Director Automation & Systems Integration (Tuas)

Resmed; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company in Singapore is seeking a Director of Automation & Systems Integration to lead the design and deployment of automation platforms across its supply chain. This role involves building the automation backbone for future productivity and efficiency, overseeing a team responsible for robotics and systems integration, and creating strategic partnerships. Candidates should have extensive experience in automation engineering and a degree in a relevant field. Join us to shape the future of healthcare technology.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Innovative and inclusive workplace

Global team collaboration

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years in automation engineering or advanced manufacturing engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Expertise in robotics, controls architecture, and digital integration.
• Experience delivering global automation deployments in multi-site supply chain environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of automation platforms and systems integration across the supply chain.
• Define automation design principles and develop a global automation strategy.
• Build a high-performing team of automation engineers and establish governance.

Skills

Automation engineering

Robotics

Systems integration

Leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Predictive maintenance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Automation, Mechatronics, Systems, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

MES

SCADA

PLC

WES/WCS

IoT

Job description

At ResMed, we’re on a mission to change lives with every breath — and our global supply chain is rapidly transforming to enable growth, resilience, quality, and value at scale.

We’re hiring a Director of Automation & Systems Integration to lead the design, standardisation, and deployment of automation and digital‑integration platforms across our manufacturing and distribution network. This role builds the automation backbone of our next‑generation supply chain; engineering scalable, reliable, and intelligent systems that increase productivity, improve asset performance, and enable scale.

The Opportunity

As Director of Automation & Systems Integration leads the global engineering organization responsible for robotics, automation, controls, and systems integration across all supply chain sites. You will define automation design principles and standard platforms, and form strategic engineering partnerships with technology providers and Automation OEMS — going well beyond a “smart customer” to co‑create, refine, and scale automation solutions across the network.

This role integrates automation with MES, WES/WCS, SCADA, PLC/controls, and digital data layers to enable real‑time visibility, predictive insights, and improved decision making. You’ll work closely with Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Global Logistics & Distribution, Planning, Quality, Digital Supply Chain, and Product Development to ensure automation solutions deliver throughput, reliability, safety, and long‑term capacity.

This role is foundational to our Network 2030+ vision: a globally consistent, modular, automation‑ready network capable of scaling with speed, resilience, and confidence.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Strategy & Network 2030+ Alignment

• Build and execute a global automation strategy that accelerates automation as the core productivity driver of our next‑generation supply chain.
• Define standardised automation design principles, modular architectures, controls frameworks, and platform strategies deployable across regions.
• Develop a multi‑year roadmap for robotics, AGVs/AMRs, AS/RS, automated test platforms, and material movement automation aligned to network growth and supply chain transformation.
• Serve as a strategic partner in evaluating automation opportunities and ensuring investments align with business value, operational needs, and supply chain transformation priorities.

Systems Integration & the Digital Thread

• Lead systems integration of automation assets with MES, WES/WCS, SCADA, PLC/Controls, IoT, and enterprise data systems.
• Establish integration toolkits, templates, interface libraries, and testing protocols to ensure consistency and reliability.
• Develop and partner to create standard integration architectures, integration toolkits, and interface libraries that ensure interoperability, scalability, and reliability.
• Partner with Digital Supply Chain teams to connect automation performance data to real‑time dashboards, predictive analytics and digital twin, enabling smarter CapEx and planning decisions.
• Ensure new and existing automation platforms are integrated securely and consistently, enabling faster deployment and reduced engineering re‑work.

Robotics, Automation Platforms & Deployment Excellence

• Lead engineering evaluation, technology selection, and deployment of robotics, automation technologies across manufacturing and distribution environments (paperless systems, robotics, LSR automation, AGVs/AMRs, material handling systems, automated test and inspection).
• Govern engineering specifications, vendor selection, lifecycle cost models, standard controls architecture, FAT/SAT protocols, and commissioning excellence.
• Establish an Automation Center of Excellence to accelerate standardisation, replicate best practice, and scale solutions globally at pace.
• Champion design‑for‑replication to enable rapid, reliable deployment of automation platforms across sites.

Asset Performance, Reliability & Automation Health

• Ensure all automation and integrated systems produce accurate, high‑resolution performance data to support OEE improvement, predictive maintenance, and capacity optimization.
• Partner with Industrial Engineering and Asset Performance teams to leverage downtime analytics, bottleneck analysis, TPB‑aligned reliability engineering practices.
• Embed automation health monitoring, diagnostics, and predictive analytics to improve uptime, throughput, and line stability.
• Enable real‑time and global automation dashboards, linking physical automation performance directly into planning and continuous improvement.

New Site Establishment & Automation‑Ready Design

• Define automation and integration requirements for new supply chain sites, ensuring automation readiness from concept to commissioning.
• Partner with Facility and Industrial Engineering to embed automation early in layout design, utilities planning, safety architecture, and CVS (Commissioning, Validation, Scale) processes.
• Deploy modular automation solutions that reduce commissioning times, improve CapEx efficiency, and enable predictable scalability across the network.

Leadership, Governance & Capability Building

• Build a world‑class global team of automation, robotics, controls, and systems integration engineers.
• Establish engineering governance to ensure global standardisation, interoperability, and consistent decision‑making across all sites.
• Create training pathways and capability‑building programs to develop future‑ready, digitally enabled automation talent.
• Foster a culture grounded in engineering rigor, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

About You

• 12–15+ years in automation engineering, robotics, systems integration, or advanced manufacturing engineering, including 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in automation platforms including robotics, AGVs/AMRs, automated test systems, material storage and handling automation, and controls architecture and digital integration (MES, SCADA, PLC, WES/WCS, IoT).
• Strong manufacturing automation experience is essential; exposure to distribution automation is valuable.
• Experience with TPM, reliability engineering, or maintenance strategies for automated systems is highly beneficial.
• Demonstrated success delivering global automation deployments in highly regulated, multi‑site supply chain environments.
• Strong understanding of OEE, bottleneck analysis, predictive maintenance, flow modeling, and asset performance improvement.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Automation, Mechatronics, Systems, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering; advanced digital or robotics certifications a plus.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across global supply chain landscapes.

Success Metrics

• Automation Excellence: Deliver measurable productivity and flow improvements through scalable automation solutions.
• Platform Standardization: Drive adoption of standardized automation architectures across the majority of applicable sites within the first 18–24 months.
• Asset Performance & Reliability: Improve uptime and automation reliability through enhanced diagnostics, predictive maintenance, and data‑driven monitoring.
• Digital Thread & Integration Velocity: Reduce integration time and engineering re‑work by implementing standard architectures and reusable components.
• Speed, Scalability & Capital Efficiency: Shorten automation deployment timelines at new or expanding sites through modular design and engineering governance.
• People & Capability: Build and sustain a high‑performing automation engineering team with strong engagement and development progression.

Why Join ResMed

This is a rare opportunity to define the automation and integration blueprint of a global, next‑generation supply chain. You’ll architect intelligent, connected automation systems that power how we grow, scale, and deliver — enabling extraordinary outcomes for patients worldwide.

At ResMed, you’ll join a global team committed to excellence, innovation, and purpose. Together, we’ll build the most integrated, data‑driven, and scalable supply chain engineering network in the world.

Joining us is more than saying “yes” to making the world a healthier place. It’s discovering a career that’s challenging, supportive and inspiring. Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals, but also create new ones. We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates. If this sounds like the workplace for you, apply now! We commit to respond to every applicant.