Warehouse Automation Manager, Engineering

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an experienced Warehouse Automation Manager, Engineering to lead the design, deployment, and scaling of automation solutions across India's fulfilment and logistics network. You will drive large-scale programs impacting efficiency, safety, and customer experience at FCs, SCs, and delivery stations in Bengaluru.

You'll define roadmaps, evaluate vendor solutions, build ROI business cases, and lead a team of engineers and program managers to deliver reliable, cost-efficient

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams and managing people.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• Experience in fast-paced automated, industrial logistics or manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end automation program delivery from feasibility to commissioning.
• Define and own automation roadmap for sites and business lines across IN network.
• Evaluate feasibility and vendor solutions for automation opportunities across FCs, SCs and delivery stations.
• Partner with Ops Tech, WHS, RME, and site operations to integrate automation into existing infrastructure.
• Develop ROI models, payback analyses, and CAPEX plans for automation business cases.
• Manage and develop a team of engineers and program managers.
• Communicate status, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership; act as single POC for automation engineering.
• Drive continuous improvement for reliability, throughput, safety, and cost efficiency.
• Support development of low-cost automation and frugal innovation initiatives.

Skills

People management

Industrial automation experience

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Automation control systems

Job description

Warehouse Automation Manager, Engineering

Global Engineering Services - International is seeking an experienced Automation Manager to lead the design, deployment, and scaling of automation solutions across Amazon's fulfilment and logistics network. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive large-scale automation programs that directly impact operational efficiency, safety, and customer experience across India's fulfilment centre's (FCs), sort centre's (SCs), and delivery stations.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end automation program delivery - from feasibility assessment and business case development through commissioning and operational handover
• Define and own the automation roadmap for assigned sites and business lines, driving progressive penetration targets across the IN network
• Evaluate technical feasibility and vendor solution availability for automation opportunities across FCs, SCs, and delivery stations
• Partner with Ops Tech, WHS, RME, and site operations teams to ensure seamless integration of automation solutions into existing infrastructure
• Develop ROI models, payback analyses, and capital investment plans to support automation business cases
• Manage and develop a team of engineers and program managers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
• Communicate program status, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership; serve as the single point of contact for automation engineering across assigned networks
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system reliability, throughput, safety, and cost efficiency
• Support the development of Amazon's low-cost automation and frugal innovation initiatives

About the team

Our team provides end-to-end engineering services to Amazon's fulfilment and logistics network, building and deploying innovative automation and next-generation technology solutions. We operate across FCs, SCs, and last-mile delivery stations, with a mandate to drive automation penetration, frugal innovation, and self-sustainability for the domestic market and beyond.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in engineering including a supervisory role managing people
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in a fast-paced, automated, industrial, logistics, production or manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in preventative maintenance systems
• Experience of automated equipment including packaging machinery, sortation and conveyor systems
• Knowledge of automation control system logic, mechanism and protocol
• Knowledge of software interface and business logic between control system and management system

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