[Hiring] Controls & Robotics Commissioning Project Engineer @Symbotic

Role Description

Step into a field-based role where you bring complex automation to life. You’ll install, commission, and validate PLC-controlled equipment at customer facilities, serve as the onsite commissioning authority, and ensure seamless integration across software, controls, robotics, and ICS teams.

A Day in the Life:

• Morning walkthrough on a construction site, PPE on.
• Power up control cabinets, load and configure Allen Bradley PLC programs, verify networks over Ethernet/IP, and connect HMIs (PanelView Plus).
• Align ABB and Fanuc robot cells, tune VFDs, and run functional tests to validate performance and safety.
• Coordinate with project managers, scrum masters, and cross-functional engineers to resolve blockers.
• Track progress in Jira, close gaps in ticket details, and help standardize commissioning workflows.
• Audit third-party contractor work, lead a quick training huddle, and document updates.
• Verify timesheets against tasks and prioritize open issues for action.

What You Will Own:

• Act as the onsite single point of contact for commissioning support, training, and issue resolution.
• Install, bring up, and test PLC-controlled systems; configure PLC software and verify system functionality and performance.
• Maintain accurate commissioning workload, progress, and reporting in Jira per project.
• Design, benchmark, and help standardize commissioning processes with team leadership.
• Audit third-party contractor work and documentation for process compliance.
• Hold 1:1s with engineers to confirm Jira ticket content and status; drive closure of blocked/rejected items.
• Validate timesheet hours against commissioning tasks and project scope.
• Lead weekly training sessions and update documentation to support continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with project managers to identify and remove blockers.
• Partner in new product development—attend design reviews, workshops, and cross-functional planning to embed commissioning requirements, deliverables, documentation, and field support needs.
• Travel to customer sites to work directly with project managers, scrum masters, the commissioning team, and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in electrical or mechanical engineering, automated production management, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years with PLCs (Allen Bradley), robots (ABB, Fanuc), industrial networking (Ethernet/IP), and operator interfaces (PanelView Plus).
• Mechanical engineer—or engineer with substantial hands-on mechanical experience—strongly preferred.
• Experience with motion control (VFDs) and remote support via Remote Desktop, SSH, and web browsers.
• Proven ability to manage projects across broad internal stakeholders to execute scope and timelines.
• Expertise scheduling complex, interdependent work and driving production.
• History of meeting and exceeding deliverables on time and within budget.
• Thrives in team-based, collaborative environments.

Requirements

• PLC troubleshooting
• Industrial robot programming
• Troubleshooting industrial automation equipment

Travel & Work Environment

• Remote, field-based role with travel up to 75%. Valid driver’s license required; ability to drive and/or fly to customer locations.
• Employee must own a credit card and manage expenses personally for bi-weekly reimbursement.
• Primary office: Wilmington, MA. Extended work periods required at customer installation sites during commissioning.
• Frequent walking and reaching with hands and arms.
• Routinely work at heights up to 45 feet and within restrictive areas of 24 inches; standing, climbing/balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling as needed.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Strict adherence to safety requirements and protocols, including Lock out tag out and fall protection.
• Approximately 75% of time on construction sites with PPE required (hard hat, safety vest, steel toes, eyeglasses, ear protection, fall protection such as a safety harness).
• Steep stairs to access structures; frequent stair travel to navigate automation systems.
• Regular proximity to railings high above ground level.
• Protected from weather but not temperature changes; capable of working between 105° and 32° Fahrenheit.