Project Engineer, Commissioning Services

Symbotic

Project Engineer overseeing onsite commissioning, installation, and testing of robotic systems. Collaborating with engineering and ICS teams at Symbotic to ensure system functionality.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeMassachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $96,000 - $132,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the primary liaison for all onsite commissioning support, issue resolution, and coordination across departments.
Ensure all commissioning workload, progress, and reporting are accurately updated and maintained in Jira per project.
Partner with team leadership to design, benchmark, and standardize commissioning processes from scratch.
Auditing third-party contractor work and documentation to ensure strict adherence to company processes.
Conduct one-on-one discussions with engineers to verify the content and status of Jira tickets, ensuring no missing details.
Track and verify that timesheet hours align with commissioning tasks and projects.
Resolve blocked and rejected Jira items by working directly with assigned engineers.
Facilitate weekly training sessions and documentation updates to support continuous improvement.
Collaborate with project managers to address and resolve blocking issues.
Travel as needed to work onsite with project managers, scrum masters, the commissioning team, and leadership.
Participate in new product development initiatives by attending design reviews, workshops, and cross-functional planning sessions to ensure commissioning requirements, deliverables, documentation, and field support needs are identified and addressed throughout the development process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in either electrical or mechanical engineering, or in automated production management, or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 5 years' experience with PLC (Allen Bradley), Robot (ABB, Fanuc), Industrial networking (Ethernet/IP), or Operator interface (Panel View Plus).
Mechanical Engineer, or an engineer with heavy hands-on mechanical experience, is highly preferred.
Experience with motion control equipment such as VFDs and the ability to debug and support via Remote Desktop, SSH, browser, etc.
Demonstrated proficiency in managing projects across broad internal stakeholders to execute project scope and timeline.
Demonstrated ability to schedule complex work with dependencies and to drive production.
Track record of exceeding project deliverables while remaining on time and within budget.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability
401K
PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

PLCRobotIndustrial networkingOperator interfaceMotion control equipmentVFDsRemote DesktopSSHJiraProject management

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingTraining facilitationIssue resolutionOrganizational skillsLeadershipContinuous improvementStakeholder managementTime management

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineeringBachelor's degree in mechanical engineeringBachelor's degree in automated production management