[Hiring] Senior Controls 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 reliable manufacturing controls and automation solutions across the global supply chain (GSC) consisting of all business segments.

This role collaborates closely with manufacturing sites, technical specialists, external automation suppliers, original equipment manufacturers, and system integrators to design, deploy, secure, and support controls systems that improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost performance.

As part of the Automation & Advanced Manufacturing organization, you will serve as a senior technical leader for industrial controls, supporting multiple manufacturing sites and business units. You will establish robust controls architectures, guide technical decisions, develop standards, and help ensure automation systems are safe, maintainable, scalable, and production-ready.

As a member of the Automation & Advanced Manufacturing team, you will lead and support the architecture, design, programming, integration, commissioning, and optimization of controls systems across a diverse industrial manufacturing environment.

This role combines hands-on controls engineering with enterprise capability development. You will serve as a key technical resource for PLCs, HMIs, motion control, robotics interfaces, industrial networks, machine safety, data connectivity, and automation cybersecurity coordination.

• Develop controls concepts and specifications
• Lead technical reviews
• Support capital project execution
• Resolve complex system issues
• Drive the standardization and replication of successful controls solutions across multiple manufacturing facilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
• 7+ years of industrial controls, automation, systems integration, or advanced manufacturing experience
• Demonstrated leadership of significant controls and capital automation projects
• Advanced PLC and HMI programming experience with strong knowledge of structured software development practices
• Strong understanding of machine safety, motion control, robotics integration, industrial networking, instrumentation, and manufacturing processes
• Experience developing controls architectures, functional specifications, standards, test plans, and commissioning documentation
• Project leadership, technical mentoring, structured troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to travel as required to support enterprise manufacturing sites

Requirements

• Rockwell Automation ControlLogix/CompactLogix, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk, or equivalent platforms
• Siemens TIA Portal, S7 PLCs, WinCC, or other major industrial controls platforms
• Industrial networks including EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, and managed switching
• Machine safety PLCs, safety relays, risk-reduction functions, and validation support
• Servo systems, variable-frequency drives, coordinated motion, and precision process control
• Industrial robots, machine vision, automated material handling, and equipment integration
• MES, SCADA, historians, OEE, databases, and manufacturing data collection systems
• FAT, SAT, commissioning, production launch, and lifecycle support
• Lean, Six Sigma, functional safety, networking, or controls platform certification

Benefits

• Salary rate for this role is currently $91100-129800
• Annual bonus, if eligible
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits