Automation Engineer Manager

About the Role

As the Automation Engineer Manager, you will lead a team in driving equipment reliability and operational excellence across our fulfillment centers. You’ll monitor and support their work in controls automation and technical support while ensuring they effectively troubleshoot complex control systems and analyze performance metrics. You’ll guide their leadership of continuous improvement projects and ensure they provide mentorship to junior engineers.

You'll work with state‑of‑the‑art technology, including conveyors, sortation systems, scanners, cameras, print and apply systems, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) devices and programs. Through your technical leadership and design optimization efforts, you'll directly contribute to ensuring our customers receive their orders with Amazon's signature speed and accuracy while building team capabilities and driving operational excellence.

Amazon offers competitive compensation packages, including comprehensive healthcare benefits starting on Day 1, a matching 401(k) program, and up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave. We also provide lightweight fire‑resistant daily wear and composite‑toe safety shoes for your safety.

• You will apply subject‑matter expertise on troubleshooting and dive deep for engineering issues, supporting automation engineers to investigate the root cause and planning actions to eliminate or mitigate downtime of critical assets.
• You will program and source code for in‑house built solutions based in PLC or PC controllers and SCADA/OEE platforms.
• You will understand, maintain and troubleshoot material handling control systems, including PLC/PC controllers and industrial networks such as Ethernet, Control Net, Device Net, Profibus, motor control systems, servo drives, frequency drives, and electrical distribution systems.
• You will provide escalation support to automation engineers during and after business hours, troubleshooting locally and remotely, to ensure that all hardware or controls software within the building is repaired on time.
• You will establish training plans and mentor a team of automation engineers.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Automation Engineering, or 7+ years of PLC programming or automation engineering experience.
• 7+ years of industrial controls and automation experience.
• 7+ years of process/production environment PLC‑controlled automation and issue diagnosis experience.
• 7+ years of robotics work cells and control systems experience.
• 7+ years of Siemens, Allen‑Bradley or Codesys Ladder Logic and structured programming experience.
• 7+ years of electrical theory, robotics, controls components, and automated equipment experience.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Automation Engineering.
• Master’s degree, or Six Sigma Black Belt.
• Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, programming, and designing HMI and control network components.
• Experience programming with RSLogix
  5000, Studio 5000, FT View, and other controls software platforms.
• Experience leading controls in manufacturing or complex industrial environments.

The base salary range for this position is $ – $ USD annually. The full Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and optional Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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