Senior R&D Lead: Industrial Automation Prototyping

Laitram LLC; Harahan (LA); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Intralox seeks a Lead Engineer to anchor a cross-functional Advanced Research & Development team, turning ambiguous needs into validated prototypes and overseeing the technical direction from concept to field-ready solutions.

You will mentor engineers, manage the innovation funnel, and drive execution with a strong emphasis on mechanical, controls, and software integration. This role requires travel to customer facilities and collaboration with the Advanced R&D Manager and business partners.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of engineering and product development experience, with a track record of personally leading the design and development of complex electromechanical or automation systems.
• Demonstrated technical breadth across mechanical design, controls, and software-enabled automation, with the depth to serve as system architect and Engineer in Charge.
• Experience in industrial automation, logistics, warehouse automation, or material handling, with exposure to AI, robotics, controls, or other emerging technologies.
• Proven ability to move solutions from ambiguous needs to validated prototypes, using analysis and rapid prototyping to advance learning quickly.
• Technical oversight and mentorship skills that earn credibility with a highly technical team.
• Ability to travel 10-20%, including to customer facilities for prototype installation and commissioning.

Responsabilidades

• Turn early-stage ambiguity into the technical clarity that makes fast, focused development possible.
• Convert ambiguous customer needs into actionable specifications and requirements.
• Partner with the Advanced R&D Manager and Business Development Engineers to ground technical requirements in real customer problems.
• Frame the technical unknowns and plot a development path that resolves them.
• Define what 'good enough' looks like at each stage, resolving ambiguity to accelerate learning.
• Assess feasibility and drive execution so the innovation funnel advances the most promising opportunities.
• Bring the technical context needed to evaluate ideas, emerging technologies, and adjacent-market capabilities.
• Assess feasibility and cost, and frame the tradeoffs that guide where the team invests.
• Test fast and disposition quickly, concentrating resources on the strongest opportunities.
• Provide the technical vision and rigor that carry solutions from concept to validated prototype.
• Serve as Engineer in Charge on projects, driving execution against the technology roadmap.
• Own the system architecture across mechanical, controls, and software domains.
• Lead rapid prototyping to advance learning, including fieldable prototypes for customer sites.
• Mentor the team's engineers, raising technical rigor and growing capability.
• Align development with EPD tools and the Vee model to mature requirements and concepts in parallel.
• Engage downstream stakeholders early so handoff feels inevitable, not surprising.

Conocimientos

Mechanical design

Controls

Software-enabled automation

AI awareness

Engineering leadership

Mentorship

Travel readiness

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Herramientas

Vee model

EPD tools

Descripción del empleo

Intralox seeks a Lead Engineer to anchor a cross-functional Advanced Research & Development team, turning ambiguous needs into validated prototypes and overseeing the technical direction from concept to field-ready solutions.

You will mentor engineers, manage the innovation funnel, and drive execution with a strong emphasis on mechanical, controls, and software integration. This role requires travel to customer facilities and collaboration with the Advanced R&D Manager and business partners.