[Hiring] Senior Automation Engineer @Wabtec

Role Description

You will partner with cross-functional teams across operations, product engineering, maintenance, quality, procurement, information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), environmental health & safety (EHS), and business leadership to deliver advanced manufacturing automation solutions across the global supply chain (GSC) consisting of all business segments.

This role collaborates closely with manufacturing sites, business unit leaders, technical specialists, external automation suppliers, and system integrators to identify, develop, deploy, and implement automation solutions that improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost performance.

As part of the Automation & Advanced Manufacturing organization, you will serve as a technical leader with a focus on Machining and Fabrication processes, supporting multiple manufacturing sites and business units. Responsibilities include:

• Evaluating automation opportunities
• Developing technical concepts and business cases
• Supporting capital project execution
• Driving the standardization and replication of successful solutions across multiple manufacturing facilities

This role combines hands-on project execution with enterprise capability development. You will serve as a key technical resource for:

• Robotics
• Automation
• Controls
• Advanced manufacturing systems
• Automated joining technologies, with welding and joining automation serving as a primary area of technical expertise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Automation/Controls, Robotics Engineering or related discipline
• Strong background in welding automation, robotic welding, or automated machining and fabrication processes
• 7+ years of industrial automation, manufacturing engineering, robotics, controls, or advanced manufacturing experience
• Demonstrated leadership of significant automation and capital projects
• Strong understanding of robotics, controls, safety, machine integration, and manufacturing processes
• Experience developing automation concepts, specifications, scopes, and business cases
• Project leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to travel as required to support enterprise manufacturing sites

Requirements

• Robotic welding and automated joining systems
• Industrial robots (FANUC, ABB, KUKA, Yaskawa/Motoman)
• PLCs, HMIs, industrial networking, and controls integration
• Machine vision and inspection systems
• Certified welding experience
• Automated material handling
• MES, SCADA, OEE and data collection systems
• FAT, SAT, commissioning and production launch
• Lean Green Belt Certification

Benefits

• Salary range: $68,900 - $98,200
• Annual bonus (if eligible)
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits