Electrical Controls Engineer Jobs in Ohio
Electrical controls engineer jobs in Ohio are consistently in demand, with the state's deep manufacturing base, automotive supply chain, and industrial automation sector driving openings at every level from entry-level through senior. Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati are the primary hiring hubs, and employers like Honda, Parker Hannifin, and Rockwell Automation maintain strong and lasting presences across Ohio. The most sought-after specialties include PLC programming, SCADA systems integration, and robotics controls. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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To learn more about our Marietta, Ohio site, including the work we do, our culture, and what makes the location unique, visit our Marietta careers page and watch the site video: Marietta | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Embedded Controls Engineering Manager
Location: Marietta, OH (Onsite)
Non-Local candidates may be eligible for relocation support
Travel: Up to 10% Domestic Travel
Lead the Technology Behind Products That Protect Critical Research
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As our Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll lead the development of intelligent control systems that power our ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers, cryogenic storage systems, and controlled-rate freezing technologies.
These products safeguard life-saving vaccines, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and irreplaceable scientific samples used by researchers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology organizations around the world.
This is a hands-on engineering leadership role where you'll guide embedded hardware and software development, influence product architecture, and lead a global team delivering next-generation control solutions for a growing portfolio of innovative laboratory products.
What You'll Do
As the Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll provide both technical leadership and people leadership while driving the embedded controls strategy across multiple product platforms.
Engineering & Technical Leadership
- Lead a global team of electrical engineers, embedded software engineers, and engineering technicians located in North America and India.
- Define and drive the embedded controls architecture and technology roadmap for Thermo Fisher's cold storage and cryogenic product portfolio.
- Provide technical leadership for embedded firmware, hardware, sensing technologies, communications, and control algorithms.
- Develop scalable, modular control platforms that support future product innovation and platform reuse.
- Guide architecture decisions that improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
- Support technology development and innovation initiatives that contribute to future products and intellectual property.
New Product Development
- Lead embedded controls development throughout the complete New Product Development (NPD) lifecycle.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
- Support existing products while driving next-generation platform development.
- Collaborate with global manufacturing sites to ensure successful product launches and ongoing production support.
Software Development & Systems Engineering
- Champion modern embedded software development practices using Agile methodologies.
- Promote best practices for software architecture, coding standards, design reviews, version control, testing, and release management.
- Drive requirements management, traceability, and documentation using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Git.
- Lead development of system-level specifications, verification strategies, and validation plans.
Quality & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure embedded hardware and software designs meet applicable regulatory, safety, and certification requirements including UL, IEC, CE, CSA, and other applicable standards.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to maintain design controls, risk analyses, verification, validation, and requirements traceability.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and compliance.
Leadership & Team Development
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global engineering organization.
- Allocate engineering resources across multiple programs and priorities.
- Partner with project managers to develop project schedules, staffing plans, and budgets.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on innovation, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
Technologies You'll Work With
You'll help shape the future of intelligent laboratory equipment using technologies such as:
- Embedded C/C++
- Embedded microcontrollers
- Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- PCB design and schematic development
- Analog and digital circuit design
- PI/PID control algorithms
- Sensors, actuators, and data acquisition systems
- Serial communications (UART, SPI, I2C)
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity
- Git, Jira, and Confluence
- Automated testing and validation systems
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Five or more years leading embedded hardware and software engineering teams.
- Three or more years designing and developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products.
- Experience with embedded firmware development using C/C++.
- Strong understanding of embedded system architecture, microcontrollers, and real-time control systems.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams through product development.
- Strong communication, leadership, and project management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience developing products for regulated industries such as medical devices, laboratory equipment, or industrial controls.
- Experience with PCB design, circuit simulation, and design for manufacturability.
- Knowledge of embedded Linux or RTOS environments.
- Experience with Qt framework or modern embedded user interfaces.
- Familiarity with cloud-connected or IoT-enabled embedded systems.
- Experience developing thermal control systems, refrigeration controls, or other precision electromechanical systems.
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement methodologies.
What Makes You Successful
You are a collaborative engineering leader who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while developing high-performing teams. You combine strong technical expertise with strategic thinking and enjoy influencing product direction from concept through commercialization.
