Project Lead - EMS at Dematic Corp in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Job Description:

Dematic is an intralogistics innovator that designs, builds and supports intelligent, automated solutions for manufacturing, warehouse and distribution environments for customers that are powering the future of commerce. With engineering centers, manufacturing facilities and service centers located in more than 25 countries, the Dematic global network of 10,000 employees has helped achieve more than 6,000 worldwide customer installations for some of the world’s leading brands. Headquartered in Atlanta, Dematic is a member of KION Group, one of the global leaders in industrial trucks and supply chain solutions, and a leading provider of warehouse automation.

Dematic is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Software Applications Engineering team as a Software Project Lead.  The Software Project Lead manages the delivery of high performance, mission critical software solutions that drive the Dematic customer’s automated systems.

You will accelerate innovation through leadership, customer interactions, design, development, testing, debugging, documentation, commissioning, training and support activities that build intelligent, highly automated Material Handling Systems supporting manufacturing, distribution and order fulfillment operations.   

We are seeking Software Project Leads for our office in New Berlin, WI

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Main customer contact for software scope, coordinating activities and deliverables.


• Responsible for leading team of engineers to meet or beat schedules, budgets and quality of assigned projects.


• Proactively seek ways to identify and mitigate project risks


• Actively manage software activities through Confluence, JIRA.


• Ensure the customer is adequately trained and can effectively run the delivered software solution


• You will help create functional specifications and design / develop software


• You will implement project customizations and configurations


• Propose software modifications to adapt to business change


• Conduct quality testing and integration of new or updated systems


• Perform installs, commission, and test application software as part of an integrated solution


• Provide second level support of installed systems


• Continually work to identify improvements

Desired Skills And Experience:

Solutions Focused: Considers the big picture, thinks logically and solves problems successfully, applies experience well, applies disciplined thinking skills, thinks beyond and end-to-end to generate practicable and creative solutions

Results Oriented: You are dedicated to consistently delivering and implementing results on time. You take direction well, works independently but seeks mentorship when needed. You organize and prioritize work in an efficient way and works towards targets persistently and consistently.

Communication & Partnership: You have good verbal and written communication skills. You build partnerships and lift alliances by sharing information and knowledge, collaborates well with fellow team members, resolves conflicts constructively.

Take Responsibility: You will take responsibility and ownership of your actions, make clear and logical decisions and be a role model with a winning attitude. You cultivate a positive culture, are performance orientated and encourage others to strive for high performance

Adopt Change: You will apply a process to deal with uncertainty and changing situations, continuously learns and improves.

Understand business & customers: You will analyze and understand our business strategy and can visualize the overall business perspective. You focus on the customer and how to tailor our solutions to meet their needs.

Experience with industrial automation a plus:  Experience with industrial automatic / systems with real time responses is a plus but not a requirement.

Leadership Experience:  Experience with performing leadership responsibilities is desired.  For candidates with leadership potential this may be your opportunity to advance into a leadership role.

Desired Technical Knowledge:

• In-depth understanding of Software and IT/hardware setup


• Understanding of network configurations


• Current experience with C and C++ Programming


• Current experience with VB.Net


• Database Design and Programming Knowledge (Microsoft SQL, Oracle)


• Knowledge and understanding of Windows Server


• General knowledge of Web Services (SOAP, REST), Socket Programming


• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence


• Experience with Team Foundation Server


• General understanding and knowledge of Virtualization (VMWare, etc.)

Education and Skill Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent


• 5-12 years of software development / implementation experience.  Leadership experience / potential is desired.


• PMP - preferred


• CSM - preferred


• Willingness to travel 20% - 40%

Dematic is committed to helping you to continuously develop. We offer training specifically aimed at your personal development and tailored to your individual job requirements. In addition to a phenomenal work environment, we offer a competitive compensation & benefits package.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.