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Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Drone Delivery team is seeking a highly motivated and data-driven **Manager, Automation Engineering – Drone Delivery Operations** with deep automation knowledge and a passion for operational excellence. This role will translate complex fulfillment challenges into scalable, user-centered solutions that improve speed, accuracy, and customer satisfaction across Walmart’s next-generation delivery network.

This is an onsite role based at our Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas; a full relocation package can be made available, but we are not considering remote applicants for this opportunity.

You’ll make an impact by…

+ **Driving System Reliability:** Lead structured root-cause investigations into operational anomalies and partner performance, developing categorization models and action plans that move system availability toward best-in-class targets.

+ **Architecting Scalable Processes:** Design and implement standardized SOPs, playbooks, and operational protocols across multiple sites to ensure consistency, compliance, and efficiency.

+ **Optimizing Automation Workflows:** Analyze real-time operational data to identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements that increase throughput and reduce downtime.

+ **Building Cross-Functional Alignment:** Serve as the connective tissue between engineering, operations, and vendor partners—surfacing issues, communicating technical insights, and driving accountability through data-backed decisions.

+ **Championing Innovation:** Evaluate and integrate emerging robotics and automation technologies, negotiating strategic partnerships that advance Walmart’s fulfillment capabilities while reducing cost per case and improving customer experience.

+ **Enabling Continuous Improvement:** Maintain dashboards and reporting tools that provide visibility into KPIs, compliance, and performance trends; document decisions and track action items to completion.

+ **Coordinate across functions and communicate effectively** with partner managers and cross-functional stakeholders to keep teams aligned on operational changes, programs, and events impacting drone delivery operations; support internal updates and communications with clear summaries and documentation.

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…

+ You’re a robotics and automation strategist who thrives on solving complex fulfillment challenges and turning them into scalable, user-centered solutions.

+ You have a proven track record of engineering automation workflows that boost throughput, reduce downtime, and elevate operational reliability.

+ You’re passionate about cross-functional leadership, building alignment across engineering, operations, and vendor partners to deliver measurable impact.

+ You can translate data into action, using analytics to uncover root causes, optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement.

+ You’re comfortable negotiating strategic technology partnerships, aligning long-term program goals with cost efficiency and operational feasibility.

+ You embrace ambiguity and fast-paced environments, with a bias toward innovation and measurable results that advance speed, accuracy, and customer experience.

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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 related field and 2 years’ experience in engineering, supply chain, or related area. Option 2: 4 years’

experience in engineering, supply chain, or related area.

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...

702 Sw 8Th St, 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.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.