Entry Level Automation & Controls Engineer; Summer​/Fall

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.

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join BW Design Group as an Entry Level Controls Engineer , you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth . BW Design Group is widely known as an industry leader, recognized as a top system integrator, ranking # 9 in the 2025 System Integrator Giants; as a Rockwell Platinum Integrator, the highest designation given to Rockwell partners;

and as an Ignition Enterprise Premier Integrator. As a part of this team, you will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build‑A‑Thon which BW Design Group won in 2023!

You will work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our client s . Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Apply your knowledge of programming methods, electrical design and engineering problem solving to 21st century manufacturing practices
• Design, program, and troubleshoot automated machinery and line control systems
• Travel to top clients across the country to assist in the design of manufacturing processes, help manage projects, and develop facilities
• Impact the world by conducting yourself with integrity in pursuit of individual and business goals
• Become a passionate and successful business family member while expanding your technical abilities
• Create user applications to monitor and control the production of consumer goods and satisfy regulatory agencies in compliance with modern industry standards
• Design control systems that provide instantaneous feedback on the production life cycle
• Design electrical control panels
• Design industrial controller (PLC) programs and develop human machine interface (HMI) s
• Support BW Design Group project teams
• Make an impact day‑to‑day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

• The ability to simultaneously organize and execute multiple project responsibilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with management, clients, and vendors
• Co‑op or project experience with electrical engineering and PLC automation applications (preferred)
• Co‑op or project experience with semiconductor, data center, pharmaceutical,…