Automation Controls Engineer

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (electro-mechanical preferred) or equivalent experience

3-6 years delivering automated cells end-to-end in industrial manufacturing

PLCs & motion — Production experience with Beckhoff and/or Siemens, plus hands-on servo / VFD tuning and commissioning

Robotics — Programmed a major ecosystem (ABB, Fanuc, Kuka, etc.); comfortable simulating cells before hardware exists

Electrical & networks — Cabinet / panel design to NFPA 79 and UL 508A; fluent across EtherCAT, PROFINET, and OPC UA

Sensors & safety — Confident selecting and integrating digital/analog sensors and safety devices; can run a risk assessment and defend a PL rating against ISO 13849

Commissioning — Strong practical skills on the floor: wrenching, reading schematics, tracing variables, and finding root cause fast

Excellent written and verbal communication; works well with ME, tooling, and software partners

High-level programming (C# or Python) to close platform gaps

Machine vision experience (Cognex, Keyence, Zivid, LMI)

HMI development in Ignition or WinCC

MES / API integration (REST, MQTT, OPC UA)

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