Control Panel Design Engineer

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Location:

Maple Grove, MN

Salary: $90,000.00 to $ annually

This role is located in Maple Grove, MN.

Do you want to be a vital part of a successful multi-disciplined team? At Cybertrol, you will apply your skills in a culture that focuses on commitment to high quality solutions for our customers while emphasizing personal and professional growth for our employees. Our core values are reflected in everything we do. Our dedication to being "Passionate," "Authentic," and "Willing to Help" makes a significant impact on our work culture and the success of our projects.

Cybertrol Engineering creates and delivers custom-engineered automation hardware and software solutions to manufacturing customers throughout the upper Midwest and across the world. The firm is privately owned, headquartered in Minneapolis, and has additional offices in Madison and Marshfield, WI. We emphasize both personal and professional growth, with a commitment to providing high-quality solutions, including plant-wide automation, information, and OT (Operational Technology) infrastructure;

custom control panel design and fabrication; and upgrades of obsolete automation systems.

• Create drawings using AutoCAD Electrical and/or EPLAN for customer approval and production.
• Communicate with Automation Engineering, Production, and Administration teams.
• Attend Hardware Design Team and Engineering Department meetings.
• Design industrial control panels for food, dairy, and life sciences industries.
• Handle 3‑phase (≤600V), single‑phase, and low‑voltage power distribution.
• Ensure industrial electrical safety designs and compliance.
• Maintain code compliance:
  • Industrial control panel UL508A, UL698 (required)
  • National Electric Code (NEC/NFPA
    70) (required)
  • Occasional:
    Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery (NFPA 79), Electrical Safe Work Practices (NFPA
    70E), European Community (EC) CE Compliance and IEC 60204
• Specify control system equipment:
  • Understand components required in controls system designs.
  • Attend vendor meetings and perform vendor negotiations.
  • Manage job parts database software and develop proficiency.
  • Produce Electrical CAD drawings using AutoCAD Electrical and Vault.
  • Support design and shop assembly manufacturing processes.
  • Serve as customer interface and support.
  • Assist engineers from other departments in hardware designs and production coordination.
  • Lead project management for multiple projects within scope, schedule, and budget constraints.
  • Participate in sales/marketing activities, including customer visits and quote generation/estimating.
  • Coordinate production: project management for control panel builds and occasional procurement backup to production manager.

• BS Degree in a relevant field of study.
• Or, in lieu of a BS degree, 2‑year technical degree plus at least 3 years of relevant experience.

• Knowledge of basic electrical circuits.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to meet deadlines independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to foster positive working relationships with a wide variety of people.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Dependable and punctual in daily work.

• Office work in a desk/cubicle environment with extensive computer use.
• Occasional control panel I/O powered checkouts in the panel shop or at customer sites.
• Orientation activities include training and work on building control panels.

Cybertrol offers a discretionary bonus to all employees, based on company and personal performance. All full‑time employees are eligible for health insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k), paid holidays, personal paid time off (PTO), supplemental insurance plans, and education reimbursement.

Cybertrol is committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, age and/or any other protected status as required by law.