Founding Automation Controls Engineer

Blitzpanel
Austin, US

Job Description

What you’ll do

  • 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
  • Own electrical design for custom control panels end-to-end
  • 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

Technical requirements

  • 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

Physical requirements

  • Can lift 50 lbs
  • Willing to do manual work sometimes (panel reviews, checking builds, shop support)

Education (flexible)

  • BS in EE / ME / EET
  • 4+ Years experience

Bonus

  • You’ve built personal projects (electronics, robotics, home automation, cars, etc.)
  • You’ve worked with panel shops, integrators, or manufacturing teams
  • You like creating reusable libraries, templates, standards, macros.
  • Controls/automation exposure: PLCs, industrial networking, I/O, sensors, commissioning, troubleshooting (even basic)
  • PLC programming (Allen-Bradley / Siemens / Codesys)
  • 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)

Compensation: $130k - $200k/yr, 1%-3%

Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

Nec & iec codesAutocad electricalEplanUl508a control panelsPlc programmingAllen-bradleySiemensCodesysCommissioningTroubleshootingPlcsIndustrial networkingI/oSensorsActuatorsInterlocksReading/writing simple io listsCommunicationProblem-solvingElectrical designAutomationManufacturing

Salary

$130,000 - $200,000

year

Level

Mid-Level

Posted

4/16/2026

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