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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Electrical Engineer

Controls & Automation EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeShanghai, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Associate degree or above in Automation, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
  • At least 3 years of experience in electrical development, debugging, or improvement of automation equipment.
  • Familiarity with automation control systems, including programmable logic controllers, human-machine interfaces, servo systems, vision systems, and robot systems.
  • Experience in equipment debugging, acceptance, and mass-production optimization.
  • Strong on-site troubleshooting, analytical problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, introduce, and continuously improve electrical control systems for automation equipment and fixtures.
  • Work with MIE to define and confirm equipment technical solutions and control standards, ensuring they meet production, quality, maintenance, and safety requirements.
  • Participate in standardizing equipment control platforms and key spare parts, and help drive alignment on equipment platforms and spare-parts brand standards.
  • Develop trial-run and acceptance plans for equipment, and organize equipment debugging, validation, and acceptance activities.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of new equipment from development, trial production, and acceptance through handover to mass production.
  • Support the stable operation of mass-production equipment and fixtures while continuously improving equipment reliability, production efficiency, and product quality.
  • Analyze and resolve equipment-control-related issues, and drive equipment optimization and automation improvement projects.
  • Collaborate with Production, MIE, Quality, Maintenance, and supplier teams to support smooth project execution and continuous improvement.
  • Guide automation technicians in equipment debugging, maintenance, and improvement activities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting equipment standardization, control-platform standardization, or key spare-parts standardization.
  • Experience driving automation improvement projects in a manufacturing environment.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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