Control Systems Engineer

Location: St. Joe, IN

Pay: $85–$110/hour, based on experience

Schedule: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced Control Systems Engineer to support the development and commissioning of new, highly automated manufacturing lines.

This is not a maintenance or production troubleshooting role.

You will work with a corporate automation engineering team to design, program, integrate, and commission new control systems from the ground up.

What You'll Be Doing

• Write and develop PLC programs for new automated production equipment

• Program Allen-Bradley ControlLogix using Studio 5000

• Develop machine sequences, interlocks, alarms, AOIs, UDTs, and reusable controls code

• Develop and integrate Ignition HMI/SCADA applications

• Integrate PLCs with:

  • VFDs and motors

  • Servo/motion systems

  • Robotics

  • Vision systems

  • Safety systems

  • Instrumentation

  • OEM equipment

• Develop PLC-to-SCADA and equipment-to-equipment communications

• Review controls architecture, electrical designs, I/O, and industrial networks

• Work directly with OEMs and system integrators

• Participate in FAT and controls testing

• Support equipment installation, startup, and commissioning

• Debug and optimize programs during production startup

• Help establish controls standards for future automated manufacturing lines

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of controls or industrial automation experience preferred

• Strong hands-on PLC programming experience

• Advanced Allen-Bradley / Rockwell experience

• Strong Studio 5000 / ControlLogix programming

• Experience writing PLC programs from scratch

• Experience with new machinery, equipment installations, or automated production lines

• HMI/SCADA development experience

• Experience taking projects from programming through field commissioning

• Ability to independently own complex controls-development projects

Ignition

Hands-on Inductive Automation Ignition development experience is highly preferred.

Relevant Ignition experience may include:

• Perspective or Vision

• Tags and UDTs

• Alarming

• Historian

• OPC

• SQL/database integration

• Scripting

• Gateway configuration

• Reusable templates and standards

We are specifically interested in engineers who have developed systems in Ignition, not only used or supported an existing Ignition application.

Additional Experience We Like

• PowerFlex

• Kinetix

• GuardLogix

• Servo/motion control

• Robotics integration

• Machine vision

• Industrial Ethernet/IP

• High-speed manufacturing

• Material handling

• OEM machinery

• Systems integration

• Greenfield/new-line projects

Who This Role Is For

This is a strong fit if your background is in:

• Controls systems integration

• Machine building

• OEM automation

• PLC software development

• Corporate automation engineering

• New equipment commissioning

You should be comfortable being given a new machine or production-line concept and taking the controls portion through:

Design → PLC Programming → HMI/SCADA → Integration → Testing → Startup → Commissioning

If most of your experience has been building and programming automation systems rather than simply maintaining existing equipment, we want to talk with you.

You should be proficient in:

• PLC Programming Experience
• SCADA Experience
• ignition