The Senior Automation Engineer is a senior technical reference within the team, responsible for delivering advanced automation solutions and guiding engineering excellence across projects. This role combines deep hands-on expertise with strong leadership, promoting best practices, continuous improvement, and high-quality engineering standards while mentoring others.
Job Description
The position is based in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.
You might be travelling up to 35% domestic and international 15% of your time.
What You Will Do
As a Senior Automation Engineer you will:
- Act as the technical reference for the automation engineering team, providing guidance and expert support
- Promote best practices, standardization, and continuous improvement across projects and engineering activities
- Develop and track project engineering deliverables including design, installation, and commissioning and life cycle tasks
- Interface with account managers and customers to assess requirements and support cost-effective solutions
- Analyze, design, develop,
implement and support automation solutions including PLC, HMI/SCADA, databases and cybersecurity.
- Configure control systems including PLCs, fieldbus networks, and distributed I/O
- Develop electrical schematics, control panel concepts, and system architecture
- Participate in design reviews and safety risk assessments
- Lead and support automation activities during installation, commissioning, and performance testing
- Troubleshoot complex automation, electrical, and integration issues
- Mentor and coach other engineers to strengthen team capabilities
- Conduct customer training and ensure successful system handover
- Ensure compliance with local and client standards, and internal quality processes
Profile Description
We believe you have
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related technical field
- 10+ years of experience with industrial automation systems in processing