Industrial automation controllers and EtherCAT I/O systems for safety-critical applications
SALZ Automation builds hardware control systems and I/O modules for machinery and plant engineering, with a heavy emphasis on functional safety—nearly all active projects center on safety-critical components, architecture, and compliance testing. The engineering-dominant hiring mix and focus on IEC 61131 + EtherCAT + CODESYS signals a company scaling production engineering and embedded systems work rather than sales or platform expansion.
SALZ Automation, founded in 2021 and based in Bad Salzuflen, Germany, manufactures industrial control systems, EtherCAT I/O subsystems, safety modules, and panel PCs for machinery builders and plant integrators. The product line spans industrial high-performance controllers, PCIe modules, Ethernet switches, and power supplies—all positioned around open, flexible automation architectures. The company operates as a hardware-first manufacturer with embedded software capabilities, currently scaling engineering headcount to handle safety certification and validation workloads.
EtherCAT and PROFINET. The company develops both EtherCAT I/O systems and industrial Ethernet switches as core product lines, and uses CODESYS and IEC 61131-3 for PLC programming across customer applications.
Altium Designer and KiCad for hardware design; CODESYS and Siemens TIA Portal for control software; C/C++ and Python for embedded and application development.
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