- Robot type
- Warehouse and Logistics
- Location
- Grand RapidsMichiganUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 14, 2026
Manager, Systems Mechatronics Engineering
Job description
Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be S121,600 - $152,000 at the time of posting.
Job responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Experienced Controls Engineers.
- Support and execute the controls engineering strategy, roadmap, and priorities aligned with business objectives.
- Drive the development, standardization, and commercialization of controls platforms and capabilities that enable scalable solutions.
- Collaborate with global engineering organizations to align controls architecture, productization, and solution development.
- Guide the evaluation and adoption of new automation technologies to support current and future solutions.
- Support establishing engineering standards, best practices, and governance for controls software and system design.
- Provide technical leadership and execution guidance to support pilot implementations, customer deployments, and solution commercialization.
- Foster continuous improvement in engineering processes, tools, and organizational capability.
Job requirements
- Demonstrated leadership experience leading highly technical engineering teams.
- Knowledge of industrial automation, controls engineering, and system architecture.
- Strong understanding of modular automation design and controls standardization.
- Experience with PLC, HMI, SCADA, and Siemens-based automation platforms, including controls architecture and industrial networking.
- Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to build partnerships across global, cross-functional engineering organizations.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to balance innovation, technical excellence, customer needs, and project timeline constraints.
- 7+ years of experience in controls engineering, automation, mechatronics, or related industrial engineering disciplines .
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