Senior Automation Controls Engineer
Wabtec Corporation
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Job summary
Wabtec Corporation is seeking a senior Automation & Advanced Manufacturing controls leader to support multiple manufacturing sites. You will establish robust controls architectures, guide technical decisions, and ensure safety, maintainability, scalability, and production-readiness of controls systems.
You will lead architecture, design, programming, integration, commissioning, and optimization of controls across a diverse industrial environment, mentoring teams and driving standardization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechatronics, or related field.
- 7+ years in industrial controls, automation, or systems integration.
- Experience leading significant controls and capital automation projects.
- Advanced PLC and HMI programming with structured software practices.
- Strong knowledge of machine safety, motion control, robotics integration, and industrial networks.
- Experience developing controls architectures, standards, and test plans.
- Project leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Willingness to travel to support enterprise sites.
Responsibilities
- Lead controls projects from concept through production launch.
- Develop controls architectures, specs, and programming standards.
- Program, review, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, motion, safety, and networking.
- Lead design reviews ensuring safety, maintainability, and cybersecurity.
- Develop capital estimates, scopes, and RFQ requirements.
- Lead vendor selection, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and startup.
- Diagnose complex controls, network, motion, robotics issues.
- Optimize systems for reliability and production performance.
- Replicate successful controls solutions across sites.
- Support Automation roadmap and technology strategy.
- Evaluate emerging controls, connectivity, and AI manufacturing tech.
- Mentor site controls resources and provide senior leadership.
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Job description
Wabtec Corporation is seeking a senior Automation & Advanced Manufacturing controls leader to support multiple manufacturing sites. You will establish robust controls architectures, guide technical decisions, and ensure safety, maintainability, scalability, and production-readiness of controls systems.
You will lead architecture, design, programming, integration, commissioning, and optimization of controls across a diverse industrial environment, mentoring teams and driving standardization.
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