Industrial Robotics Network Engineer – Onsite Austin

Actalent; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Actalent seeks a Network Engineer to own the network architecture, connectivity strategy, reliability, and serviceability for the Titan robotic construction platform and future products. The role requires coordinating across software, systems, controls, and hardware teams to centralize ownership and ensure robust, scalable networking solutions.

The candidate should have strong experience in industrial networking, ERP-like IT convergence, and technologies like EtherCAT, PLCs, VPNs, routing, and

Qualifications

• Experience in robotics, automation, manufacturing, or other integrated systems.
• Familiarity with Beckhoff, TwinCAT, PLCs, SCADA, or industrial Ethernet environments.
• Experience supporting remote engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage overall network architecture and connectivity strategy.
• Ensure network reliability and serviceability.
• Support the Titan robotic construction platform and additional products.
• Centralize network ownership currently distributed across multiple teams.
• Collaborate closely with software, systems, controls, and hardware engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot network issues in complex environments.
• Design redundancy and failover systems.

Skills

Industrial networking

EtherCAT

PLC

VPN technologies

Network architecture & design

Tools

Beckhoff

TwinCAT

SCADA

Industrial Ethernet

Job description

Actalent seeks a Network Engineer to own the network architecture, connectivity strategy, reliability, and serviceability for the Titan robotic construction platform and future products. The role requires coordinating across software, systems, controls, and hardware teams to centralize ownership and ensure robust, scalable networking solutions.

The candidate should have strong experience in industrial networking, ERP-like IT convergence, and technologies like EtherCAT, PLCs, VPNs, routing, and