Controls Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Professional experience with industrial automation, controls engineering, automated machinery, or related equipment.
• Experience with PLC-based machine-control systems.
• Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and technical documentation.
• Strong electrical and controls troubleshooting skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred.
• Five or more years of relevant controls, automation, or machine-development experience preferred.
• Experience taking automated machinery from design through checkout, commissioning, and Factory Acceptance Testing.
• Experience with Rockwell PLCs and ladder logic.
• Experience with FactoryTalk View, Ignition, or similar HMI platforms.
• Experience with AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, or similar electrical design tools.
• Experience designing industrial control panels and machine electrical systems.
• Experience with sensors, actuators, motors, VFDs, servo drives, industrial communications, and machine-safety systems.
• Experience with automated assembly machinery, robotics, motion-control systems, or other industrial automation.
• Experience supporting biomedical, medical-device, life-science, or other controlled manufacturing applications.
• Experience creating and maintaining as-built electrical drawings and controls documentation.
• Experience with functional safety, safety-rated control systems, machine interlocks, or Safety Integrity Level (SIL) applications.
• Experience with SIL 1, SIL 2, or SIL 3 systems is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical controls designs for automated machinery and assembly equipment.
• Create electrical schematics, control panel layouts, I/O documentation, and bills of material.
• Develop PLC software for automated equipment and machine-control applications.
• Develop machine sequences, operating modes, permissives, interlocks, alarms, diagnostics, and recovery functions.
• Develop HMI applications, including operator screens, equipment status, alarms, and diagnostics.
• Integrate PLCs, sensors, actuators, motors, drives, and other machine-control components.
• Support electrical panel and machine assembly activities.
• Perform machine checkout, controls troubleshooting, and commissioning.
• Develop and execute functional tests to verify machine and controls performance.
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and equipment verification activities.
• Investigate electrical, controls, and software issues and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, and project engineering teams.
• Incorporate checkout and commissioning changes into final as-built electrical drawings and controls software.
• Create and maintain technical documentation throughout the project lifecycle.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Supplemental vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Retirement savings account with Traditional 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Plan
• Dependent Care HSA for medical expenses
• Bonus plan for exempt employees
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• Bereavement leave
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Education assistance