Solar Automation Engineer: PLCs, Vision & Robotics

Future Ventures; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

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Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond is seeking an Automation & Controls Engineer for the Starlink Solar program to design, develop, and deploy automated factory systems that span machine design, robotics and manufacturing processes. You will architect PLCs, implement vision systems, and create interfaces while ensuring safety standards in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Join a cross-disciplinary team delivering cutting-edge automation across production lines, with opportunities to influence multiple stages of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering or another STEM field.
• 1+ years’ experience in the design and commissioning of automation and controls systems for manufacturing (internships/co-ops can apply).
• Hands on experience with PLCs, robotics, machine vision, HMI/SCADA, IoT, SQL, C#, .NET, Python is desired.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, qualify and implement projects spanning machine design, robotics and manufacturing processes from initial ideation to production use.
• Architect, write, and debug PLC code.
• Implement vision systems for robotic guidance, quality control and data collection.
• Design systems to control processes, track factory performance and collaborate across teams to increase manufacturing efficiency in a data driven way.
• Design user interfaces that make complex machines easy to use and troubleshoot.
• Create electrical, pneumatic and fluid schematics for control panels.
• Keep our factories safe by implementing ANSI/RIA15.06/OSHA compliant systems.

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond is seeking an Automation & Controls Engineer for the Starlink Solar program to design, develop, and deploy automated factory systems that span machine design, robotics and manufacturing processes. You will architect PLCs, implement vision systems, and create interfaces while ensuring safety standards in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Join a cross-disciplinary team delivering cutting-edge automation across production lines, with opportunities to influence multiple stages of