Senior Industrial Controls Engineer – Automation Leader

Wabtec Corporation

North Carolina

On-site

USD 91,000 - 130,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a senior automation controls engineer to lead architecture, programming, and integration across multiple manufacturing sites. You'll drive standards, safety, and cybersecurity while delivering scalable control solutions and capital projects.

You will mentor teams, collaborate across operations, product engineering, maintenance, and IT, and travel as needed to support enterprise locations. A strong background in PLC/HMI and motion control is required.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
7+ years of industrial controls, automation, systems integration, or advanced manufacturing experience.
Demonstrated leadership of significant controls and capital automation projects.
Advanced PLC and HMI programming experience with strong knowledge of structured software development practices.
Strong understanding of machine safety, motion control, robotics integration, industrial networking, instrumentation, and manufacturing processes.
Experience developing controls architectures, functional specifications, standards, test plans, and commissioning documentation.
Project leadership, technical mentoring, structured troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to travel as required to support enterprise manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

Lead controls projects from concept and architecture through production launch.
Develop controls architectures, functional specifications, programming standards, and preferred solutions.
Program, review, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, motion, safety, and industrial communication applications.
Lead controls design reviews and verify compliance with technical, safety, maintainability, and cybersecurity requirements.
Develop capital estimates, controls scopes, test plans, and technical requirements for RFQs.
Lead/support vendor selection, panel and software reviews, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and startup.
Diagnose complex controls, network, motion, robotics interface, and manufacturing data issues.
Optimize existing systems for reliability, cycle time, diagnostics, maintainability, and production performance.
Identify and replicate successful controls solutions across manufacturing sites.
Support Automation & Advanced Manufacturing roadmap, governance, and technology strategy.
Evaluate emerging controls, connectivity, simulation, and AI-enabled manufacturing technologies.
Mentor site controls resources and provide senior technical leadership during project execution and issue resolution.