Job Details

Position Summary

Help design the future of Walmart's first mile network. In this role, you'll lead high-impact automation and process design solutions that create capacity, improve flow, and expand how freight moves through our ambient network. The role offers end-to-end ownership, from solution design through project approval, with direct impact on how we scale our operations.

What You'll Do

• Lead ambient first mile design and solutioning for accelerated consolidation volume injection, helping Walmart bring more inbound volume under network control.
• Define automated design requirements that support higher throughput, better flow, and scalable capacity creation across first mile operations.
• Develop material handling equipment (MHE) concepts and detailed design solutions that enable the network to process additional volume quickly and effectively.
• Evaluate how new and existing assets can be leveraged to stand up capacity in a fast, practical, and cost-conscious way.
• Design end-to-end solutions that account for the interaction of mechanical systems, controls, software, and operational processes.
• Use data analysis to identify constraints, assess opportunities, model scenarios, and support design recommendations.
• Partner closely with operations, finance, construction, project management, strategy, and global tech teams to align on needs, prioritize tradeoffs, and move solutions into execution.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders, including operational partners and MHE vendors, to deliver robust and implementation-ready solutions.
• Build strong business cases for capital investments by balancing cost, scalability, service, speed to deploy, and operational impact.
• Drive solutions that deliver against key outcomes such as low cost, high impact, increased transportation density, and maximum capacity creation.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering—mechanical, structural, chemical, computer, or a related field—or equivalent experience in automation design, material handling, supply chain, or fulfillment environments.
• Experience as an automation design engineer supporting large-scale projects and capital spend.
• Proven ability to work through ambiguity, define the problem, and build practical solutions in fast-moving environments.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills and a track record of delivering results through partnership.
• Working knowledge of complex automated systems, including how mechanical equipment, controls, software, and operations come together in end-to-end solution design.
• Experience developing automation requirements, MHE concepts, and detailed designs in distribution, fulfillment, logistics, or supply chain environments.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to evaluate network performance, assess options, and make sound recommendations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross‑functional partners and external vendors.
• Detail orientation, strategic thinking, and a results‑driven mindset.
• Design engineering experience in first mile, supply chain, or fulfillment networks; AutoCAD skills; and experience leveraging existing infrastructure to unlock new capacity quickly.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and 4 years' experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
• 6 years' experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
• 2 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering.

Location

805 Respect Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Compensation

Annual salary range: $110,000.00 - $220,000.00, plus annual or quarterly performance bonuses and potential stock awards.

EEO Statement

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We aim to create a safe and productive work environment by maintaining a drug‑free workplace and enforcing a no‑tolerance policy regarding illegal drugs and alcohol. We celebrate, respect, and value diversity and inclusion across all employees, associates, and communities.