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Watlow Tech Stack

Thermal control systems and heater technologies for industrial processing

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing St. Louis, MO 1,001–5,000 employees Privately Held

Watlow manufactures industrial thermal systems, controllers, and sensors across semiconductor, energy, medical, and food-service equipment. The company is mid-stage in a global Oracle ERP migration while scaling manufacturing and engineering headcount across 11 plants in four continents—a footprint that explains concurrent pain points around supply-chain optimization, inventory management, and compliance across geographies. Active hiring in manufacturing and engineering suggests capacity expansion alongside systems consolidation.

Tech Stack 39 technologies

Core StackSolidWorks Oracle C# Python C++ Jira GitHub Adobe Creative Cloud Adobe Premiere Pro After Effects Power BI Tableau Altium OrCAD Creo Excel Microsoft Office LabVIEW PLC CMMS Dayforce FMEA SPC MSA 8D Blender CNC Outlook Teams Oracle ERP+7 more
AdoptingOracle Cobots SCADA MES

What Watlow Is Building

Challenges

  • Reducing waste
  • Improving business processes
  • Ensuring compliance with international logistics regulations
  • Scrap reduction
  • Implementing oracle across global markets
  • Improving material planning and inventory management
  • Supply chain optimization
  • Maintaining competitive compensation practices
  • Improve service levels
  • Meeting safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets

Active Projects

  • Oracle system implementation analysis
  • Global implementation of oracle
  • Control panel design and fabrication projects
  • New product development for semiconductor industry
  • Design and build fixturing for product manufacturing
  • New product integration
  • Lean events
  • Root cause analysis
  • Dayforce system enhancements and testing
  • First article inspection (fai)

Hiring Activity

Steady110 roles · 50 in 30d

Department

Manufacturing
36
Engineering
30
Finance
8
Logistics
8
Ops
8
Sales
6
Support
6
HR
5

Seniority

Senior
45
Junior
22
Mid
19
Intern
8
Manager
8
Director
4
Lead
4
Principal
1

Notable leadership hires: Operations Director, Customer Success Director

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About Watlow

Watlow is a global industrial manufacturer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, with over 4,200 employees across 11 manufacturing facilities and nine R&D centers in the US, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. The company serves semiconductor-processing, environmental-chamber, energy, diesel-emissions, medical, and foodservice equipment makers with temperature controllers, heaters, power-control modules, and thermal sensors. Sales and distribution reach 95 countries. Since 1922, Watlow has accumulated over 1,100 patents and operates a global supply chain spanning raw manufacturing through integration and service.

HeadquartersSt. Louis, MO
Company Size1,001–5,000 employees
Hiring MarketsMalaysia, United States, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, Germany, United Kingdom

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Watlow's tech stack?

Core CAD tools: SolidWorks, Creo, Altium, OrCAD. ERP/CMMS: Oracle (actively implementing globally), Dayforce. Engineering: C#, C++, Python, LabVIEW, PLC, SCADA (adopting). Analytics: Power BI, Tableau. Manufacturing: CNC, FMEA, SPC, MSA, 8D methodologies.

Where are Watlow's manufacturing and development facilities?

Watlow operates 11 manufacturing facilities and nine technology/development centers in the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Asia, with sales and distribution offices in 95 countries.

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