Blitzpanel · 1 week ago
Founding Automation Controls Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$160K/yr - $200K/yr
4+ years expBlitzpanel is a company focused on manufacturing automation, and they are seeking a Founding Automation Controls Engineer to lead the design and creation of custom equipment for building panels. The role involves hands-on work, electrical design for control panels, and collaboration with vendors to ensure accurate component specifications.
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Can lift 50 lbs
Willing to do manual work sometimes (panel reviews, checking builds, shop support)
BS in EE / ME / EET
4+ Years experience
Preferred
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)
Benefits
1%-3%
Company
Blitzpanel
Blitzpanel is a software-enabled factory for industrial control panels.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase