Senior Industrial Controls Engineer — Automation Leader

Heirloom Carbon; California; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health, dental and vision

Stock options

Flexible PTO

401(k)

Education and conference budget

Wellness reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

Heirloom Carbon is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to design, deploy, and commission automation solutions from lab-scale equipment to large-scale deployments. You will lead projects, develop standards and libraries, and collaborate with mechanical, software, and IT teams to bring core technologies to life.

The role requires 7+ years in industrial automation, strong PLC and HMI/SCADA expertise (Ignition Perspective preferred), and panel design experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing and deploying industrial automation systems.
• Strong PLC programming background; Allen-Bradley and Beckhoff experience preferred.
• Experience with distributed HMI/SCADA applications and data collection.
• UL 508A control panel design and fabrication; NEC/NFPA 70E knowledge.
• Electrical drawings and CAD tools like AutoCAD Electrical, SkyCAD.
• Safety standards IEC 62061 / IEC 61511 / ISO 13849-1 expertise.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to balance constraints.
• Strong ownership and on-schedule delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, deployment, and commissioning of a wide range of automation projects from lab-scale to large-scale deployments.
• Drive and execute controls projects, including PLC/HMI programming, vendor interfacing, and electrical design.
• Be an automation subject matter expert guiding decision-making on process automation systems at scale.
• Develop standards and specifications for controls equipment, built in-house or purchased.
• Collaborate with mechanical to guide instrumentation and component selection for custom equipment.
• Interface with software to develop and maintain data collection and management layers.
• Collaborate with IT on industrial networking strategies and architecture design.
• Work with panel shop, production, operators, and engineering leads to deliver improvements.
• Produce electrical schematics, code documentation, loop diagrams, and panel layouts.
• Use, maintain, and contribute to a PLC/HMI controls library.
• Mentor peers and drive best practices to raise engineering quality.

Skills

Industrial automation design

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA development

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Safety-related controls engineering

Documentation & standards

Tools

Ignition Perspective

AutoCAD Electrical

AutoCAD

SkyCAD

Job description

Heirloom Carbon is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to design, deploy, and commission automation solutions from lab-scale equipment to large-scale deployments. You will lead projects, develop standards and libraries, and collaborate with mechanical, software, and IT teams to bring core technologies to life.

The role requires 7+ years in industrial automation, strong PLC and HMI/SCADA expertise (Ignition Perspective preferred), and panel design experience.