Senior Controls Platform Architect

Symbotic LLC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic is seeking a Principal Industrial Controls Engineer to lead architecture and roadmap for PLC controls and simulation platforms. You will provide hands-on expertise and technical leadership across Rockwell Automation, motion control, safety systems, OT networking, and HMI/SCADA.

You will mentor engineers, influence product and program decisions, and drive platform health through versioning, diagnostics, cybersecurity, and deprecation planning. Travel up to 60% may be required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of related experience or equivalent work experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation Engineering, or related field.
• Expert‑level knowledge of Rockwell Automation PLC platforms, motion control, safety PLC systems, OT networking, and industrial protocols.
• Experience defining controls architectures and reusable platform capabilities across multiple products/sites.
• Experience with simulation and virtual commissioning (digital twins, SIL/IOL testing, regression).
• Strong knowledge of HMI/SCADA architecture; Ignition preferred.
• Experience lifecycle management: roadmaps, releases, obs, cybersecurity, deprecation.
• Strong software engineering practices: modular design, version control, CI/CD, testing.

Responsibilities

• Define and own architecture, strategy, and lifecycle roadmaps for industrial controls and simulation platforms.
• Establish modular, reusable PLC platform capabilities, libraries, templates, and interfaces.
• Lead Rockwell PLCs, motion control, safety systems, OT networking, industrial protocols, and HMI/SCADA.
• Lead simulation and virtual‑commissioning strategy, digital twins, and testing.
• Manage platform health: versioning, release governance, observability, cybersecurity, and debt reduction.
• Mentor engineers and drive cross‑team collaboration; may manage 1–2 engineers.

Skills

Rockwell PLC

Motion control

OT networking

HMI/SCADA

Digital twins

Software engineering

CI/CD

Ignition

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer/Mechatronics/Automation

Tools

Ignition (Inductive Automation)

Job description

Symbotic is seeking a Principal Industrial Controls Engineer to lead architecture and roadmap for PLC controls and simulation platforms. You will provide hands-on expertise and technical leadership across Rockwell Automation, motion control, safety systems, OT networking, and HMI/SCADA.

You will mentor engineers, influence product and program decisions, and drive platform health through versioning, diagnostics, cybersecurity, and deprecation planning. Travel up to 60% may be required.