D animations in design reviews, proposal defenses, and customer workshops; explain the assumptions behind the numbers and where the risk sits.
- Support post-award design finalization and, after go-live, reconcile modeled performance against actual system data to improve future modeling accuracy.
Technical Leadership
- Own simulation scope, hour estimates, and schedule commitments across multiple concurrent projects.
- Peer-review models built by other engineers and mentor Simulation Engineers I and II on modeling technique, data analysis, and customer communication.
- Contribute to and maintain reusable component libraries, model templates, data-processing tools, and internal modeling standards.
- Stay current on MHE technologies, vendor equipment capabilities, and simulation software releases, and bring that knowledge back to the team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in industrial engineering, Operations Research, or Supply Chain.
- Emulation and virtual commissioning experience with PLC-connected models.
- Familiarity with WMS, WCS, or WES platforms and how order release and wave strategy affect system performance.
- Exposure to AMR/AGV fleets, robotic each-picking, or automated storage vendors.
- Experience in e-commerce, retail, grocery, cold chain, 3PL, or parcel environments.
- Data visualization experience (Power BI, Tableau) and comfort working in CAD or coordination tools such as AutoCAD, Navisworks, or Revit.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement certification.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Supply Chain, or a related technical field.- 5+ years of professional discrete-event simulation experience, including at least 3 years modeling material handling, warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, or parcel operations.
- Demonstrated proficiency in at least one major simulation platform (FlexSim, AutoMod, Emulate3D, Simio, AnyLogic, Plant Simulation, or equivalent), with the ability to build complex custom logic rather than only assembling standard objects.
- Working knowledge of MHE subsystems and their operating characteristics: conveyor and accumulation, shoe/crossbelt/tilt-tray sortation, AS/RS and shuttles, goods-to-person, print-and-apply, palletizing, and mobile robotics.
- Strong data skills — able to profile and clean large order history files independently using SQL, Python, or equivalent, without waiting on someone else to prepare the data.
- Scripting or programming ability in at least one of Python, C#, VBA, FlexScript, or a comparable language.
- Proven ability to explain technical results to non-technical stakeholders, including customer operations and executive audiences.
- Ability to travel up to 25%, domestically and occasionally internationally.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health Care Concierge Service
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (Pre-tax & Roth)
- Company paid Basic Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Milk Stork Program
- Wellness Program with gift card redemption and wellness challenges
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & 10 Holidays)
-
Training & Development
KPI Solutions provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by states, federal, or local law.
The Simulation Engineer III builds and validates discrete-event simulation and emulation models of automated material handling systems — conveyor and sortation, AS/RS and shuttle systems, goods-to-person, AMRs/AGVs, robotic picking and palletizing, and the labor and processes around them. The models this role produces answer the questions that decide a project: Will the design hit peak throughput? Where does it bottleneck? How much buffer, how many stations, how many robots, how many people?
This is a hands-on modeling role with real customer exposure. You will support pursuits alongside sales and solution design, defend designs in front of customer engineering teams, de-risk systems before steel is ordered, and use emulation to shorten on-site commissioning. At Level III you own the simulation scope on multiple concurrent projects with minimal supervision, and you help less experienced engineers get better at the craft.
Key Responsibilities
Simulation Modeling & Analysis
- Build, verify, and validate discrete-event simulation models of proposed and existing material handling systems using [FlexSim / AutoMod / Emulate3D / Simio / AnyLogic / Plant Simulation].
- Translate concept drawings, equipment specifications, rate assumptions, and operating procedures into accurate model logic, including routing rules, recirculation, induction strategies, and exception handling.
- Analyze customer order and inventory data — order profiles, lines per order, units per line, SKU velocity, cube and weight, seasonality, hourly and peak-day profiles — and develop the design-day and peak-hour scenarios that models run against.
- Quantify system throughput, capacity, utilization, bottlenecks, accumulation and buffer sizing, staffing requirements, and order cycle time; run sensitivity and what-if analyses across growth, mix shift, and failure scenarios.
- Apply sound statistical practice: warm-up periods, replication counts, confidence intervals, and documented verification and validation steps so results hold up under customer scrutiny.
- Produce clear deliverables — result summaries, charts, animations, and written assumptions and limitations — that a non-simulation audience can act on.
Solution Development & Customer Support
- Work with solution design, sales engineering, and estimating during pursuits to compare alternative concepts, right-size equipment, and remove cost that analysis shows are unnecessary.
- Present findings and 3D animations in design reviews, proposal defenses, and customer workshops; explain the assumptions behind the numbers and where the risk sits.
- Support post-award design finalization and, after go-live, reconcile modeled performance against actual system data to improve future modeling accuracy.
Technical Leadership
- Own simulation scope, hour estimates, and schedule commitments across multiple concurrent projects.
