Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Symbotic develops AI-powered robotic and software platforms for warehouse automation. The Manager, Industrial Controls Engineering leads and scales the team responsible for implementing, deploying, and sustaining industrial control systems, while establishing engineering standards and supporting reliable, scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a growing team of Industrial Controls Engineers supporting development, implementation, and sustaining engineering activities
- Establish performance expectations, career development plans, and technical competency frameworks that support both individual growth and organizational needs
- Drive workforce planning, recruiting, succession planning, and organizational development initiatives
- Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, innovation, safety, and continuous improvement
- Mentor engineers and technical leaders while promoting knowledge sharing, collaboration, and engineering best practices
- Own engineering execution across Industrial Controls implementation and deployment activities
- Establish processes that ensure delivery of high-quality, reliable, and maintainable PLC and HMI solutions
- Balance engineering resources against business priorities, customer commitments, and strategic objectives
- Provide leadership and oversight for complex technical initiatives, troubleshooting efforts, and escalations
- Drive technical decision-making while ensuring consistency with established architectures, standards, and product strategies
- Support implementation and deployment of new control system capabilities and enhancement of existing platforms
- Champion rigorous validation and testing strategies to ensure system performance, reliability, and safety requirements are met
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase engineering productivity and reduce development, commissioning, and support efforts
- Partner with Industrial Controls leadership to translate organizational strategy into technical roadmaps and execution plans
- Identify technical risks, capability gaps, and opportunities for process and platform improvements
- Drive initiatives that improve deployment efficiency, operational performance, and customer outcomes
- Influence long-term controls architecture and technology direction to support business growth and platform scalability
- Partner with Release Management and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure seamless deployment of control system updates
- Communicate engineering status, technical risks, and strategic recommendations to Industrial Controls leadership
- Build strong relationships with customers and internal partners to understand challenges, gather feedback, and improve solutions
- Support critical customer issues and operational escalations when necessary
Skills
- Minimum of 2 years of management experience and 8 years of total work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Automation Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
- Minimum of 8 years of experience programming PLCs, HMIs, drives, and related industrial control technologies and deploying industrial automation and control systems
- Minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience managing Controls Engineers or other highly technical engineering teams
- Demonstrated success leading complex industrial automation projects involving hardware, software, and integrated system architectures
- Advanced experience with Rockwell Automation PLC platforms including ControlLogix and GuardLogix
- Experience developing HMI applications using platforms such as Ignition and FactoryTalk ME/SE
- Strong knowledge of industrial networking technologies and control system architectures
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills for complex automated systems
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, control drawings, and system architecture documentation
- Proven ability to drive outcomes through influence, collaboration, and technical leadership
- Strong communication, organizational leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in warehouse automation, robotics, material handling, or other complex automated systems preferred
- Knowledge of power systems, AC/DC drive architectures, and motion control systems preferred
- Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI), sustaining engineering, and large-scale deployment programs preferred
- Experience with Agile development methodologies, Jira, and modern engineering development processes preferred
- Experience providing 24/7 customer support preferred
- Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related technical discipline preferred
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and disability benefits
- 401K
- PTO and/or other benefits
- Business travel expenses are reimbursed based on the program guidelines.
- Eligible employees may receive a corporate credit card based on role and travel requirements.
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