Your role Instrumentation, Electrical & Controls Engineer You are an aspiring or early-career engineer who is eager to build a foundation in complex electrical and control systems. You are looking to kickstart your professional journey with a world market leader in sustainable turbomachinery solutions, working within a collaborative team of dedicated engineers. You possess strong analytical skills and a desire to learn how to design, understand, and test PLC-based control and safety systems for highly specialized process equipment. As an excellent communicator and positive team player, you thrive on learning new technical skills, taking ownership of assignments, and bringing them to simple, effective conclusions.
The compensation range for this position is $97,564.90 - $168,112.15 annually. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual bonus. Atlas Copco provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, tuition assistance, referral bonus, and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.
What you will own & improve - Specification Review & Application: Learn to review and interpret customer specifications, incorporating their requirements into safe, optimal designs while following internal standards and industry best practices.
- Design & Documentation: Create and maintain high-quality electrical schematics, drawings, material lists, and project documentation using modern engineering software.
- Quality & Performance Testing: Perform hands-on factory acceptance testing (FAT) on control panels and electrical sub-systems to ensure zero critical gaps.
- Component Specification: Gain deep knowledge of marketplace components used in turboexpander control systems and produce detailed, cost-effective technical specifications for them.
- Cross-Functional Communication: Participate in technical discussions with customers and suppliers, and provide accurate, timely engineering data to project management, sales, manufacturing, and service teams.
To succeed, you will need What you already know - Technical Foundations: Your Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (or a similar engineering discipline) gives you a solid fundamental understanding of electrical engineering principles.
- Experience Level: You have 0 to 5 years of related experience and a strong desire to continuously learn, self-correct, and self-improve.
- Software Tools: You are competent with Autodesk AutoCAD. Familiarity with Dassault Enovia PLM software, SAP enterprise software, and the Allen Bradley family of software is a plus. Familiarity with the ePlan software suite is a significant plus.
- Industry Standards: You have an awareness of, or exposure to, basic electrical industry standards (such as the NEC, CSA, or IEC) and Hazardous Location requirements.
- Core Competencies: You are a self-starter with a positive "make-happen" attitude, capable of handling multiple tasks in a dynamic team environment.
How Success is measured - On-Time Project Delivery: Delivering accurate engineering documentation, drawing packages, and assigned project milestones on schedule.
- Design Quality & Cost Control: Continuously improving and simplifying control system designs to reduce costs while fully retaining required performance and safety.
- Testing Excellence: Executing successful factory acceptance tests on control panels with minimal revisions.
- Process Compliance: Strict adherence to department engineering workflows, work instructions, and documentation standards.
In return, we offer What you will learn (if you don't know already) - How to apply advanced electrical industry standards (NEC, CSA, IEC) directly to turboexpander instrumentation and control systems.
- Deep-dive technical knowledge of specialized components and proprietary PLC-based control logic used in world-class turbomachinery.
- How to navigate internal cross-functional workflows connecting Systems Engineering with shop production, aftermarket, and project management teams.
Job locationThis role requires you to work on-site at our office in Santa Maria CA, United States (US). You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.
About the Team: This role reports directly to the Instrumentation, Electrical, and Controls (IE&C) Engineering Manager within the Systems Engineering department. You will join a highly skilled sub-department of 7+ engineers in a role focused on mentorship, professional growth, and foundational skill development.
Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC is located on the beautiful Central Coast of California. We manufacture a wide range of Turbo Expanders and equipment that support renewable energy as well as liquefied natural gas, chemical, and petrochemical industries. Locally, our facility is a California Certified Green Business. Our Think GREEN Initiative has reduced our landfill impact significantly by implementing ambitious recycling programs and reducing our carbon footprint.
Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company uses its culture of diversity and inclusion to operate its factory and manufacture equipment safely and in a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable manner. See for more information about our company's sustainability goals and culture.
Atlas Copco Atlas Copco delivers innovative products and solutions that help businesses grow and drive progress. Our portfolio spans compressed air and gas systems and treatment, vacuum solutions, industrial power tools, assembly systems, and power and flow solutions. We bring a commitment to long-term success built on expertise, reliable service, and uptime. When you level up to the Atlas Copco experience you enter a partnership based on quality, sustainability, and ease of collaboration. The technology we bring, and the decades of experience support the future-proofing of your business. Atlas Copco is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.
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Company: Atlas Copco Group
Functional area: Engineering Location: US - United States City: Santa Maria CA On-site/remote: On-Site Brand: Atlas Copco Company Name: Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC Date of Posting: August 20, 2026 Last day to apply: September 5, 2026
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