(USA) Senior Manager, Automation Reliability Engineering

Role summary

The Senior Manager, Automation Reliability Engineering, provides advanced controls expertise and drives process optimization across Walmart's automated supply chain network. This role uses operational and reliability KPIs to identify top losses, improve throughput, increase capacity, and reduce cost.

The Senior Manager partners with site and field teams to resolve complex controls issues, leads vendor escalations, and turns lessons learned into network improvements. The role also maintains electrical and controls standards, supports lifecycle and obsolescence planning, and works with Automation Engineering and vendors to influence future system designs.

About the team: The Controls Center of Excellence (CoE) supports Walmart's automated supply chain by ensuring reliable and efficient operations. The team provides advanced controls expertise across the network, collaborates with field teams to resolve complex challenges, and identifies opportunities to enhance throughput and capacity.

They maintain electrical and controls standards, manage lifecycle and obsolescence, and partner with Automation Engineering and vendors to influence future system designs. By translating field insights into improved standards and solutions, the team continuously advances Walmart's automation capabilities to meet current and future operational needs.

What you'll do

• Analyze operational and reliability KPIs to identify top losses and prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Lead or support controls and process improvements that increase throughput and capacity while reducing cost
• Troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, drives, networks, and related control systems to restore operation and prevent recurrence.
• Lead vendor escalations and coordinate technical resolution across teams.
• Identify and support controls improvements that increase throughput, capacity, and equipment performance.
• Develop and maintain electrical and controls standards and vendor technical requirements.
• Partner with Automation Engineering and vendors to influence future system designs.
• Support controls lifecycle and obsolescence planning.
• Share knowledge and help develop controls capabilities across the network.

What you'll bring

• Hands-on experience programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting industrial automation and material handling systems.
• Strong PLC troubleshooting skills, including the ability to connect to controllers, navigate code, and diagnose complex faults.
• Experience with platforms such as Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Beckhoff, or Schneider Electric.
• Knowledge of HMIs, VFDs, motion control, industrial networks, and related automation technologies.
• Ability to use operational and reliability data to identify losses and improve process performance.
• Experience improving system performance and translating technical findings into practical solutions.
• Ability to lead technical problem solving with field teams, vendors, and business partners.
• Strong communication, technical leadership, and knowledge-sharing skills.

Pay and benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include

• Stock

Minimum Qualifications

• Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, supply chain engineering, or related area and 4 years' experience in reliability optimization.
• Option 2: 6 years' experience in reliability engineering or manufacturing operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
• Master's degree in engineering., Project Management certification., Six Sigma Certification (Green Belt).

Primary Location

805 Respect, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America