You thrive in an environment where innovation, quality, customer focus, and continuous improvement are valued every day.
Why Join Thermo Fisher Scientific?
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll have the opportunity to influence products that support scientific discovery and improve lives around the world.
We Offer
- Leadership opportunity with a global Fortune 100 company
- Ownership of embedded controls architecture across a growing product portfolio
- Opportunity to lead global engineering teams and drive next-generation product innovation
- Competitive compensation and annual incentive bonus
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits beginning on Day 1
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off and company holidays
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Career advancement within one of the world's leading science and technology organizations
- A collaborative culture focused on innovation, inclusion, quality, and continuous learning
If you're passionate about embedded systems, engineering leadership, and developing technologies that support scientific breakthroughs, we invite you to join Thermo Fisher Scientific and help shape the future of laboratory equipment used around the world.
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
To learn more about our Marietta, Ohio site, including the work we do, our culture, and what makes the location unique, visit our Marietta careers page and watch the site video: Marietta | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Embedded Controls Engineering Manager
Location: Marietta, OH (Onsite)
Non-Local candidates may be eligible for relocation support
Travel: Up to 10% Domestic Travel
Lead the Technology Behind Products That Protect Critical Research
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As our Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll lead the development of intelligent control systems that power our ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers, cryogenic storage systems, and controlled-rate freezing technologies.
These products safeguard life-saving vaccines, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and irreplaceable scientific samples used by researchers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology organizations around the world.
This is a hands-on engineering leadership role where you'll guide embedded hardware and software development, influence product architecture, and lead a global team delivering next-generation control solutions for a growing portfolio of innovative laboratory products.
What You'll Do
As the Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll provide both technical leadership and people leadership while driving the embedded controls strategy across multiple product platforms.
Engineering & Technical Leadership
- Lead a global team of electrical engineers, embedded software engineers, and engineering technicians located in North America and India.
- Define and drive the embedded controls architecture and technology roadmap for Thermo Fisher's cold storage and cryogenic product portfolio.
- Provide technical leadership for embedded firmware, hardware, sensing technologies, communications, and control algorithms.
- Develop scalable, modular control platforms that support future product innovation and platform reuse.
- Guide architecture decisions that improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
- Support technology development and innovation initiatives that contribute to future products and intellectual property.
New Product Development
- Lead embedded controls development throughout the complete New Product Development (NPD) lifecycle.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
- Support existing products while driving next-generation platform development.
- Collaborate with global manufacturing sites to ensure successful product launches and ongoing production support.
Software Development & Systems Engineering
- Champion modern embedded software development practices using Agile methodologies.
- Promote best practices for software architecture, coding standards, design reviews, version control, testing, and release management.
- Drive requirements management, traceability, and documentation using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Git.
- Lead development of system-level specifications, verification strategies, and validation plans.
Quality & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure embedded hardware and software designs meet applicable regulatory, safety, and certification requirements including UL, IEC, CE, CSA, and other applicable standards.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to maintain design controls, risk analyses, verification, validation, and requirements traceability.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and compliance.
Leadership & Team Development
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global engineering organization.
- Allocate engineering resources across multiple programs and priorities.
- Partner with project managers to develop project schedules, staffing plans, and budgets.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on innovation, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
Technologies You'll Work With
You'll help shape the future of intelligent laboratory equipment using technologies such as:
- Embedded C/C++
- Embedded microcontrollers
- Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- PCB design and schematic development
- Analog and digital circuit design
- PI/PID control algorithms
- Sensors, actuators, and data acquisition systems
- Serial communications (UART, SPI, I2C)
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity
- Git, Jira, and Confluence
- Automated testing and validation systems
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Five or more years leading embedded hardware and software engineering teams.
- Three or more years designing and developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products.
- Experience with embedded firmware development using C/C++.
- Strong understanding of embedded system architecture, microcontrollers, and real-time control systems.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams through product development.
- Strong communication, leadership, and project management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience developing products for regulated industries such as medical devices, laboratory equipment, or industrial controls.
- Experience with PCB design, circuit simulation, and design for manufacturability.
- Knowledge of embedded Linux or RTOS environments.
