This strategic role is responsible for reviewing and influencing new equipment and system concepts while driving the development of standardized, reusable controls building blocks used across global logistics solutions.
Serving as the technical bridge between Product Development and Project Execution, this role ensures that new technologies are evaluated, standardized, and successfully integrated into scalable solutions that can be deployed consistently across global customer projects.
Beyond individual machine performance, this role focuses on system-level behavior—how equipment, controls, software, and human interaction work together to deliver fully integrated, high-performance automation solutions. The objective is to enable scalable, modular system design that improves consistency, deployment speed, and operational performance.
As a technical authority, you will influence controls architecture, system standards, and solution implementation strategies to ensure scalable, reliable, and efficient automation systems.We offer:
- Career Development
- Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Transparency
- Global Opportunities
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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $115,200-$144,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:What You Will do in This Role:
- Develop and commercialize standardized controls building blocks for reusable deployment across global logistics solutions.
- Engineer PLC/HMI-based controls content for modular and end-to-end automation solutions.
- Evaluate emerging automation technologies and equipment to determine their applicability, integration strategy, and value within standardized solution architectures.
- Generate controls layouts, electrical documentation, and software required for system deployment.
- Collaborate with global engineering organizations to define requirements, drive controls standardization and productization, and ensure alignment across solution development and delivery.
- Support pilot implementations through technical mentorship, solution validation, and site execution support to ensure successful customer delivery and commercialization.
- Ensure compliance with international and regional standards and applicable codes.
- Contribute to system validation, testing, and continuous performance optimization.
What We Are Looking For:
- Senior-level experience in industrial automation and controls system design.
- Strong systems thinking across mechanical, controls, software, and complete solution behavior.
- Experience engineering modular, scalable, and reusable automation solutions.
- Deep experience developing PLC, HMI, and SCADA applications using Siemens S7 / TIA Portal, including Siemens Technology Objects, SINAMICS S120 motion control systems, and industrial communication networks such as Profinet and EtherNet/IP.
- Strong understanding of machine-to-human interaction, HMI design, and exception handling in industrial automation systems.
- Experience with logistics automation technologies such as conveyors, sortation systems, AS/RS, shuttle systems, pallet handling, or similar material handling equipment.
- Strong technical leadership with the ability to collaborate across global, multi-functional engineering organizations.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and customer management skills.
- Experience supporting field deployment and customer implementation activities.
- 5+ years of experience in controls engineering, automation, mechatronics, or related industrial engineering fields.
- Proven experience in system-level or modular automation design, beyond individual machine controls.
- Experience developing and maintaining standardized PLC software platforms, reusable controls code, or productized automation solutions.
- Experience in logistics, material handling, or large-scale automation systems strongly preferred.
- Travel up to 35% globally to support customer deployments and technology validation.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related engineering field (or equivalent experience).
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Skills Required
- Senior-level experience in industrial automation and controls system design.
- Strong systems thinking across mechanical, controls, software, and complete solution behavior.
- Experience engineering modular, scalable, and reusable automation solutions.
- Deep experience developing PLC, HMI, and SCADA applications using Siemens S7 / TIA Portal, including Siemens Technology Objects and SINAMICS S120.
- Experience with industrial communication networks such as Profinet and EtherNet/IP.
- Strong understanding of machine-to-human interaction, HMI design, and exception handling.
- Experience with logistics automation technologies (conveyors, sortation, AS/RS, shuttle systems, pallet handling)
- Strong technical leadership and collaboration across global, multi-functional engineering organizations.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and customer management skills.
- Experience supporting field deployment and customer implementation activities.
- 5+ years of experience in controls engineering, automation, mechatronics, or related engineering fields.
- Proven experience in system-level or modular automation design and maintaining standardized PLC software platforms or reusable controls code.
- Willingness to travel up to 35% globally to support customer deployments and technology validation.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Automation, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or related engineering field (or equivalent experience).
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries. We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers. Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry. With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally. Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
