The Boring Company builds safe, fast-to-dig, low-cost transportation, utility and freight tunnels — solving traffic with Loop, powered by the Prufrock tunnel boring machine. Backed by Sequoia.
About the role
The Boring Company is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Automation and Controls Software Engineer to join our team. In this role you will play a critical role in keeping tunneling operations running through the development, implementation, and maintenance of the automation controls systems used in our groundbreaking tunneling operations. This role requires expertise in industrial automation, electrical engineering, and PLC design and troubleshooting.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, Mechatronics, or a related field
- Proven experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting automation controls systems in an industrial or manufacturing environment
- Experience working with PCBs, HMIs, electrical enclosures, wire harnesses
- Proficiency in PLC programming using structured text, with hands-on experience in Beckhoff/TwinCAT systems being highly desirable
- Strong knowledge of industrial automation protocols, such as Modbus, EtherCAT, and OPC-UA
- Familiarity with electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and control panel layouts
More about this role
The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
The Boring Company is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Automation and Controls Software Engineer to join our team. In this role you will play a critical role in keeping tunneling operations running through the development, implementation, and maintenance of the automation controls systems used in our groundbreaking tunneling operations. This role requires expertise in industrial automation, electrical engineering, and PLC design and troubleshooting. The primary focus of this position is field-oriented, with an emphasis on troubleshooting and optimizing performance, acting as a frontline authority for automation issues in the field.
- Collaborate with the engineering team to design, develop, and deploy automation controls systems for tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and related equipment.
- Implement and program Programmable...
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