Senior Robotics Engineering Leader - Factory Automation

Nestlé Purina North America; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 158,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Healthcare coverage

Performance-based incentives

Broad range of other benefits

Job summary

Nestlé Purina North America is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineering Expert to provide strategic leadership for robotics across the U.S. manufacturing network. You will define roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and deploy safe, scalable automation to boost safety, productivity, and quality across sites.

You will lead end-to-end robotics initiatives, partner with suppliers, and drive ROI through pilot programs and standardized system designs. Travel up to 30-60% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in industrial robotics, automation, technology scaling, or autonomous material movement in a manufacturing, industrial or related environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a three- to five-year robotics roadmap for United States manufacturing operations by prioritizing opportunities, establishing deployment criteria and standard system designs, and expanding successful pilot programs across sites.
• Lead the end-to-end development of automated robotics solutions such as humanoids, drones, or other emerging technologies. Evaluate manual work processes and identify practical automation opportunities through solution design, readiness assessment, proof-of-concept testing, pilot deployment, and implementation.
• Establish scalable standards for autonomous mobile robots, automated guided vehicles, intelligent forklifts, and fleet-management systems that move materials and products between warehouse and production operations.
• Identify, benchmark, evaluate, and manage robotics suppliers and partners; assess their technical capabilities and readiness to inform sourcing and partnership decisions.
• Evaluate technical feasibility and quantify potential improvements in safety, productivity, quality, cost, and return on investment; track results and recommend whether solutions should be expanded, revised, or discontinued
• Define requirements for safety, hygienic design, cybersecurity, operational technology and information technology integration, controls, commissioning, maintenance, training, documentation, and lifecycle support to deliver sustainable, factory-ready solutions
• Lead cross-functional change-management efforts with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Safety, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Digital Manufacturing, and external suppliers by influencing stakeholders, addressing concerns, gaining buy-in, and creating shared ownership and value that support adoption and strengthen robotics capabilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Nestlé Purina North America is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineering Expert to provide strategic leadership for robotics across the U.S. manufacturing network. You will define roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and deploy safe, scalable automation to boost safety, productivity, and quality across sites.

You will lead end-to-end robotics initiatives, partner with suppliers, and drive ROI through pilot programs and standardized system designs. Travel up to 30-60% is required.