Industrial Controls Intern: PLC & Automation Engineer Path

Symbotic LLC; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Job summary

Symbotic offers internship and co‑op opportunities in its Industrial Controls team, designing and validating PLC hardware and software for automated warehouse systems.

You will work with operators and engineers to diagnose issues, develop testing plans, and support electrical design across installations, with possibilities in software tools and data rendering. A Bachelor’s degree in engineering is pursued or required, with relocation benefits for eligible students.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or completing a Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Familiarity with PLCs, controls, industrial automation, or electro‑mechanical systems.
• Ability to read electrical circuits and an interest in motors, wiring and VFDs.
• Exposure to OO programming and C# is a plus.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Git, CI/CD, Jenkins, Redis, Docker or Kubernetes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist Industrial Controls teams with design, implementation, testing and support of controls for automated warehouse systems.
• Contribute to PLC hardware and software design and troubleshooting with site operators.
• Develop and execute testing plans to validate PLC performance.
• Support electrical design and troubleshooting for circuits, motors, wiring and VFDs.
• Collaborate across commissioning, testing and software teams on system integration.

Skills

PLC familiarity

Controls

Industrial automation

Electro‑mechanical systems

Reading electrical circuits

Object‑oriented programming

C# programming

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Jenkins

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Git

CI/CD tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Redis

Job description

Symbotic offers internship and co‑op opportunities in its Industrial Controls team, designing and validating PLC hardware and software for automated warehouse systems.

You will work with operators and engineers to diagnose issues, develop testing plans, and support electrical design across installations, with possibilities in software tools and data rendering. A Bachelor’s degree in engineering is pursued or required, with relocation benefits for eligible students.