Senior Automation Engineer - Welding & Robotic Systems Lead

Wabtec; Missouri; On-site; USD 69,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Wabtec is seeking a senior Automation leader to drive welding and joining automation across multiple manufacturing sites in the United States. You will develop concepts, build business cases, and lead capital projects while mentoring site engineers.

The role emphasizes enterprise standards, technology strategy, and hands-on execution in robotics, controls, and advanced manufacturing systems.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Proven 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.
• Project leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to travel as required to support enterprise manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

• 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 priorities.
• Lead/vendor 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.

Skills

Welding automation

Robotic welding

Industrial automation

Capital project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Automation/Controls, Robotics Engineering or related discipline

Tools

FANUC automation systems

ABB/KUKA/Yaskawa/Motoman robots

PLCs / HMIs / industrial networking

Machine vision / inspection systems

Job description

Wabtec is seeking a senior Automation leader to drive welding and joining automation across multiple manufacturing sites in the United States. You will develop concepts, build business cases, and lead capital projects while mentoring site engineers.

The role emphasizes enterprise standards, technology strategy, and hands-on execution in robotics, controls, and advanced manufacturing systems.