Senior Systems Architect for Industrial Robotics & Rail

Wabtec; Grove City (Mercer County); On-site; USD 105,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Bonus potential

Job summary

Wabtec is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the architecture, integration, validation, and productization of next-generation robotics and automation solutions for rail yard operations. You will own system-level decisions, define interfaces, and guide cross-functional teams from early R&D to production deployment.

The role requires deep systems engineering expertise, hands-on leadership, and the ability to drive a complete, production-ready solution across hardware, software, AI, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience delivering complex integrated technical systems.
• Experience as systems engineer, technical lead, or system integration owner with schedule management.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end system architecture, requirements, interfaces, and technical roadmap across subsystems.
• Lead architecture decisions involving robotics, controls, AI, computer vision, embedded software, edge computing, and cloud services.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve gaps and meet product readiness and deployment goals.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

ROS 2

MQTT

Job description

Wabtec is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the architecture, integration, validation, and productization of next-generation robotics and automation solutions for rail yard operations. You will own system-level decisions, define interfaces, and guide cross-functional teams from early R&D to production deployment.

The role requires deep systems engineering expertise, hands-on leadership, and the ability to drive a complete, production-ready solution across hardware, software, AI, and