- Experience with Qt framework or modern embedded user interfaces.
- Familiarity with cloud-connected or IoT-enabled embedded systems.
- Experience developing thermal control systems, refrigeration controls, or other precision electromechanical systems.
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement methodologies.
What Makes You Successful
You are a collaborative engineering leader who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while developing high-performing teams. You combine strong technical expertise with strategic thinking and enjoy influencing product direction from concept through commercialization.
You thrive in an environment where innovation, quality, customer focus, and continuous improvement are valued every day.
Why Join Thermo Fisher Scientific?
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll have the opportunity to influence products that support scientific discovery and improve lives around the world.
We Offer
- Leadership opportunity with a global Fortune 100 company
- Ownership of embedded controls architecture across a growing product portfolio
- Opportunity to lead global engineering teams and drive next-generation product innovation
- Competitive compensation and annual incentive bonus
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits beginning on Day 1
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off and company holidays
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Career advancement within one of the world's leading science and technology organizations
- A collaborative culture focused on innovation, inclusion, quality, and continuous learning
If you're passionate about embedded systems, engineering leadership, and developing technologies that support scientific breakthroughs, we invite you to join Thermo Fisher Scientific and help shape the future of laboratory equipment used around the world.
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What Ohio Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in electrical controls engineer jobs across Ohio.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, controls engineering, or a closely related discipline
- Hands-on experience programming PLCs from Allen-Bradley, Siemens, or Omron platforms
- Proficiency designing and troubleshooting control systems including HMI and SCADA applications
- Ability to read and develop electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and panel layouts
- Familiarity with industrial automation standards including NEC, NFPA 70E, and UL 508A
- Strong collaboration skills for working alongside mechanical engineers and production teams on-site
Electrical Controls Engineer Jobs in Ohio: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a electrical controls engineer in Ohio?
Most electrical controls engineers in Ohio start with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field from an Ohio university such as Ohio State, Case Western Reserve, or the University of Cincinnati. Ohio does not require a state license for engineers employed in private industry, but those offering services to the public must register as a Professional Engineer through the State of Ohio Engineers and Surveyors Board. Gaining PLC programming experience through internships or co-ops with Ohio manufacturers significantly strengthens early career prospects.
How much do electrical controls engineers make in Ohio?
Electrical controls engineers in Ohio earn a median of about $100,620 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $72,690 for the lowest 10% to over $149,390 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire electrical controls engineers in Ohio?
Employers hiring electrical controls engineers in Ohio right now include Thermo Fisher Scientific, AECOM, and Amazon, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Ohio's concentration of automotive, aerospace, and industrial manufacturing plants means openings appear consistently across both large corporations and regional systems integrators.
Which Ohio cities have the most electrical controls engineer jobs?
Columbus, Cincinnati, and Akron have the most electrical controls engineer openings in Ohio. Columbus leads due to its broad manufacturing and technology base, Cleveland draws heavily from its legacy of industrial automation and process manufacturing, and Cincinnati benefits from the concentration of large consumer goods and automotive suppliers operating plants throughout the southwest Ohio corridor.
Are there remote electrical controls engineer jobs in Ohio?
Yes, but they're rare. Electrical controls engineering is fundamentally hands-on work requiring presence on factory floors, in control panels, and during equipment commissioning, which limits remote options significantly. About 0% of electrical controls engineer openings tied to Ohio are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and those tend to involve design, programming review, or project management phases rather than installation and startup work.
How can I get hired as a electrical controls engineer in Ohio with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a co-op or internship through an Ohio university engineering program, as employers like Honda, Parker Hannifin, and Emerson actively recruit Ohio graduates through structured programs. Candidates from adjacent roles such as industrial electrician, automation technician, or maintenance engineer often transition in by pairing their hands-on experience with PLC programming coursework. Building a demonstrable portfolio of controls projects and pursuing a Certified Control Systems Technician credential through ISA can give a candidate without a full engineering background a clear edge.
Where can I find and apply to electrical controls engineer jobs in Ohio?
You can find and apply to electrical controls engineer jobs in Ohio on Migrate Mate, which lists current Ohio openings. Search the available roles, find the ones that fit your background and location, and apply directly.
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