About The Position
The Senior Automation Engineer – Warehouse Automation Software, Integration & Digital Twin designs, analyzes, modifies, and integrates robotics, automated material-handling technologies, and digital-twin simulations to optimize warehouse operations. The role oversees warehouse equipment and software integration, develops preventive-maintenance strategies, and implements rapid interim solutions for system disruptions or safety risks. As a technical lead, this engineer drives system-reliability improvements, enforces configuration controls, and ensures complex software-hardware interfaces operate according to standard operating procedures. The position requires expertise in automation software architecture, control systems, and predictive digital-twin modeling, along with leadership in complex integrations, mentorship of junior team members, and use of data-driven analytics to improve throughput, safety, and system availability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Robotics, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5–8 years of experience in warehouse automation engineering, system integration, software controls, or digital-twin development.
- Expert knowledge of warehouse automation systems, control architectures, robotics, and digital-twin simulation tools.
- Strong proficiency in software-to-hardware integration, data visualization, and statistical modeling for system performance optimization.
- Ability to lead complex root-cause investigations and implement corrective actions across automated warehouse environments.
- Excellent technical writing skills for test plans, validation strategies, and system configuration documentation.
- Ability to manage technical scope, mitigate integration risks, and drive priorities across cross-functional engineering teams.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Experience developing, testing, and validating preventive-maintenance plans and emergency safety protocols for automated equipment.
- Experience managing software and engineering change controls in accordance with standard operating procedures.
- Experience defining system-level test plans and driving data-driven continuous-improvement initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- Previous leadership, cross-functional project coordination, or engineering mentorship experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, analyze, modify, and integrate robotics, automated material-handling technologies, and digital-twin simulations to optimize warehouse operations.
- Oversee warehouse equipment and software integration.
- Develop preventive-maintenance strategies and implement rapid interim solutions for system disruptions or safety risks.
- Lead system-reliability improvements and enforce configuration controls.
- Ensure software-hardware interfaces operate according to standard operating procedures.
- Lead complex system integrations and mentor junior team members.
- Use data-driven analytics to maximize operational throughput, safety, and system availability.
- Lead root-cause investigations and implement corrective actions across automated warehouse environments.
- Develop test plans, validation strategies, and system configuration documentation.
- Manage technical scope, mitigate integration risks, and drive priorities across cross-functional engineering teams.
- Develop, test, and validate preventive-maintenance plans and emergency safety protocols for automated equipment.
- Manage software and engineering change controls in accordance with standard operating procedures.
- Define system-level test plans and drive data-driven continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Institutionalize best practices, standardize protocols, and ensure operational readiness.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
