Director, Engineering - Robotics & Automation

Omnicell • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

Omnicell is seeking a senior technical leader to define and deliver the future of our Robotics & Automation portfolio. This is a Chief Engineer-style role responsible for driving innovation across next-generation pharmacy automation platforms, transforming ideas into scalable products that improve medication management and patient care. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineering leader who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to align teams, influence stakeholders, and deliver complex hardware-software systems from concept through commercialization.

Requirements

• Deep expertise developing complex robotics, automation, mechatronics, or electromechanical systems
• Proven experience leading products from concept through commercialization and scale
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to evaluate tradeoffs, identify risks, and guide architecture decisions
• Credibility earned through hands-on engineering experience
• Success leading multidisciplinary teams in matrixed organizations
• Strong collaboration and executive communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Robotics
• Industrial automation
• Motion control systems
• Advanced manufacturing equipment
• Precision machinery
• Complex hardware-software platforms
• Mechatronics

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for Omnicell's Robotics & Automation portfolio
• Define technical strategy, architecture, and engineering direction across multiple programs
• Guide critical design decisions, resolve complex technical challenges, and drive execution excellence
• Partner closely with Product Management to translate market needs into technical solutions
• Lead development of next-generation robotics and automation platforms
• Drive innovation from early concept development through design, verification, launch, and deployment
• Balance new product innovation with ongoing product enhancements and reliability improvements
• Ensure solutions deliver performance, scalability, quality, and customer value
• Build alignment across engineering, product, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and service teams
• Influence through technical credibility and sound judgment rather than organizational authority
• Communicate complex technical concepts to both engineers and executive leaders
• Lead effectively in a highly matrixed environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed