Electrical CAD Designer – Control Panels

Software Placement Group, SPG; Town of Germantown (WI); On-site; USD 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Software Placement Group (SPG) in Germantown, WI is seeking an Electrical CAD Designer to support its growing panel production operations. This direct-hire role offers exposure to automation projects within a fast-paced, hands-on team environment.

You will create and finalize electrical schematics, 3‑phase power layouts, and control panel enclosures, coordinating with shop technicians to ensure BOM accuracy and real-world builds. Base salary up to $85,000.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of electrical design experience drafting and engineering industrial electrical schematics for panel fabrication and automated machinery controls
• 5+ years working directly for a custom machine builder, robotics integrator, panel shop, or material handling OEM
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical, SolidWorks Electrical, E-Plan, or Sky-Plan

Responsibilities

• Create, modify, and finalize electrical schematics, 3-phase power distribution diagrams, and control panel enclosure layouts for complex custom automation projects
• Manage and complete large-scale drawing packages (often 20–50+ pages) with a focus on drafting speed, spatial accuracy, and detail consistency
• Translate physical system hardware—including multi-axis robotic cells, material handling conveyor loops, and specialized test rigs—into clean, functional CAD drawings
• Collaborate closely with shop assembly technicians and controls engineers to verify BOM specs and ensure component callouts align with real-world builds
• Design electrical layouts that facilitate rapid, clean wiring and logical wire-trough routing on the production floor

Job description

Location: Germantown, WI | Schedule: full-time, on-site | Compensation: Up to $85,000 base salary

Overview

A rapidly expanding controls and automation integrator in the Greater Milwaukee area is seeking an Electrical CAD Designer to support its growing panel production operations. The company recently added a 6,000 sq. ft. UL panel production facility to keep pace with surging demand for smart warehouse, factory floor, and automated solutions. This direct-hire role offers exposure to a wide range of automation projects within an agile, zero-bureaucracy team environment.

What you'll do

• Create, modify, and finalize electrical schematics, 3-phase power distribution diagrams, and control panel enclosure layouts for complex custom automation projects
• Manage and complete large-scale drawing packages (often 20–50+ pages) with a focus on drafting speed, spatial accuracy, and detail consistency
• Translate physical system hardware—including multi-axis robotic cells, material handling conveyor loops, and specialized test rigs—into clean, functional CAD drawings
• Collaborate closely with shop assembly technicians and controls engineers to verify BOM specs and ensure component callouts align with real-world builds
• Design electrical layouts that facilitate rapid, clean wiring and logical wire-trough routing on the production floor

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of electrical design experience drafting and engineering industrial electrical schematics for panel fabrication and automated machinery controls
• 5+ years working directly for a custom machine builder, robotics integrator, panel shop, or material handling OEM
• Demonstrated speed and efficiency in standard CAD tools, with hands-on proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical, SolidWorks Electrical, E-Plan, or Sky-Plan strongly valued
• High drafting output speed and accuracy, with the ability to execute complete drawing packages rapidly
• US Citizen or Green Card holder residing within a 45-minute daily driving radius of the Greater Milwaukee area

Preferred qualifications

• Practical working knowledge of UL 508A control panel design criteria and NFPA 79 industrial machinery electrical standards
• Hands-on experience generating detailed parts lists and bills of materials directly within CAD software for procurement import
• Prior hands-on experience wiring or assembling industrial control panels on a shop floor

Compensation and benefits

• Up to $85,000 base salary, commensurate with drafting velocity and panel layout depth
• Company-matched retirement plan
• Full healthcare benefits package

Why this role

This is an opportunity to work on a wide variety of automation projects—from software-to-hardware interfaces to multi-axis robotic cell layouts—within a collaborative, zero-bureaucracy team backed by a rock-solid project pipeline.