Senior Automation Engineer, Safety
A hands-on systems integration engineer at Mytra who designs, integrates, and debugs PLC-based control and safety systems for warehouse robotics, working across electrical, controls, embedded, and software boundaries. Core tech includes Beckhoff TwinCAT/TwinSAFE, Siemens safety controllers, ePLAN/AutoCAD Electrical, and industrial networks.
- Compensation
- $175K–$205K / yr
- Location
- Brisbane, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Significant hands-on experience designing, commissioning, and troubleshooting industrial control systems using Beckhoff TwinCAT/TwinSAFE, Siemens controllers and Siemens Safety, or comparable PLC and
- Experience designing electrical control systems and panels using ePLAN, AutoCAD Electrical, or similar tools
- Strong understanding of industrial controls hardware, sensors, actuators, safety devices, distributed I/O, and safety communications across distributed equipment
- Experience developing safety- and mission-critical systems with emphasis on reliability, diagnosability, fault handling, and maintainability
- Clear communication of complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience transitioning products from one to many, including developing training and documentation for manufacturing and commissioning teams
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, pivot based on data and engineering evidence, and drive projects to completion
- Ability to travel domestically on occasion, approximately 0-10% annually, to support integration, commissioning, and testing at customer sites
- On-site presence at the Brisbane, CA headquarters
Nice to have
- Familiarity with functional safety principles (HARA, FMEA, HAZOP) and safety standards (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 12100)
- Experience designing or integrating embedded control hardware, custom PCBAs, or microcontroller-based systems
- Experience writing and debugging C++ and/or Python
- Enthusiasm for modernizing industrial automation with better hardware, software, development, and debugging tools
- Experience integrating controls for robotics, autonomous systems, material handling, warehouse automation, or similar complex electromechanical equipment
Full description
About the role
As an Automation Engineer at Mytra, you will join our Systems Engineering team during a period of rapid product development and scaling. Our team is focused on building the control, safety, and electrical infrastructure that ensures safe operation of the Mytra system. We are looking for a hands-on, systems-oriented integration engineer who brings deep experience with traditional industrial automation while also understanding modern embedded systems and software. You will help us deliver robust systems today using proven off-the-shelf industrial hardware while contributing to our longer-term roadmap toward a more modern embedded hardware and software architecture. You will design, integrate, and debug safety- and mission-critical systems that must be robust, diagnosable, and maintainable. You will also help determine the right balance between commercial industrial automation components and custom hardware developed internally.
What you’ll do:
- Develop and maintain PLC-based control and safety systems, including distributed I/O, industrial networks, and interfaces to mobile and stationary automation equipment.
- Design high-voltage and low-voltage electrical panels and control cabinets using ePLAN, AutoCAD Electrical, or similar tools.
- Work closely with Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Firmware, and Software teams to define clear interfaces and develop features that integrate mechanical, electrical, and software capabilities.
- Develop specialized service and commissioning tools, such as jog pendants, and scalable control and safety architectures for site deployments that push the limits of conventional industrial automation.
- Troubleshoot complex electromechanical systems across electrical, controls, embedded, networking, and software boundaries.
- Support system integration, commissioning, testing, and root-cause investigations in Mytra facilities and, occasionally, at customer sites.
Ideal Candidates
- Significant hands-on experience designing, commissioning, and troubleshooting industrial control systems using Beckhoff TwinCAT/TwinSAFE, Siemens controllers and Siemens Safety, or comparable PLC and safety platforms.
- Experience designing electrical control systems and panels using ePLAN, AutoCAD Electrical, or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of industrial controls hardware, sensors, actuators, safety devices, distributed I/O, and safety communications across distributed equipment.
- Experience developing safety- and mission-critical systems, with an emphasis on reliability, diagnosability, fault handling, and maintainability.
- Clear communication of complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience transitioning products from one to many, including developing training and documentation for manufacturing and commissioning teams.