Automation Engineer, Controls

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Design, program, integrate, and commission controls systems for automated manufacturing equipment.
• Develop PLC software using Beckhoff TwinCAT and Mach's standardized controls architecture and software libraries.
• Configure Beckhoff IPCs, EtherCAT I/O, servo drives, instrumentation, sensors, and industrial communication networks.
• Develop machine sequences, state machines, interlocks, alarms, fault handling, diagnostics, and recovery logic.
• Integrate PLC-controlled equipment with industrial robots, machine vision, motion systems, test equipment, and process instrumentation.
• Implement machine-safety systems including safety PLC logic, interlocks, guarding, emergency stops, and safe motion.
• Develop HMIs and operator interfaces for equipment operation, diagnostics, maintenance, and fault recovery.
• Support electrical design, controls architecture, I/O definition, device selection, and equipment documentation.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 2+ years of experience developing industrial automation, controls, or automated manufacturing equipment.
• Hands-on PLC programming experience.
• Experience integrating sensors, actuators, distributed I/O, instrumentation, or motion-control systems.
• Understanding of industrial electrical and controls systems including 24 VDC I/O, relays, contactors, drives, motors, and industrial networks.
• Experience developing machine sequences, interlocks, alarms, fault handling, and recovery logic.
• Experience commissioning or troubleshooting automated equipment.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and troubleshoot electrical and controls systems directly on manufacturing equipment.