Automation Engineer – Advanced Manufacturing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams encompassing operations, product engineering, maintenance, quality, procurement, IT, OT, EHS, and business leadership.

• Assist in automation projects from initial concept to production launch.

• Assess manufacturing processes and pinpoint feasible automation opportunities.

• Create automation concepts, layouts, simulations, cycle-time estimates, and technical specifications.

• Conduct robot reach, payload, interference, and process simulations to mitigate project risk.

• Support capital estimates, ROI business cases, equipment scopes, and project documentation.

• Engage in vendor selection, RFQs, design reviews, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and startup activities.

• Collaborate with controls, manufacturing, quality, maintenance, EHS, suppliers, and integrators to address technical challenges.

• Troubleshoot and enhance existing robotic and automated manufacturing systems.

• Document lessons learned and assist in replicating successful automation solutions across various sites.

• Uphold Automation & Advanced Manufacturing standards, roadmap, and preferred technology strategies.

• Assess emerging technologies such as robotics, vision, simulation, digital twins, and AI-enabled manufacturing.

• Provide hands-on technical support and share knowledge with site engineering teams.

• Deliver automation solutions throughout Wabtec's global supply chain to enhance safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Automation/Controls, Robotics Engineering, or a related field.

• Over 3 years of experience in industrial automation, manufacturing engineering, robotics, controls, or advanced manufacturing.

• Practical experience with industrial robots and automation equipment within a production setting.

• Capability to design automation concepts, cell layouts, tooling strategies, and equipment interfaces.

• Familiarity with robot or manufacturing simulation, offline programming, or digital manufacturing tools.

• A solid understanding of machine safety, controls, integration, manufacturing processes, and production readiness.

• Strong project execution, problem-solving, documentation, and collaborative skills across functions.

• Willingness to travel as needed to support enterprise manufacturing sites.

• Experience with industrial robots; FANUC preferred, along with ABB, KUKA, or Yaskawa/Motoman experience being advantageous.

• Proficiency in robot simulation and offline programming tools such as FANUC ROBOGUIDE, Process Simulate, Visual Components, or similar.

• Competence in 3D CAD, equipment layouts, reach studies, cycle-time analysis, and design-for-automation.

• Knowledge of machine vision, inspection, and robotic guidance systems.

• Experience with automated material handling, end-of-arm tooling, fixtures, and sensor integration.

• Familiarity with PLCs, HMIs, industrial networking, MES, SCADA, OEE, or manufacturing data systems.

• Experience in FAT, SAT, commissioning, production launch, and structured root-cause problem solving.

• Lean or Six Sigma certification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health benefits.

• Welfare benefits.

• Retirement benefits.

• Annual bonus, if eligible.

• Remote work.