Senior Consultant, Automation Standards & AI Frameworks

Rockwell Automation; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Medical,  |

401k

Paid Time off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation is seeking a senior engineer to design and implement agentic frameworks for industrial automation, shaping architectures for AI-enabled development and workflow orchestration. You will define standards, governance, and reusable libraries, while advising customers on automation code practices and leading engineering engagements across PLC, HMI, SCADA, and MES platforms.

The role requires advanced experience in industrial software, cloud-native patterns, containerization, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience in industrial automation, software engineering, or digital manufacturing solutions.
• Experience with automation architectures and industrial software development practices.
• Knowledge of APIs, microservices, and modern development methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Agentic Engineering Frameworks for industrial automation.
• Define the architecture and integration of agents, skills, workflow orchestration, MCP services, development tools, and reusable libraries.
• Transform domain expertise, engineering procedures, and trusted content into reusable AI-enabled skills.
• Develop methodologies for converting customer standards, strategies, and engineering workflows into agent-executable processes.
• Create reference architectures that promote AI-assisted development, testing, documentation, code generation, validation, and commissioning workflows.
• Advise customers on the development and adoption of enterprise Automation Code Standards.
• Assess existing automation architectures, libraries, engineering workflows, and governance models.
• Define coding guidelines, naming conventions, modular programming practices, testing strategies, and lifecycle management processes.
• Establish reusable architectures and engineering frameworks for PLC, HMI, SCADA, analytics, and digital manufacturing applications.
• Facilitate workshops with customer stakeholders to align standards across engineering teams and teams.

Skills

Automation architectures

Software development

APIs & microservices

Customer-facing consulting

AI-enabled engineering

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience

Tools

FactoryTalk

Logix

Optix

Job description

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Austin, Texas, United States
Houston, Texas, United States
Mayfield Heights, Ohio, United States

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility -our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how thework we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement Agentic Engineering Frameworks for industrial automation development.
• Define the architecture and integration of agents, skills, workflow orchestration, MCP services, development tools, and reusable libraries.
• Transform domain expertise, engineering procedures, and trusted content into reusable AI-enabled skills.
• Develop methodologies for converting customer standards, strategies, and engineering workflows into agent-executable processes.
• Create reference architectures that promote AI-assisted development, testing, documentation, code generation, validation, and commissioning workflows.
• Advise customers on the development and adoption of enterprise Automation Code Standards.
• Assess existing automation architectures, libraries, engineering workflows, and governance models.
• Define coding guidelines, naming conventions, modular programming practices, testing strategies, and lifecycle management processes.
• Establish reusable architectures and engineering frameworks for PLC, HMI, SCADA, analytics, and digital manufacturing applications.
• Facilitate workshops with customer stakeholders to align standards across engineering teams and teams.

The Essential Qualifications: You Will Have

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience in industrial automation, software engineering, or digital manufacturing solutions.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Experience with automation architectures and industrial software development practices.
• Experience defining coding standards, governance models, and reusable software frameworks.
• Knowledge of software architecture patterns, APIs, microservices, and modern development methodologies.
• Experience leading customer-facing consulting or architecture engagements.
• Experience with PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, IIoT, and digital manufacturing platforms.
• Experience with AI agents, workflow orchestration frameworks, MCP architectures, and agentic development methodologies.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with code generation, AI-assisted development, testing automation, and model-driven engineering.
• Experience building reusable engineering libraries, templates, frameworks, or accelerators.
• Knowledge of FactoryTalk, Logix, Optix, industrial digital twins, and modern automation application platforms.
• Establish customer-specific automation standards that improve engineering consistency and quality.
• Create reusable agentic frameworks that accelerate project execution and reduce engineering effort.
• Assist customers to transform engineering knowledge into reusable AI-enabled skills.
• Improve development productivity through standardization, automation, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Build long-term customer relationships as a trusted advisor for automation and AI-enabled engineering transformation.

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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