- Peer-review models built by other engineers and mentor Simulation Engineers I and II on modeling technique, data analysis, and customer communication.
- Contribute to and maintain reusable component libraries, model templates, data-processing tools, and internal modeling standards.
- Stay current on MHE technologies, vendor equipment capabilities, and simulation software releases, and bring that knowledge back to the team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in industrial engineering, Operations Research, or Supply Chain.
- Emulation and virtual commissioning experience with PLC-connected models.
- Familiarity with WMS, WCS, or WES platforms and how order release and wave strategy affect system performance.
- Exposure to AMR/AGV fleets, robotic each-picking, or automated storage vendors.
- Experience in e-commerce, retail, grocery, cold chain, 3PL, or parcel environments.
- Data visualization experience (Power BI, Tableau) and comfort working in CAD or coordination tools such as AutoCAD, Navisworks, or Revit.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement certification.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Supply Chain, or a related technical field.- 5+ years of professional discrete-event simulation experience, including at least 3 years modeling material handling, warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, or parcel operations.
- Demonstrated proficiency in at least one major simulation platform (FlexSim, AutoMod, Emulate3D, Simio, AnyLogic, Plant Simulation, or equivalent), with the ability to build complex custom logic rather than only assembling standard objects.
- Working knowledge of MHE subsystems and their operating characteristics: conveyor and accumulation, shoe/crossbelt/tilt-tray sortation, AS/RS and shuttles, goods-to-person, print-and-apply, palletizing, and mobile robotics.
- Strong data skills — able to profile and clean large order history files independently using SQL, Python, or equivalent, without waiting on someone else to prepare the data.
- Scripting or programming ability in at least one of Python, C#, VBA, FlexScript, or a comparable language.
- Proven ability to explain technical results to non-technical stakeholders, including customer operations and executive audiences.
- Ability to travel up to 25%, domestically and occasionally internationally.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health Care Concierge Service
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (Pre-tax & Roth)
- Company paid Basic Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Milk Stork Program
- Wellness Program with gift card redemption and wellness challenges
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & 10 Holidays)
-
Training & Development
KPI Solutions provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by states, federal, or local law.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Energy
- Manufacturing
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote equipment engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering discipline
- Experience with equipment installation, qualification, and preventive maintenance programs
- Proficiency with CAD software such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD for design review
- Familiarity with FMEA, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies
- Knowledge of GMP, ISO, or semiconductor cleanroom standards relevant to the industry
- Experience writing and executing IQ, OQ, and PQ validation protocols
Tips for Your Remote Equipment Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote equipment engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings.
Show async troubleshooting skills upfront
Remote equipment engineer roles require diagnosing problems without walking to a lab. Highlight examples where you resolved equipment issues through written reports, remote monitoring tools, or data-driven analysis rather than hands-on intervention.
Build a remote-ready documentation portfolio
Distributed teams depend on written records more than on-site teams do. Compile SOPs, failure analysis reports, or equipment qualification protocols you've authored to show remote employers you can communicate technical findings clearly without in-person follow-up.
Name the remote tools you already use
Call out CMMS platforms, remote monitoring software, CAD tools, and data acquisition systems by name in your resume and application materials. Remote hiring managers scan for tool fluency because onboarding time is limited when there's no one nearby to show you the ropes.
Remote Equipment Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote equipment engineer job?
Target companies with distributed engineering teams or remote-first cultures, since they've built the workflows that make equipment engineering work without being on-site. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, strong written communication, and proficiency with tools like CAD software, CMMS platforms, and data acquisition systems. Candidates who can document findings clearly, troubleshoot asynchronously, and manage equipment lifecycles independently stand out from the field.
Which companies hire remote equipment engineers?
Remote equipment engineer roles are posted by Atlas Copco, OpenAI, and UL Solutions and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first technology companies, distributed semiconductor firms, and medical device organizations that manage equipment programs across multiple facilities.
Can you get a remote equipment engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level equipment engineer roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and make decisions independently from day one. Smaller remote-first hardware startups and contract engineering firms are more open to junior candidates. Showing hands-on project work, lab coursework, or even personal builds that demonstrate practical equipment knowledge goes a long way toward opening those doors.
Do you need a degree for remote equipment engineer jobs?
Usually, but the degree requirement varies by sector and company size. Many remote employers prioritize demonstrated skills, certifications like Six Sigma or reliability engineering credentials, and a portfolio of real equipment projects alongside or instead of a formal degree. Remote-first companies and startups are especially likely to weigh practical results over credentials when evaluating candidates.
Which industries hire the most remote equipment engineers?
Remote equipment engineer roles concentrate in Energy and Manufacturing, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire equipment engineers remotely because their distributed teams manage equipment programs, validation processes, and reliability initiatives across multiple sites or fully virtual operations.
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