About this Maintenance Engineer II (Onsite) role at Axon
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact
As a Maintenance Engineer, you will help improve equipment reliability, availability, and maintainability in Axon’s automated manufacturing environment. You will own preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies for automated production systems, helping ensure safe, stable, and cost-effective operations. This role gives you the opportunity to work closely with Manufacturing, Controls, and Maintenance teams to reduce downtime, extend asset life, and support Axon’s continued production scaling.
What You’ll Do
Location: Onsite at our Phoenix, AZ Pinnacle office or our Mesa, AZ Skybridge facility
Reports to: Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering - Assets Reliability
Direct Reports: None
- Improve reliability of automated manufacturing equipment, including robots, PLC-controlled machines, conveyors, vision systems, and material handling equipment.
- Lead root cause analysis for recurring failures, downtime events, and chronic equipment issues, and implement corrective actions to reduce repeat failures and improve MTBF.
- Design, optimize, and sustain preventive and predictive maintenance programs aligned to equipment criticality and production needs.
- Analyze maintenance data, downtime trends, MTTR, MTBF, maintenance cost, and equipment availability to refine maintenance intervals and improve task effectiveness.
- Use condition-based maintenance techniques where appropriate, including vibration, thermal, runtime-based, and other predictive methods.
- Create and maintain maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, equipment documentation, and standardized practices across similar equipment and production lines.
- Partner with Controls Engineers on PLC diagnostics, automation troubleshooting, system upgrades, and technical issue resolution.
- Support Maintenance Technicians through troubleshooting assistance, technical guidance, and training.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and Operations to support new equipment launches, process changes, production ramp-ups, and reliability-focused continuous improvement.
- Support spare parts strategy, critical spares identification, inventory optimization, capital equipment evaluations, and lifecycle cost considerations.
- Provide on-floor engineering support during critical downtime events and participate in daily production, maintenance, and reliability meetings.
- Support off-shift or weekend activities during launches, major repairs, or critical production issues as needed.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- 3–6 years of experience in maintenance, reliability, automation engineering, or a related manufacturing engineering role within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of automated manufacturing equipment, electrical systems, mechanical components, equipment reliability, and failure analysis.
- Experience with PLC-based automation systems, including diagnostics, troubleshooting, and partnering with controls teams on issue resolution.
- Experience performing root cause analysis, implementing corrective actions, and improving equipment reliability, availability, MTBF, MTTR, and downtime performance.
- Familiarity with CMMS systems, maintenance data analysis, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
- Strong data-driven problem-solving skills with the ability to work effectively in fast-paced, production-driven environments.
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills with the ability to partner with Manufacturing, Controls, Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering teams.
- Lean Manufacturing, Reliability Engineering, high-volume manufacturing, or high-mix automated production experience preferred.
- Regular presence on the manufacturing floor is required, including hands-on troubleshooting support; occasional off-shift or weekend work may be required during critical events.
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
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