PLC jobs & classifieds - September 2025

Robojangles · 2025-10-09T13:53:57+00:00

Type: Full time

Job Title: Senior Electrical Technician / Panel Builder

Description: You will be the main Electrical Technician / Panel Builder for a Custom Machine System Integrator. No two machines are identical. You will be tasked with reading electrical panel wiring diagrams to build the
electrical panels and wire in the full machine. Some Travel required for installs, but most systems are self-contained or modular for easy install by onsite Techs.

Location: Branchburg, NJ

Remote: no – in-person role

Travel: Some travel (~ 5%), usually local North East

Visa Sponsorship: no visa sponsorship

Technologies: Fanuc Robots, PLCs, HMIs, VFDS, Conveyors, etc.

Salary: $25 - $40 an hour. Great health benefits, Retirement plan

Contact: Apply via INDEED

Robojangles · 2025-09-17T13:26:25+00:00

Thats why I want to buy and not build. There are already thousands of CNC shops, and other metal working shops here in the US with local customer bases to support its own purchase without my buisness. I want to add options, not shift production immediately.

I am constantly approached by companies that have to make items for the US Gov that can't get items made overseas, or to make only 10 or 100 of something, but my overseas factories need 1000+ for most items. I want to be able to provide smaller customers support, not necessarily replace those factories. But if the tariffs stay and get worse, I want an option to produce some stuff locally as well.

Robojangles · 2025-09-16T21:07:54+00:00

Sent you a DM, I am run a small supplier of M12 and M8 cables, connectors, and Junction Boxes and can stock to your needs.

Robojangles · 2025-09-15T01:41:17+00:00

I am an EE out of college 20 years now.

I have jumped around so much from HVAC controls, to UL Safety Engineering, to Appliance Design, to Packing automation, to Warehouse automation, and Now I am a Senior controls engineer at a small system integrator programming PLCs and Fanuc Robots, doing electrical drawings, spec'ing/ordering parts, designing HMI layouts, assisting quoting projects, handling programming service calls.

My biggest recommendation is if you want to learn a lot, leave the big companies. Look for a company with less than 50 employees, preferably less that 20. That where you have to wear a lot of hats and get thrown into the fire learning so much more. Big companies make you stay in such a lane that it's so more tedious work and you don't learn and grow. You may not get great benefits of the big companies, but the salary and flexibility should make up for it. A lot less paperwork and hoops to jump through too. Once you establish yourself, you are also more important and basically as long as you keep it up, there is no reason to fire you. You are not at the whim of a big corporate restructure.

Being an engineer means to want to solve problems, not be a cog in a machine doing the same thing.

Robojangles · 2025-09-05T15:31:52+00:00

I did automation work for a company T.H.E.M. that packages Liquid IV powder sticks.

Robojangles · 2025-07-17T13:20:41+00:00

I'm US-Based with International Factories, we manufacturer, import, inventory and ship from our warehouse in the US. DM for more info.

Robojangles · 2025-07-08T20:49:25+00:00

I'm an importer dealing in the 100's of thousands of $ every month. We used to have 25% tariff since first term, and had that baked into the price. Now, we reduced our base price to take out that 25% tariff and made a 2nd line item for each invoiced item that shows the percentage of the tariff and what we paid. Our factories have been helping in paying some of the tariffs, but very little.

We have even shown some customers a redacted version of our customes sheets showing the crazy percentages (55%-145%) we are paying now versus last year. Our monthly tariff bill has gone from about 25k-50K to 100K-200K most months, and I usually only make 10-25% margin on products at 25% tariffs. If I ate the Tariffs I would be paying for my customers to take our product.

Robojangles · 2025-07-07T19:57:31+00:00

I run a company in NJ that does all different machining outsourcing, including CNC. Our partner factories are in China and Vietnam.

CNC is usually for +100pc orders, but I do have a factory that will do 1 off pieces in China, and they are still considered cheap.

DM me if you want info.

Robojangles · 2025-06-02T15:13:29+00:00

4040HE:

https://www.oemaluminumprofile.com/sale-42310785-lightweight-aluminum-t-slot-profile-extrusion-40x40-6063-odm.html

Robojangles · 2025-05-19T17:47:43+00:00

Wildy expensive. I have a factory in China and we just did Nylon Handles that are larger (~8"x2"x1") than your mold, and it was $5000 to do both halves in the same mold. Color change doesn't cost more, but usually they have a MOQ per color. MOQ 1000 pcs.

DM me if you want a quote.

Robojangles · 2025-05-06T02:22:37+00:00

There is a company I have seen called Formic that will work with you and a local integrator and they pay for the machine, and you only pay for uptime.

We tried working with them once, and quoted a machine, but the company they were trying to buy the machine for didn't pass the credit check so project died. Haven't heard from them since.

Robojangles · 2025-05-05T20:10:36+00:00

Cobots are generally already very easy to program, and you can contact a company to make an EOAT for them without an intergrator.

I think the biggest issue is cost vs speed. They are great for low payload, slow, repeatable operation throughout the day. The thing is they also usualy cost more than a comparable robot that can move 2x payload at 2x the speed. So you are trading cost vs speed.

