Jobs at Fortna

Lead design, programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting of automated sortation control systems. Develop modular PLC code and HMIs (Ignition/Siemens), diagnose I/O, VFDs, controllers and networks, create electrical drawings, mentor junior engineers, coordinate vendors/customers, and support field commissioning and acceptance testing with significant travel.

Leads multiple complex material-handling, control-system, and warehouse-management projects with budgets exceeding $30 million. Oversees scope, schedules, costs, risks, change controls, subcontractors, client communications, and project teams. Develops budgets and business plans, evaluates technology alternatives, ensures deliverable acceptance, and provides technical and organizational leadership. The role also manages junior staff, supports resource planning, and may require domestic and international travel to client sites.

Leads multiple complex material-handling and warehouse technology projects with budgets exceeding $30 million. Responsibilities include project governance, budgeting, risk and change control, stakeholder and subcontractor coordination, team leadership, client management, solution evaluation, and delivery oversight. The role also supports organizational planning, develops reports and presentations, manages project teams and workstreams, and ensures projects are completed on time, within scope, and on budget.

Oversee treasury operations, cash management, liquidity planning, financial reporting, compliance, and risk mitigation. Develop cash flow strategies and liquidity models, manage banking relationships, support project funding, and improve financial processes, systems, and controls. Lead and develop treasury teams while providing senior management with financial insights and recommendations.

Manages budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and scenario planning. Partners with operations, sales, strategy, accounting, project controls, and corporate finance to deliver insights, improve reporting processes, and support strategic decisions. Leads annual operating budgets and periodic forecasts while developing automation and planning tools.

Manages financial controls for client projects, including billing, invoicing, earned value measurement, forecasting, variance analysis, contract changes, international tax, procurement, and project reporting. Partners with project managers, Finance, Procurement, accountants, customers, and management to resolve issues, improve processes, and support cash flow. Requires eight years of accounting experience, strong Excel skills, and approximately 5% domestic and international travel.

Designs and delivers electrical engineering solutions for material handling, conveyor, and sortation systems. Responsibilities include electrical design, power calculations, interface and risk analyses, specifications, bills of materials, installation and as-built documentation, design change management, and site support. The role coordinates with multidisciplinary engineering teams, resolves technical challenges, improves engineering processes, advises stakeholders, and may guide less experienced colleagues.

Develop new business and expand strategic customer accounts for FORTNA’s sortation solutions across Europe. Sell complex B2B automation solutions involving sortation, conveyor systems, software, controls, and material handling. Build customer relationships, identify market opportunities, develop commercial propositions with technical teams, understand operational needs, achieve sales targets, and strengthen FORTNA’s market presence through industry networking. The role requires regular European travel and a hybrid office schedule.

Leads a controls support engineering team responsible for post-commissioned warehouse automation systems. Oversees technical issue resolution, escalations, resource allocation, documentation, system reliability, and customer satisfaction. Develops measurable cross-training programs across multiple controls platforms, tracks capability progress through KPIs and skills matrices, and mentors team members. Collaborates with software, mechanical, and site operations teams to improve system performance and support processes.

Provides L2/L3 customer-facing software support for client systems, including on-call troubleshooting, issue analysis, remote support, and implementing fixes. Collaborates with product and engineering teams to resolve complex, high-priority problems. Maintains software code and documentation while applying Java, database, web services, microservices, REST, and distributed architecture expertise in a high-transaction environment. Weekend shifts may be required.

Owns the end-to-end Problem Management lifecycle for recurring and high-impact incidents affecting warehouse automation systems. Leads root-cause analysis, maintains problem records and known-error documentation, coordinates corrective and preventive actions, supports major incidents, and validates permanent fixes. Investigates issues across WES, WCS, WMS, PLCs, robotics, infrastructure, databases, networks, and integrations. Partners with engineering, operations, support, customers, and vendors while coordinating change and release activities to improve reliability and reduce operational disruption.

Monitor and manage high-volume support ticket queues, including SLA performance, backlog, aging, assignment, routing, workload balancing, escalations, and customer updates. Analyze operational metrics, identify service risks, coordinate corrective actions across technical teams and leaders, maintain dashboards and procedures, and recommend workflow, automation, routing, and self-service improvements. The role requires sound judgment, strong communication, and independent decision-making across extended-hours operations.

Leads real-time response to Priority 1 and major Priority 2 incidents in automated warehouse environments. Coordinates engineering teams, customer operations, vendors, and executives through troubleshooting and service restoration. Manages incident communications, documentation, escalation, post-incident reviews, root-cause actions, metrics, SLA compliance, and continuous improvement. Maintains response playbooks and supports on-call and after-hours escalations, primarily during overnight hours with frequent presence at customer facilities.

Design and document electrical and pneumatic controls for material handling systems. Lead medium-scope projects through detailed design and implementation, coordinate with suppliers and project teams, produce electrical deliverables, support installation and commissioning, and use AutoCAD, E-Plan and Promis-e for drawings.

The Mechanical Engineer will design project requirements, manage engineering schedules, interface with clients, and support installation efforts while ensuring compliance with specifications. They will lead engineering teams, manage project scope, and communicate effectively across departments.

As a Tech Support Coordinator, serve as the first contact for customers with technical issues, providing analysis, communication, and resolution support while also contributing to continuous improvement efforts.

The Controls Engineer confirms design and functionality of automated sortation systems by troubleshooting, programming PLC and HMI, and supporting project delivery with a focus on industrial controls.

Design and develop high-transaction Warehouse Execution System (WES) applications on RHEL/OEL. Lead design reviews, support SDLC planning, assist QA/infrastructure with deployment and test automation, mentor junior engineers, provide remote and onsite client support including TCP/IP networking and troubleshooting.

The Software Solution Architect will act as an SME for warehouse software, translating operational needs into software requirements and guiding teams through testing and commissioning processes.

Lead targeted, vertical-based sales of Fortna's supply chain solutions, managing complex, consultative selling cycles for integrated hardware and software implementations. Build industry plans, develop client business cases, manage account/opportunity plans, respond to RFPs, and represent Fortna at industry events while leading team-based sales efforts and maintaining client relationships.