Senior Manager, Automation Engineering - Real Time Visibility

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase

Life insurance

PTO

Job summary

Walmart's Transportation Engineering team seeks a Senior Manager, Automation Engineering to lead the Real-Time Yard Visibility & Orchestration portfolio within the Yard Modernization strategy. You will partner across ops, tech vendors, product, platform, and AI teams to deliver real-time yard visibility and intelligent orchestration across the network.

You will guide pilots and deployments, define requirements for path planning and KPI-driven improvement, and ensure scalable solutions that

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field; 4 years' experience in Engineering, supply chain, or related area OR 6 years' experience in Engineering, supply chain, or related area
• 2 years' supervisory experience
• Experience leading complex technology deployments in transportation, supply chain, automation, or logistics environments
• Knowledge of yard management systems, fleet technologies, and asset visibility solutions

Responsibilities

• Lead development and deployment of yard modernization solutions including real-time visibility, digital yard mapping, automation, and orchestration capabilities
• Partner with ops, vendors, product, platform, and AI teams to build dynamic digital yard maps blending identity, location, status, and workflow context
• Define and deploy orchestration capabilities prioritizing yard moves, driver assignments, and coordinated routing
• Define requirements for path planning, task prioritization, performance measurement, and continuous improvement using real-time data
• Manage pilots, deployments, vendor relationships, and business cases to drive measurable outcomes

Skills

Automation engineering

Real-time yard visibility

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Geospatial systems

Digital mapping

Real-time location tech

Digital twins

Job description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary: The Senior Manager, Automation Engineering leads the Real-Time Yard Visibility & Orchestration portfolio as part of Walmart’s Yard Modernization strategy. This portfolio creates a trusted, real-time tracking of yard assets and operations. That information is used to improve safety, throughput, utilization, labor productivity, and overall operational efficiency across Walmart’s supply chain network. This role partners with operations, technology vendors, product, platform, and applied AI teams to develop real-time yard visibility, digital yard models, and intelligent orchestration capabilities. Through technology deployment, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional leadership, the position delivers scalable solutions that optimize yard movements, resource utilization, and network performance.

About the team: Walmart’s Transportation Engineering team leads innovation within one of North America’s largest private fleets, focusing on zero-emissions technology, autonomous systems, and yard modernization. The team develops and implements advanced solutions that transform freight, equipment, and asset movement across Walmart’s network. Collaborating closely with operations, technology teams, and external partners, they drive projects from concept to scaled deployment. Utilizing engineering expertise, automation, and data analysis, the team enhances safety, efficiency, and operational excellence, shaping the future of transportation operations through continuous improvement and strategic project management.

What you'll do:

• Lead the development and deployment of transportation yard modernization solutions, including real-time visibility, digital yard mapping, automation, and intelligent orchestration capabilities.
• Partner with operations, technology vendors, product, platform, and applied AI teams to build realistic dynamic digital yard maps and models combining identity, location, status, and workflow context.
• Define and deploy orchestration capabilities that prioritize yard moves, assign drivers to moves, and route coordinated movements across the yard.
• Define operational requirements for path planning, task prioritization, performance measurement, and continuous improvement using real-time data, analytics, and site-level operational insights.
• Manage pilots, deployments, vendor relationships, and business cases to drive measurable outcomes.

What you'll bring:

• Experience leading complex technology deployments in transportation, supply chain, automation, or logistics environments.
• Knowledge of transportation operations, yard management systems, fleet technologies, and asset visibility solutions.
• Experience with geospatial systems, digital mapping, real-time location technologies, digital twins, or related operational modeling platforms.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using data, visualization, and performance metrics to drive operational improvements and strategic decisions.
• Familiarity with optimization, orchestration, dispatching, routing, path planning, or AI-enabled decision support systems.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence operations, product, engineering, and external partners.
• Experience evaluating, piloting, and scaling emerging technologies.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and 4 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area. Option 2: 6 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Masters: Computer Engineering

Primary Location...

805 Respect, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.