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Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary:
The Senior Manager, Automation Engineering leads Transportation Yard Modernization initiatives that improve safety, visibility, and operational efficiency across Walmart’s supply chain network. This role partners with operations, technology vendors, product, platform, and applied AI teams to develop real-time yard visibility, digital yard models, and intelligent orchestration capabilities. Through technology deployment, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional leadership, the position delivers scalable solutions that optimize yard movements, resource utilization, and overall transportation network performance.
About the team:
Walmart’s Transportation Engineering team drives innovation within one of North America’s largest private fleets, focusing on zero-emissions technology, autonomous systems, and yard modernization. The team develops and deploys technologies that transform how freight, equipment, and assets move across Walmart’s network, partnering with operations, technology teams, and external providers to bring innovative solutions from concept through scaled implementation. Through engineering expertise, automation, and data-driven decision making, the team delivers solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and the future of transportation operations.
What you'll do:
• Lead the development and deployment of transportation yard modernization solutions, including real-time visibility, digital yard mapping, automation, and intelligent orchestration capabilities. • Partner with operations, technology vendors, product, platform, and applied AI teams to build realistic yard maps and define scalable orchestration use cases. • Enable dynamic assignment of drivers, tractors, and trailers based on proximity, yard constraints, and move priority. • Support path planning, performance measurement, and continuous improvement using data analysis and operational insights. • Manage pilots, deployments, vendor relationships, and business cases to drive measurable outcomes.
What you'll bring:
• Experience leading complex technology deployments in transportation, supply chain, automation, or logistics environments. • Knowledge of transportation operations, yard management systems, fleet technologies, and asset visibility solutions. • Experience with geospatial systems, digital mapping, real-time location technologies, digital twins, or related operational modeling platforms. • Strong analytical skills with experience using data, visualization, and performance metrics to drive operational improvements and strategic decisions. • Familiarity with optimization, orchestration, dispatching, routing, path planning, or AI-enabled decision support systems. • Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence operations, product, engineering, and external partners. • Experience evaluating, piloting, and scaling emerging technologies. 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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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 $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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 Engineering or a related field and 4 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area. Option 2: 6
years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience. Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Masters: Computer Engineering Primary Location... 805 Respect, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.