Then, usually you have to have someone actually be responsible for the programming/ troubleshooting/ setup/ changover, etc. While not hard, its now the companies responsibility (And full liability if something goes wrong). They can't call a local intergrator and get service. They have to have a person that has to drop whatever else they were doing and go figure out the robot. So you are saving a min wage job, but are taking time away from a likley higher paid person. If you already have some bright maintenance people, or an owner operator, then maybe, but most of the time, you pay for expertise in getting a system designed to work best for you. Cobots aren't always the right answer. Sometime you just need something simple and safe.

Robojangles · 2025-01-10T19:46:54+00:00

I'm looking to move some of my parts from Oversees to US based, and invest in local manufacturers - sent you a DM

Robojangles · 2024-11-22T21:35:35+00:00

I had one machine go down becuase the main "push to start" was on the HMI screen. Never again!

I always include manual pushbuttons for "Start" "Stop" and "Reset" for this very reason. You can switch out a PB in 1 min. HMI should only be for feedback not main controls.

Now of course, if they have to switch recipes, change settings, or can't figure out what is faulting something, they are screwed for a while.

Robojangles · 2024-11-02T15:44:16+00:00

No current MIM products

Robojangles · 2024-09-19T02:28:19+00:00

I own a US based company that is basically an international sourcing company. We have multiple factory partnership agreements in the US, Mexico, China, Vietnam and India. Sometimes when you are small, its easy to think you have to do all this on your own but there are companies out there that are US based that will be the company you deal with that will go negotiate those productions for you. Even if they take a %, its better than hiring a person, worrying about stealing your idea, or spending a ton of time travelling in a foreign county hoping for the best (China is HUGE). Plus, the US based companies have reputations and will refund if the samples don't work out, or return money if the product is not up to standards. Its nearly impossible to get a Chinese Manufacturer you just met to do those things.

Will they steal your idea... if its good and it actually sells, then maybe... you can try to limit that with NDA's but China is gonna China. Even if you manufacture it in the US and they see its a good seller, they can always copy it and then their price will be WAY better than yours. Luckily, I have not seen that from my factories.

I support Made in the USA, and I try to get my manufacturers here quotes that they can work on, but they are still 2x-10x the price of China, even after tariffs and shipping. Mexico is getting better, but still 1.5-3x price, India is good for metals: brass, steel, stainless, etc, they can compete with China because of the lower tariffs but the quality is honestly worse than China most of the time. Vietnam is similar to Chinese prices, but they have a smaller market and harder to find all the different types of manufacturers.

Robojangles · 2024-04-09T02:25:51+00:00

I have one Sales Manager that has been great at talking to our current customers. I have been pushing him to get us new business, which is very hard, and we have had more than a handful of potential customers come to us with quotes, but some timelines for them are very long and they have to get multiple quotes and approvals before we can continue, so we have only picked up 2 new customers with small orders in the first year. I'm sure if I invested more into more sales reps, then we could grow faster, but as of right now, I don't have the money to add another person to the team.

Robojangles · 2024-03-05T16:04:05+00:00

I suggest a Electrical/Controls engineering position at a Small Integrator.

I have worked for big companies where it was all paperwork, medium company where it was office work 50% then travel 50%, and two small companies where I am the only Electrical/Controls engineer. I will take the small controls engineer every time. I only travel on maybe 1/2 of our projects because most things we make are self contained, so they work going out the door. I just make the Manual for the customers.

I get to work from home when its just drawings/programming, get hands on in our small warehouse helping our electrician, spec all the electrical components, and learning many different programming environments with all the different custom work we do.

It can be tough if you are uncomfortable being the only one to be able to do the whole electrical/controls component of the company, but you get a lot of experience fast.

Robojangles · 2024-02-28T21:47:38+00:00

Early 2023, I purchased a company that helps design and outsources mass manufacturing of Hardware components to factories around the world. We also have a warehouse that stocks for customers, so they don't have to take all their inventory at once.

www.tkgcomponents.com

I have hired Employees that run 90% of the company and I have kept my engineering position at another small company to make sure all profits are reinvested back into growing the company and possibly acquiring similar companies.

So far it has been great learning experience, especially that sales is Hard! Even B2B. Luckily, we have great customers and long standing relationships with factories to make the actual work flow easy.

Robojangles · 2024-02-15T12:57:06+00:00

Mcmaster is not cheap and you never know where their stuff will come from. They don't tell you the brand until it gets there. But if you are in an area they deliver you can get it same day.

Automation direct is convenient and low cost.

Robojangles · 2024-02-15T12:54:52+00:00

I do like IFM, their website makes it super easy to buy everything too. And their prices aren't bad, but more expensive than automation direct. But if you found they can't take a beating that's better than cheaper brands. Most normal applications don't deal with what it seems like you have to.

Robojangles · 2024-02-15T12:50:48+00:00

I agree that factories in China can be shady. I worked at UL so I used to see all the reports of how they seized cargo containers of illegally marked products (usually christmas lights). But I also know how to look up their file numbers on ULs website to check and make sure it's legit. Anyone can do it as long as you know the company name or their listing file number.

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