Senior Automation Engineer - Welding & Robotics Lead

Wabtec Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, welfare & retirement

Annual bonus

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation seeks an Automation Leader focused on welding and joining automation to drive standards, capital projects, and ROI across multiple sites. You will serve as a technical resource, develop automation concepts, and mentor engineering teams while collaborating across manufacturing sites and business units.

The role requires hands-on project execution with enterprise-wide impact, travel as needed, and a strong background in robotics, controls, and advanced manufacturing technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Automation/Controls, Robotics Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong background in welding automation, robotic welding, or automated machining and fabrication processes.
• 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.
• 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 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.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Automation concepts

Robot & controls knowledge

Travel ability

Education

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

Tools

FANUC

ABB

KUKA

Yaskawa/Motoman

PLCs & HMIs

Job description

Wabtec Corporation seeks an Automation Leader focused on welding and joining automation to drive standards, capital projects, and ROI across multiple sites. You will serve as a technical resource, develop automation concepts, and mentor engineering teams while collaborating across manufacturing sites and business units.

The role requires hands-on project execution with enterprise-wide impact, travel as needed, and a strong background in robotics, controls, and advanced manufacturing technologies.