Entry Level Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

About Us

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients.

Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries.

By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

At Design Group, you'll collaborate with experienced leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to solve complex challenges for some of the world's leading companies. You'll join a growing team of more than 1,500 professionals across 45 U.S. offices where you'll be empowered to make an impact, develop your expertise, and grow your career.

In this role, you'll be responsible for supporting instrumentation and controls engineering solutions for clients in food and beverage, consumer health, life science, and advanced technology sectors. You'll work closely with controls engineers, project teams, technical specialists, and client representatives to design, document, and support PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, and process control systems. This position plays an important role in helping clients improve safety, reliability, and performance while giving you hands‑on experience with complex control system applications.

• Develop and design control systems for manufacturing clients in food and beverage, consumer health, life science, or advanced technology sectors
• Support engineering solutions for control systems and PLC or SCADA interface systems that meet client safety and optimization requirements
• Conduct system and facility engineering job walk assessments to support project planning and execution
• Develop engineering solutions for equipment optimization and process improvement
• Design systems that monitor and control process variables such as pressure, temperature, humidity, and flow in manufacturing environments
• Support root cause failure analysis and assist in identifying practical control system improvements
• Document process requirements for instrumentation equipment and related control system components
• Interface with engineering design team members and client representatives to support coordinated project delivery
• Build technical experience with process systems, instrumentation, device selection, networking concepts, and electrical or process diagrams
• Strengthen client and team relationships through responsive project support and consistent technical execution

• Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, or an equivalent technical degree
• Academic, internship, co‑op, or project experience with PLC programming, automation, instrumentation, process control, or related engineering applications
• Fundamental understanding of process systems, instrumentation, device selection, networking concepts, and electrical or process diagrams, including P&IDs or wiring diagrams
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and execute multiple project responsibilities simultaneously
• Ability to travel for project requirements, including installation, start‑up activities, meetings, trainings, and industry seminars

• Exposure to Rockwell Automation hardware and software or similar industrial control…