- Robot type
- Warehouse and Logistics
- Location
- USA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Salary
- $120,000–$180,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Industrial Controls Engineer
Job description
We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.
Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies.
We are a community of innovators, collaborators and pioneers who embrace our differences, because we know unique perspectives make us stronger and smarter. Every perspective matters.
Job responsibilities
- Elaborate, define, and plan technical work from well-defined objectives, validating requirements with internal and external stakeholders.
- Elaborate and lead the execution of test strategies, execute test plan, generate test reports, and demonstrate compliance with requirements.
- Independently execute technical work, which may involve the technical supervision of other resources.
- Autonomous and self-driving, requiring minimal supervision.
- Lead improvement initiatives, review and approve technical solutions within existing architectures.
- Coach and develop lesser experienced employees.
- Gather information and validate requirements to execute root cause analysis to resolve issues with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide new control system functionalities and modify existing solutions which includes PLC and HMI.
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering or Automation Engineer or Computer science or in a related discipline.
- Knowledge of Power Systems to design drive controls.
- Experience with AC/DC Drive Control Architecture.
- Minimum of 5 years in Design & Implementation of Industrial Control systems using PLCs, HMIs, and Drives.
- Minimum of 5 years’ of Programming PLCs, HMIs, and related equipment for Industrial Control Systems (Rockwell products preferred).
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience with automated systems engineering.
- Advanced experience programming Rockwell PLC’s (ControlLogix, GuardLogix).
- Advanced knowledge of Industrial networks.