Automation Engineer

Comate Engineering & Design; Town of Belgium (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary package

Extra benefits

Flexible work environment

Job summary

An innovative engineering firm in the United States is looking for a junior automation engineer. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on product development, creating electrical schematics, and configuring PLC environments. This role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Automation, and familiarity with Beckhoff TwinCAT is beneficial. You will thrive in a dynamic environment, adapting to changing requirements while supporting various automation projects. An attractive salary package is included.

Qualifications

• First experience in automation is a plus.
• Good understanding of electrical safety standards.
• Ability to adapt to new plans and handle pressure.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to define clear requirements.
• Create electrical schematics in EPLAN.
• Configure and program PLC environments.
• Set up and test industrial installations.
• Support machine commissioning and final validation.

Skills

Electrical control panels

Reading electrical schematics

Beckhoff TwinCAT

Pragmatic problem solving

Education

Bachelor degree in Electrical Automation or similar

Tools

EPLAN

PLC platforms

Job description

Do you want to help build tomorrow’s world? Welcome to Comate, where we develop innovative high-tech hardware from scratch for pioneering companies across all possible industries. We develop and integrate tailor‑made automation solutions: from PLC systems and control cabinets to robots, cobots, vision‑guided robotics and advanced gripper design.

Let’s see what kind of projects you can expect: Industry & machinery | Comate | Engineering & Design | Giving ideas the best chance

We currently are looking for a talented and passionate junior automation engineer like you, who can develop new, disruptive products together with our clients. Do you only strive for excellence and do you want to grow your career in step with our company? Then perhaps you’re the M/F/X we’re looking for.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team of engineers and designers on the development of innovative products and machinery. The aim of our passionate team is to cooperate with our clients in order to develop a unique product that is more advanced than anything that is currently available on the market. As a junior automation engineer, you will support different automation projects.

What does this mean?

As a junior automation engineer are responsible for:

Safety & technical analysis

• Collaborating with customers to define clear requirements
• Advising the team on hardware selection (sensors, actuators, motor drives, etc.)

• Analysis and implementation of functional safety
• Designing according to general electrical safety standards

Electrical & automation engineering

• Creating electrical schematics in EPLAN
• Configuring and programming PLC environments (TwinCAT or similar PLC platforms)
• Performing I/O testing to ensure correct behaviour
• Ordering components and following up purchases
• Wiring control cabinets and machinery

Machine commissioning

• Setting up, configuring and testing industrial installations
• Supporting machine bring‑up on the workshop floor
• Final validation and delivery of machines according to FAT/SAT principles

Sounds great! Am I the inventor you are looking for?

You are fascinated by technology, engineering, and robotics.

You have a bachelor degree in Electrical Automation or alike.

A first experience in automation is a plus.

You have a good understanding of electrical control panels and you are able to read electrical schematics.

You have experience with Beckhoff TwinCAT or other PLC platforms.

You are very hands‑on and pragmatic.

You are flexible, you have no problems with adapting new plans. Product development is fun, but also unpredictable.

You can handle pressure because honestly, we work hard.

• You will be joining a team of enthusiastic and passionate colleagues.
• You will be working on the design and development of truly unique products and solutions, end‑to‑end. Yes, you can be an inventor! There is nothing more trilling that seeing your work out there on the market.
• You will be able to work in a cool office right in the heart of the vibrant city of Leuven or Ghent, combined with home office or onsite work.
• You will get an attractive salary package with a lot of extra benefits.
• And yes, Comate is an award‑winning company! We want to excell in what we do, it’s no walk in the park but our hard work pays off.