Smart Infrastructure Posted August 31, 2026

Automation Engineer

Santiago de Querétaro, Queretaro, Mexico Permanent
Controls Engineering

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About this opportunity

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.

• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.

• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.

• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.

• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.

• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.

• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get rewards for them!

• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

What will you do?

• Analyze product specifications and clarify product requirements and manufacturing aspects with R&D, Engineering, and Product Management.

• Plan overall layout of production sequences and processes, including machine and equipment configuration.

• Define process and equipment specifications in collaboration with internal engineers and external service providers and suppliers.

• Develop detailed cost concepts for processes and equipment, including cost-benefit and risk scenarios, and prepare decision memos for management.

• Evaluate and approve suppliers and service providers for hardware and software equipment in cooperation with Siemens Purchasing.

• Plan implementation processes for new production sequences in collaboration with local Industrial Engineering teams.

• Support testing and approval of pre-series results and coordinate issue resolution with external providers.

• Design automation devices and ensure integration into production systems.

• Manage relationships with integrator suppliers to ensure successful implementation of automation solutions.

What you need to succeed?

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or related field.

• 3+ years in manufacturing process planning and equipment specification.

• Experience in designing automation devices and managing integrator suppliers.

• Strong knowledge of production layouts, process optimization, and supplier evaluation.

• Experience in cost analysis and risk assessment for manufacturing projects.

• SAP, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, and project management tools.

• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles and industrial standards.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong communication and negotiation abilities.

• Ability to work cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders.

• English – Intermediate.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, protected veteran or military status, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Role
Controls Engineering
Industry
Not listed
Location
Santiago de Querétaro, Queretaro, Mexico
Employment type
Permanent
Travel
Not listed

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Controls Engineering role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 496 comparable Controls Engineering roles across 18 employers.

496Comparable roles tracked
358Currently active
18Companies hiring similar roles
45Countries represented

Salary context

36 of 496 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate Mechatronics Field Engineer · FANUC America $5,300/yr – $85,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Sr Advanced Project Engineer · Honeywell $153,000/yr – $191,000/yr
Peer group range $45,150 – $172,000 (median $111,963)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 496 comparable roles

India167
United States130
Canada20
China18
Mexico14
Germany13

+ 39 more countries

Seniority mix

139 of 496 peers have a known seniority level

Senior97
Associate28
Manager8
Principal4
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc2

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.