Principal Industrial Controls Engineer
Symbotic Inc.Visit Symbotic Inc. website
Symbotic develops AI-enabled robotic systems and software for end-to-end warehouse and supply-chain automation.
Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
About Symbotic Inc.
Symbotic provides turnkey warehouse automation systems that use autonomous robots and AI-enhanced software to store, move, sort, and fulfill goods, including distribution and micro-fulfillment operations.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will define controls and simulation platform architecture and roadmaps. You will create reusable PLC capabilities, lead virtual commissioning, govern platform health and interfaces, troubleshoot complex issues, mentor engineers, and guide technical decisions.
Requirements
- At least 12 years of related experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related engineering field
- Rockwell Automation PLC platforms
- Motion control
- Safety PLC systems
- OT networking
- Industrial communication protocols
- Controls architecture
- Simulation
- Virtual commissioning
- Digital twins
- Software-in-the-loop testing
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Automated regression testing
- HMI
- SCADA
- Inductive Automation Ignition
- Configuration management
- Cybersecurity
- Version control
- Code review
- Automated testing
- CI/CD
- Documentation
- Stakeholder management
- Valid driver's license
Responsibilities
- Define industrial controls and simulation architecture and lifecycle roadmaps
- Establish reusable PLC capabilities, libraries, templates, and standards
- Simplify platform variants and lead migration plans
- Lead controls work across PLCs, motion, safety, networking, and HMI or SCADA
- Lead simulation and virtual-commissioning strategy
- Manage platform versioning, compatibility, governance, diagnostics, cybersecurity, and technical debt
- Govern interfaces across controls, electrical, robotics, embedded, simulation, and software systems
- Lead architecture reviews and communicate risks and tradeoffs
- Prototype controls concepts and transition them into production capabilities
- Lead root-cause analysis and systemic improvements
- Mentor engineers and improve technical capability
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Disability coverage
- 401K
- PTO
- Business travel expense reimbursement
- Corporate credit card eligibility