Founding Automation Controls Engineer
Job in
Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78716, USA
Listed on 2026-04-25
Listing for:
Blitzpanel
Per diem
position Listed on 2026-04-25
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Own creation of manufacturing automation and design of custom equipment of building panels.
- Jump in on hands‑on shop work when needed (we’re a small team)
- Work with component vendors and purchasing department to specify and order components.
- Use I/O lists and controls layouts to develop schematics
- Help standardize designs and create templates in our in‑house design solution
- Improve quote accuracy of our custom solution(BOMs, wiring, labor assumptions)
- Comfortable with working in a lot of ambiguity
- Understanding of NEC & IEC codes to create electrical designs
- Design and layout of control panels, keeping in mind panel fabrication process, component limitations such as wiring methods and heat distribution, and cable penetrations.
- Heavy experience in AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN (at least one; open to learning the other)
- Has engineered and designed multiple UL508A control panels in the real world (motor starters, power distribution, etc.)
- Tech‑savvy. Comfortable with modern tools + automation. Has used AI tools (ChatGPT/Claude/etc.) to speed up work
- Willing to do manual work sometimes (panel reviews, checking builds, shop support)
- BS in EE / ME / EET
- You’ve worked with panel shops, integrators, or manufacturing teams
- Controls/automation exposure: PLCs, industrial networking, I/O, sensors, commissioning, troubleshooting (even basic)
- Comfortable reading/writing simple IO lists and thinking through sensors, actuators, and interlocks
- Commissioning / troubleshooting exposure (debugging wiring issues, validating field signals, using a meter, chasing a problem to root cause)
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