Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wabtec Corporation provides equipment, systems, digital solutions, and services for transportation and industrial sectors. The Senior Controls Engineer will serve as a technical leader for industrial controls and automation, leading the architecture, design, programming, integration, commissioning, and optimization of controls systems across manufacturing sites. The role also supports capital projects, standardization, troubleshooting, cybersecurity coordination, and technical mentoring.
Responsibilities
- Lead controls projects from concept and architecture through production launch
- Develop controls architectures, functional specifications, programming standards, and preferred solutions
- Program, review, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, motion, safety, and industrial communication applications
- Lead controls design reviews and verify compliance with technical, safety, maintainability, and cybersecurity requirements
- Develop capital estimates, controls scopes, test plans, and technical requirements for RFQs
- Lead/support vendor selection, panel and software reviews, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and startup
- Diagnose complex controls, network, motion, robotics interface, and manufacturing data issues
- Optimize existing systems for reliability, cycle time, diagnostics, maintainability, and production performance
- Identify and replicate successful controls solutions across manufacturing sites
- Support Automation & Advanced Manufacturing roadmap, governance, and technology strategy
- Evaluate emerging controls, connectivity, simulation, and AI-enabled manufacturing technologies
- Mentor site controls resources and provide senior technical leadership during project execution and issue resolution
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
- 7+ years of industrial controls, automation, systems integration, or advanced manufacturing experience
- Demonstrated leadership of significant controls and capital automation projects
- Advanced PLC and HMI programming experience with strong knowledge of structured software development practices
- Strong understanding of machine safety, motion control, robotics integration, industrial networking, instrumentation, and manufacturing processes
- Experience developing controls architectures, functional specifications, standards, test plans, and commissioning documentation
- Project leadership, technical mentoring, structured troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Ability to travel as required to support enterprise manufacturing sites
- Rockwell Automation ControlLogix/CompactLogix, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk, or equivalent platforms
- Siemens TIA Portal, S7 PLCs, WinCC, or other major industrial controls platforms
- Industrial networks including EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, and managed switching
- Machine safety PLCs, safety relays, risk-reduction functions, and validation support
- Servo systems, variable-frequency drives, coordinated motion, and precision process control
- Industrial robots, machine vision, automated material handling, and equipment integration
- MES, SCADA, historians, OEE, databases, and manufacturing data collection systems
- FAT, SAT, commissioning, production launch, and lifecycle support
- Lean, Six Sigma, functional safety, networking, or controls platform certification
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Welfare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Annual bonus, if eligible
- Remote work arrangement
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