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Automation Engineer Manager

C&W Services

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Compensation
$148–174K/yr
Location
Rancho Cordova, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Automation Engineer Manager leads a team supporting equipment reliability and operational excellence across fulfillment centers. The role oversees controls automation, technical support, troubleshooting, performance analysis, continuous improvement, and mentorship. It includes programming PLC- or PC-based solutions, maintaining material handling control systems, providing escalation and on-call support, and traveling up to 10–20%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Controls TroubleshootingPLC ProgrammingIndustrial ControlsAutomation EngineeringPLC-Controlled AutomationIssue DiagnosisRoboticsLadder LogicStructured ProgrammingElectrical TheoryControls ComponentsAutomated EquipmentHMIControl NetworksRSLogix 5000Studio 5000FT ViewControls SoftwareControls LeadershipFlexible Scheduling

Qualifications

Bachelor's in CS, EE, or Automation or Equivalent7+ Years PLC or Automation Experience7+ Years Industrial Controls Experience7+ Years PLC Automation Experience7+ Years Robotics ExperienceAdvanced Degree in CS, EE, or AutomationMBA or Master's DegreeSix Sigma Black Belt

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Job Title

Automation Engineer Manager

Job Description Summary

Job Description

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 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.

Key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Apply Subject Matter Expertise (SME) on troubleshooting and dive deeps for engineering issues, supporting automation engineers to investigate the root cause and planning actions to eliminate/mitigate the downtime of critical assets

  • Program and source coding for in-house built solutions based in PLC or PC controllers and SCADA/OEE platforms

  • Understand, maintain and troubleshoot material handling control systems, including PLC/PC controllers and industrial networks such as Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Profibus, motor control systems, servo drives, frequency drives, and electrical distribution systems

  • Monitor MHE metrics and partner with maintenance/operations to address system performance issues and provide analysis across all operations

  • 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

  • Establish training plans and mentor a team of automation engineers

  • Appropriately escalate downtime situations to vendors or senior leadership for support to restore equipment operation

  • Provide 24/7 on-call rotational support for hardware and software systems for the site

  • Travel up to 10-20%

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, automation engineering, or equivalent, or 7+ years of PLC programming or automation engineering experience

- Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays

  • 7+ years of experience working in industrial controls and automation

  • 7+ years of process or production environment related 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 structure programming experience

  • 7+ years of electrical theory, robotics, controls components, and automated equipment experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Advanced degree in computer science, electrical engineering, automation engineering

  • Experience with HMI and control network components, including maintenance, troubleshooting, programming and design

  • Experience with programming software such as RSLogix5000, Studio 5000, FT View, and other controls software platforms

  • MBA or other Master’s degree and/or Six Sigma Black Belt Certification a plus

  • Manufacturing or complex industry experience leading Controls

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 147,683.63 - $173,745.45

C&W Services is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at C&W Services, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [email protected] . Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

INCO: “C&W Services”

How this job compares

Set against the 2,384 open Controls Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$148–174K/yr
  • California median$135–190K/yr169 salary ranges
  • US median$110–160K/yr1,348 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $161K, is close to the California median midpoint ($160K) — in the middle half of Controls Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 217 open Controls Engineer jobs in California and 2,384 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Controls Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,010 postings).
Education
1,186 of the 2,384 open Controls Engineer jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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