Senior Automation Engineer - Welding & Robotics Leader

Wabtec Corporation; Washington; On-site; USD 79,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation in the United States seeks an experienced Automation & Advanced Manufacturing leader to drive welding and joining automation across multiple sites. You will lead projects from concept to production, develop capital plans and ROI cases, and standardize technologies across the manufacturing network.

The role combines hands-on execution with enterprise capability development, mentoring site engineers, and evaluating robotics, vision, and AI-enabled manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years in industrial automation, manufacturing engineering, robotics, controls, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience leading automation projects and capital investments.

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 or 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

Industrial automation

Project leadership

Robotics & controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronics/Automation)

Tools

FANUC/ABB/KUKA/Yaskawa robots

PLC & HMI systems

Machine vision

SCADA

Job description

Wabtec Corporation in the United States seeks an experienced Automation & Advanced Manufacturing leader to drive welding and joining automation across multiple sites. You will lead projects from concept to production, develop capital plans and ROI cases, and standardize technologies across the manufacturing network.

The role combines hands-on execution with enterprise capability development, mentoring site engineers, and evaluating robotics, vision, and AI-enabled manufacturing.