What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Controls Engineer position at Base Power Company?
About Base
Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.
About The Role
Base is seeking a Manufacturing Controls Engineer to contribute to deliver new manufacturing lines to produce battery backup systems. In this role you are directly responsible for the design and implementation of these manufacturing lines. You will work with cross-functional teams to establish the required functionality of the manufacturing system and bring that system into reality.
What You’ll Do
Our Values
Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.
About The Role
Base is seeking a Manufacturing Controls Engineer to contribute to deliver new manufacturing lines to produce battery backup systems. In this role you are directly responsible for the design and implementation of these manufacturing lines. You will work with cross-functional teams to establish the required functionality of the manufacturing system and bring that system into reality.
What You’ll Do
- Design and launch manufacturing lines for new products being mass-produced for the first time.
- Develop controls systems that merge traditional PLC logic with a modern software stack.
- Be the person capable of doing it all. Perform hands-on work with full-scale production equipment, from initial commissioning to mass production and ramp.
- Contribute to Base Power’s hardware and software standards for future equipment development.
- Lead machine suppliers to successful project delivery. Collaborate on high-level machine and line designs decisions, lead supplier design reviews and factory acceptance testing, and coordinate across multiple internal teams to land a successful production line at any Base facility.
- 3 years programming experience in PLC or industrial controllers (e.g., Allen-Bradley, Siemens).
- Experience programming and setting up industrial robots (e.g., Fanuc, KUKA).
- Electrical schematic design using ePLAN or AutoCAD.
- Experience in a manufacturing setting.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting and fixing electro-mechanical devices.
- Familiar with common hand tools and diagnostic tools (e.g., multimeters).
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Science, similar degree, or equivalent experience.
- Make an impact: Contribute to sustainable, reliable energy solutions that are shaping the future.
- Innovate and grow: Be part of a dynamic, fast-growing team at the forefront of IoT and energy technology.
- Advance your career: enjoy competitive compensation, benefits, and clear opportunities for professional growth.
Our Values
- First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules.
- Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.
- Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.
- Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.
- Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.
- Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in.
- Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.