Senior Manager, Automation Projects Engineering

Talent Evaluation & Team Management

Drive career development, growing core engineering skills, and managing performance loops for your team.

Strategic Technical Delivery

Maintain clear visibility and status of all automation projects within your scope, effectively communicating health and metrics up to executive leadership and down through your report structure. Ensure all programs meet rigorous high-level KPIs.

Techical Development Roadmap

Lead the continuous improvement of our automation infrastructure by driving the technology roadmap and executing program-level KPI planning.

Organizational & Technical Process Improvements

Establish systems to ensure all in-house standards and processes are continually improving through feedback on completed projects and forward-looking architectural changes.

Executive & Cross-Functional Partnership

Act as a primary automation authority interfacing with Company Executives, Program Management, and Customer Management teams, as well as management-level internal teams.

Techical Discussion Support

Serve as the ultimate escalation point and champion for your project engineers during complex technical discussions, ensuring systems remain robust, repeatable, and safe.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, factory automation project management, or industrial systems development within a high-stakes, high-precision production environment.
• 3+ years of formal people management experience with direct responsibility for performance management, resource allocation, and team career development within a matrixed engineering organization.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Robotics Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proven track record of successfully managing multi-million dollar capital equipment lines and navigating cross-functional complexities to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Strong foundational expertise in the lifecycle deployment of industrial robotics, PLC-based control systems, automated material handling, and custom automation machinery to effectively support team engineering reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience leading the organizational strategy and scaling required for high-throughput, "lights-out" manufacturing lines.
• Hands-on familiarity with metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems and managing the deployment of complex post-processing automation equipment.
• Experience establishing standardized stage-gate review processes for hardware development and commissioning inside a centralized factory framework.

Benefits

VulcanForms offers a competitive salary and equity package. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, VulcanForms provides comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; generous paid time off; and a 401(k) plan with company match. The annual base salary range for this position is $155,000 to $211,000.