PLC & Controls Engineer — Electrical Design & Test Lead

Motion Recruitment; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401k

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in Wilmington, MA is seeking a mid-level Industrial Electrical Engineer to focus on PLC/HMI programming, panel design, and automated test systems in a hands-on, on-site role.

You will own the electrical design lifecycle from schematic to field debugging, work with motion hardware, control systems, and test fixtures to optimize machine performance in production environments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in industrial automation or equipment development.
• Strong knowledge of controls including servo, stepper, BLDC drives, encoders, motion controllers.
• PCB design experience for custom electronics including power supplies and signal conditioning.
• Familiarity with ECO/PLM workflows.
• Experience with embedded systems and firmware development in C/C++.

Responsibilities

• PLC/HMI programming and controls engineering.
• Electrical design and panel development.
• Automated test systems design, integration, and commissioning.
• Motion control systems integration.
• Embedded systems and PCB design support.
• Hands-on electrical work daily.
• Collaborate with team to meet project timelines.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Industrial automation

Controls engineering

PCB design

ECO/PLM workflows

Embedded systems

C/C++ firmware

Tools

AutoCAD

EPLAN

SolidWorks

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Job description

Motion Recruitment in Wilmington, MA is seeking a mid-level Industrial Electrical Engineer to focus on PLC/HMI programming, panel design, and automated test systems in a hands-on, on-site role.

You will own the electrical design lifecycle from schematic to field debugging, work with motion hardware, control systems, and test fixtures to optimize machine performance in production environments.