Senior Controls Engineer Electrolyte Technologies
SolidpowerThornton, Colorado
Full Time
Posted November 14, 2025
$125k - $186k
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Job Description
A Senior Controls Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining industrial control systems and PLC programs to support manufacturing processes in a fast-paced battery development environment. The role involves troubleshooting, hardware specification, and collaboration with engineering teams to optimize machine performance and safety.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and supervise electrical control systems, equipment, and machinery.
- Create PLC programs to control industrial manufacturing equipment.
- Assess and troubleshoot ladder logic programs to improve machine performance.
- Specify controls hardware including PLCs, IO, instrumentation, VFDs, and safety components.
- Lead PLC-related activities and respond to machine downtime promptly.
- Develop and maintain a revision management system for machine programming.
- Collaborate with other departments and team members to solve control system issues.
- Develop skills of electrical support staff to enhance team expertise.
Requirements
- Ability to independently create the programming required to safely run industrial machines using PLCs.
- Ability to assess ladder logic programs written by others and root-out problems as well as improve machine performance.
- Extensive experience with ladder logic programming, SCADA development, and Human Machine Interface (HMI) programming.
- Experience with machine networking with EthernetIP, and developing interfaces between industrial control components.
- Experience with commissioning new plants including reviewing electrical designs and troubleshooting programs using Allen Bradley PLCs.
- Design, develop, and supervise all aspects of electrical control systems, equipment, and machinery.
- Create PLC programs, from the ground up, to control industrial material chemical manufacturing equipment.
- Create and maintain a revision management system for all machine programming.
- Lead all PLC related activities, responding immediately to any down machine conditions.
- Specify controls hardware including PLCs and associated IO, pressure, flow, temperature instrumentation, VFDs, circuit breakers, pneumatic valve banks, and industrial safety components.
- Develop the skills of electrical support staff to increase the company's depth of knowledge.
- Work closely, collaboratively, and effectively with other departments and team members.
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of related industry experience.
- Expertise in Allen Bradley PLC programming with Studio5000 Logix Designer, Studio5000 View Designer, and FT View Studio.
- Experience with NFPA 70 and Electrical Classification C1D1, C1D2, C2D1, and C2D2.
- Ability to independently troubleshoot equipment for improvement in quality and delivery.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range of $125,000 to $186,000
Work schedule includes paid holidays and unlimited PTO
Work environment perks such as a collaborative team environment and working in potentially hazardous environments with PPE
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
Employer-paid Life, AD&D, STD, and LTD insurance
401k plan with company match
Paid FMLA leave up to six weeks
Cell phone reimbursement
Eligibility to participate in the company's equity plan
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