Senior Automation Engineer, Welding & Advanced Manufacturing

Wabtec; Saltillo; Presencial; MXN 600.000 - 900.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Wabtec is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to lead welding and joining automation across multiple manufacturing sites in Saltillo, Mexico, driving concept development, ROI analyses, and capital project justification. You will partner with operations, product engineering, maintenance, quality, IT, EHS, and business leadership to deliver advanced automation across the global supply chain.

The role emphasizes robotics, controls, vision, and data-enabled manufacturing initiatives across a

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Automation/Controls, Robotics Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years in industrial automation, manufacturing engineering, robotics, controls, or advanced manufacturing.
• 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.

Responsabilidades

• Lead automation projects from concept through production launch.
• Evaluate manufacturing processes and identify automation opportunities.
• Develop technical concepts, capital estimates, and ROI business cases.
• Serve as enterprise technical capability owner for welding and joining automation.
• Develop automation standards, specifications, and preferred technologies.
• Support multiple manufacturing sites and business units based on business priorities.
• Lead/support vendor selection, RFQs, design reviews, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and startup.
• Troubleshoot and optimize existing automation systems.
• Identify and replicate successful solutions across sites.
• Support Automation & Advanced Manufacturing roadmap and technology strategy.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including robotics, vision, simulation, and AI-enabled manufacturing.
• Mentor site engineering resources and provide technical leadership.

Conocimientos

Welding automation

Robotic welding

Automated machining

Industrial automation

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Educación

Electrical/Mechanical/Manufacturing/Mechatronics/Automation degree

Robotics engineering

Herramientas

PLCs

HMIs

Industrial networking

Controls integration

Machine vision

Descripción del empleo

Wabtec is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to lead welding and joining automation across multiple manufacturing sites in Saltillo, Mexico, driving concept development, ROI analyses, and capital project justification. You will partner with operations, product engineering, maintenance, quality, IT, EHS, and business leadership to deliver advanced automation across the global supply chain.

The role emphasizes robotics, controls, vision, and data-enabled manufacturing initiatives across a