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Texas Instruments is building the next generation of intelligent, self-optimizing operations, from wafer fabs to global distribution. As part of our Smart Manufacturing efforts, the Warehouse Automation Architect will define and deliver the architecture for increasingly autonomous warehouse ecosystems.
This role is responsible for designing, integrating, and scaling advanced warehouse automation technologies, including robotics, intelligent material handling systems, real-time orchestration platforms, and AI-driven optimization layers, to enable resilient, high-throughput, and data-centric logistics operations.
You will bridge physical automation, control systems, software platforms, and enterprise integration to create warehouses that continuously learn, adapt, and optimize.
Key Responsibilities
1. Architecture & Strategy
- Define the long-term automation architecture for TI’s warehouse and distribution operations
- Develop scalable system blueprints covering robotics, AS/RS, conveyors, sortation, vision systems, and sensor networks
- Establish integration frameworks between automation layers and enterprise platforms (WMS, WES, WCS, ERP, MES where applicable)
- Active participation and collaboration with IT to design & implement WMS enhancements
- Create reference architectures that align with TI’s broader Autonomous Factory roadmap
2. Robotics & Intelligent Systems
- Lead deployment of AMRs/AGVs, robotic picking systems, palletizing solutions, and automated storage systems
- Design fleet orchestration models and real-time control strategies
- Incorporate machine vision and AI-enabled decision-making where applicable
- Evaluate emerging robotics and automation vendors
3. Software Integration & Digital Infrastructure
- Architect API-based integrations between automation hardware, control systems, and enterprise software
- Define real-time data pipelines and telemetry standards
- Enable Industrial IoT connectivity and event-driven architectures
- Support development of digital twins for warehouse flow simulation and optimization
4. AI, Analytics & Optimization
- Integrate predictive maintenance frameworks
- Enable AI-driven task orchestration and intelligent routing
- Implement performance monitoring dashboards and KPI analytics
- Identify opportunities for adaptive optimization and autonomous decision-making
5. Deployment & Governance
- Oversee system implementation, testing, commissioning, and go-live support
- Establish automation standards, cybersecurity requirements, and documentation frameworks
- Ensure compliance with safety, industrial, and regulatory standards
- Define lifecycle management and upgrade strategies
6. Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner with Supply Chain, IT, Operations, Facilities, and external integrators
- Mentor engineers and automation specialists
- Influence automation investment strategy and technology roadmap
Why TI?
- Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.
- We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI
- Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.
Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.
TI does not make recruiting or hiring decisions based on citizenship, immigration status or national origin. However, if TI determines that information access or export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit you from working in this position without first obtaining an export license, TI expressly reserves the right not to seek such a license for you and either offer you a different position that does not require an export license or decline to move forward with your employment.
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