Senior Controls Engineer – Advanced Manufacturing

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 $91.1k - $129.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Wabtec Corporation

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10,000+ employees

🚗 Transport

🏭 Manufacturing

☁️ SaaS

💰 $3M Post-IPO Equity - Wabtec on 2025-07

Transport • Manufacturing • SaaS

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value‑added services for freight rail, transit, mining, industrial and marine markets. The company designs and manufactures locomotives, freight cars, braking and coupler systems, HVAC and electrical components, power generation and heat‑transfer equipment, and elastomer products, while also offering maintenance, remanufacturing, digital intelligence (including cloud-based Port Optimizer and train/asset monitoring), signaling and train control, and onshore power solutions. Wabtec emphasizes sustainability and decarbonization (battery-electric locomotives, green friction materials, shore power) alongside performance upgrades, optimization software, and asset management services.

📋 Description

• 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 or 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 the 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 • Partner with operations, product engineering, maintenance, quality, procurement, IT, OT, EHS, business leadership, manufacturing sites, suppliers, OEMs, and system integrators

🎯 Requirements

• 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 • Experience with Rockwell Automation ControlLogix/CompactLogix, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk, Siemens TIA Portal, S7 PLCs, WinCC, or equivalent platforms • Experience with EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, and managed switching • Experience with machine safety PLCs, safety relays, risk-reduction functions, and validation support • Experience with servo systems, variable-frequency drives, coordinated motion, and precision process control • Experience with industrial robots, machine vision, automated material handling, and equipment integration • Experience with MES, SCADA, historians, OEE, databases, and manufacturing data collection systems • Experience with FAT, SAT, commissioning, production launch, and lifecycle support • Lean, Six Sigma, functional safety, networking, or controls platform certification preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Health benefits • Welfare benefits • Retirement benefits • Annual bonus, if eligible • Remote work