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Join the worldwide leader in playing cards and in “play” solutions. Play is what keeps us going, and it always has been our greatest motivation. That's why we live different, play different.

The Global Packaging Automation Technology Expert will be responsible for operating at the intersection of Industrial Innovation, Engineering, and Operations Excellence, playing a key role in driving high performance packaging automation systems across all our global sites.

We are seeking a recognized automation expert who brings fresh thinking, challenges conventional approaches, and helps shape bold new automation strategies together with management. Automation leadership is critical; packaging process knowledge is important and valued.

This position offers a unique blend of strategic influence and hands‑on technical leadership, with international exposure and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on our global industrial strategy.

What you’ll do as a Global Packaging Automation Technology Expert:

• Serve as Cartamundi’s global technical authority, working closely with regional engineering and site experts.
• Build scalable standards once and deploy them many times, reducing repetitive site-level problem solving.
• Define and standardize system architectures for feeding, handling, inspection, packaging, and downstream automation.
• Ensure high system performance, focusing on throughput, quality, reliability, waste reduction, and OEE.
• Challenges and guide sites to improve stability and output.
• Identify and evaluate new automation technologies, OEMs, robotics, motion, vision, and digital solutions.
• Translate emerging technologies into scalable industrial solutions and actively shape strategic investment decisions.
• Optimize PLC logic, motion control, servo drives, and system synchronization to enhance performance.
• Lead FAT, SAT, commissioning, ramp‑up, and qualification activities (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Develop global standards, SOPs, reference designs, and validation protocols for packaging automation systems.
• Train, coach, and build capability within engineering, operations, and maintenance teams worldwide.
• Act as the global escalation point for critical automation and system performance issues.
• Collaborate with R&D, Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure manufacturability and supplier alignment.
• While hands-on during critical project phases, this role is not a shift-based operation support position.

We’re looking for a Global Packaging Automation Technology Expert with:

• You hold a degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Automation Engineering—or you bring equivalent experience.
• You have solid, relevant experience (typically 5+ years) in industrial automation, preferably in high-speed or complex manufacturing environments.
• You are comfortable working with PLC and motion platforms (Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff) and have experience with vision systems such as Cognex or Keyence.
• You understand product handling technology feeding, vacuum handling, mechanical transfer—and you are skilled in data-driven improvement methods such as SPC, RCA, DOE, and OEE.
• You communicate clearly, think analytically, and approach challenges in a structured and pragmatic way.
• You enjoy working with different cultures and teams across the globe and are willing to travel internationally up to 50%.
• You are at ease in a role where you coach others and build their capabilities, share expertise, and serve as a technical reference.

Benefits a Global Packaging Automation Technology Expert Can Expect from Cartamundi:

• Competitive pay
• Climate controlled facility
• 401(k) with company match
• Health, dental, and vision insurance starting day one
• HSA (Health Savings Account) and FSA (Flexible Savings Account)
• Life insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discounts on daycare, gym memberships, travel, and much more

Physical requirements and working conditions:

Our manufacturing Plant is comprised of enclosed office and manufacturing space. This position requires the ability to:

• Move through the entire facility to attend to various issues
• Work effectively in teams across functional groups with strong communication skills and the ability to lead
• Perform sedentary work on various computer systems
• This Global Packaging Automation Technology Expert position is located remote in the U.S within a commutable distance to our Dallas, TX facility
• This role is global in scope and requires up to 50–60% international travel.

Apply today and discover the magic of making a difference at Cartamundi!

Cartamundi does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities. This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that your employer has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact DHS dhs.gov/e-verify .

Candidates must be 18 years old to work for Cartamundi. No agencies please. No sponsorship available.

About Cartamundi:

At Cartamundi, we're all united by our common belief that the world is better with play. Play is what keeps us going, and it always has been our greatest motivation. That's why we live different and play different. To us, it is not just an activity. It is a guiding mindset that reminds us to have fun, to be fair, to connect with people – across cultures and generations – and to embrace shared experiences.

We are a worldwide leader in playing cards and in “play” solutions.

Our owned brand portfolio includes a suite of heritage brands which go back as far as 1848, including global brands like Bicycle®, HRO®, Bee®, Copag®, Shuffle® and many locally loved brands. These brands combine craftsmanship with innovation as the basis for their continued relevance and positive contribution to the local communities that love and use these brands.

At Cartamundi, we have significant expertise in printing; our presses have been running since 1765. Today, our company has become the largest playing cards and board game manufacturer in the world and the trusted partner of leading toy companies. We make well-known brands such as Monopoly®, Uno®, Magic: The Gathering®, Guess Who ®, Pokémon®, and Trivial Pursuit® every day.

As we look into the future and how entertainment evolves, we are bringing the digital world to the physical world and vice versa. We have a dedicated team of experts that are looking into future technologies, products, and applications that can get our consumers and communities to truly live different and play different.

We are still a family-owned company with headquarters in Belgium and have a global network of 16 manufacturing facilities, 6 design centers, 1 digital studio and 1 global R&D center.