Controls & Robotics Commissioning Project Engineer (PLC/ABB/Fanuc)
About Symbotic
Symbotic is reshaping how consumer goods travel through the supply chain. Our A.I.-driven software coordinates fleets of advanced robots within a dense, end-to-end automation platform—boosting speed, flexibility, and efficiency for our customers.
Your Impact
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. You power up control cabinets, load and configure Allen Bradley PLC programs, verify networks over Ethernet/IP, and connect HMIs (PanelView Plus). You align ABB and Fanuc robot cells, tune VFDs, and run functional tests to validate performance and safety. Throughout the day you coordinate with project managers, scrum masters, and cross-functional engineers to resolve blockers. In Jira, you track progress, close gaps in ticket details, and help standardize commissioning workflows. You’ll audit third‑party contractor work, lead a quick training huddle, and document updates so the next shift is unblocked. Before you leave, timesheets are verified against tasks, and open issues are prioritized 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.
What You Bring
- 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.
Core Proficiencies
- 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.