Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer - Industrial PLC

Found Industries; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Found Industries, a Cambridge, MA-based industrial technology company, seeks a Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer to own architecture, development, and commissioning of electrical, control, and safety systems for our gallium extraction plant. You will bridge chemical processing tech and continuous operation in a refinery environment, driving projects with vendors and internal teams.

You will lead PLC programming, electrical design, and commissioning activities, with responsibilities for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related STEM field.
• 5+ years of industrial electrical and controls engineering experience with project ownership from requirements to commissioning.
• Hands-on PLC programming experience on at least one industrial platform; Beckhoff TwinCAT preferred; transferable experience from Rockwell/AB, Siemens considered.
• Experience producing electrical schematics and panel layouts using AutoCAD Electrical; knowledge of NEC, NFPA 79, UL 508A.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% to international or domestic aluminum refinery sites.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned electrical and controls projects from requirements through commissioning and handover, including estimates, schedules, procurement interfaces, and risk tracking.
• Develop, test, and Commission PLC programs and operator interfaces for equipment (sequences, interlocks, alarms, process control).
• Participate in hazard reviews and implement interlocks and shutdown requirements with I&C lead and safety specialists.
• Design interfaces to sync controls with refinery DCS (Emerson DeltaV, Honeywell Experion) over Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, Profinet.
• Develop electrical schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, and BOMs; select power supplies and protective devices per NEC/NFPA/UL 508A.
• Execute factory and site acceptance tests, loop checks, instrument and drive configuration, and handover documentation.
• Vendor management of system integrators and contractors to meet timelines and standards.

Skills

PLC programming

Electrical engineering

Automation engineering

Project ownership

AutoCAD Electrical

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics

Tools

Beckhoff TwinCAT

Rockwell/Allen-Bradley

Siemens

HMI/SCADA (Ignition)

Job description

Found Industries, a Cambridge, MA-based industrial technology company, seeks a Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer to own architecture, development, and commissioning of electrical, control, and safety systems for our gallium extraction plant. You will bridge chemical processing tech and continuous operation in a refinery environment, driving projects with vendors and internal teams.

You will lead PLC programming, electrical design, and commissioning activities, with responsibilities for