Entry Level Automation & Controls Engineer (Start Summer/Fall 2026)
Barry-Wehmiller · Boston, MA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 4 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Barry-Wehmiller (industrial) in Boston, MA. Co-op or project experience with electrical engineering and PLC automation applications (preferred).
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $90k–$157k.
Median of the low and high ends of 12 live postings that list pay, out of 27 controls engineer openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Massachusetts plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 26 other live controls postings in Massachusetts.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $90k–$157k, from 12 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ PLC 74%
- ✓ Automation 74%
- Robotics 37%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 26%
- Root cause 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from Barry-WehmillerAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What You'll Do
You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.
- ◆Apply your knowledge of programming methods, electrical design and engineering problem solving to 21st century manufacturing practices
- ◆Design, program, and troubleshoot automated machinery and line control systems
- ◆Travel to top clients across the country to assist in the design of manufacturing processes, help manage projects, and develop facilities
- ◆Impact the world by conducting yourself with integrity in pursuit of individual and business goals
- ◆Become a passionate and successful business family member while expanding your technical abilities
- ◆Create user applications to monitor and control the production of consumer goods and satisfy regulatory agencies in compliance with modern industry standards
- ◆Design control systems that provide instantaneous feedback on the production life cycle
- ◆Design electrical control panels
- ◆Design industrial controller (PLC) programs and develop human machine interfaces (HMIs)
- ◆Support BW Design Group project teams
- ◆Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team
responsibilities
- ◆Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with management, clients, and vendors
- ◆Co-op or project experience with electrical engineering and PLC automation applications (preferred)
- ◆Co-op or project experience with semiconductor, data Center, pharmaceutical, consumer products, and high-speed environments (preferred)
- ◆A willingness to travel for project
requirements
including installation and start-up activities, client and company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, and conventions
- ✓A bachelor of science in electrical engineering, mechatronic, mechanical, chemical, or computer engineering, or an equivalent technical degree
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Barry-Wehmiller 8 months ago
Boston, MA, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
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About Us
BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.
Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.
Entry Level Automation & Controls Engineer (Start Summer/Fall 2026)
Who You'll Work With
You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.
When you join BW Design Group as an Entry Level Controls Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. BW Design Group is widely known as an industry leader, recognized as a top system integrator, ranking #9 in the 2025 System Integrator Giants; as a Rockwell Platinum Integrator, the highest designation given to Rockwell partners; and as an Ignition Enterprise Premier Integrator. As a part of this team, you will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build-A-Thon which BW Design Group won in 2023!
In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world's leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Control System Integration Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.
What You'll Bring
- •The ability to simultaneously organize and execute multiple project
Company
Design Group
Our Culture
Our culture and commitment to our people is what sets us apart. We foster an environment of mutual respect, integrity, and unconditional interest in the individual and collective success of our professionals. Our model and entrepreneurial mindset offer a rewarding, challenging, and highly flexible path. As a Entry Level Controls Engineer, you will build a meaningful and fulfilling career with the support of professional development resources and mentorships including our First Year Experience program, Individual Development Plans, and Career Path resources and tools. You will be surrounded by exceptional talent who will support your development as both a world-class engineer and a highly effective leader.
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