PLC Controls Engineer - Custom Automation (Jr/Mid/Sr Openings)

Job Description PLC Controls Engineer – Custom Automation (Jr/Mid/Sr Openings) $75,000 – $110,000 Base Salary + Profit Sharing • Greater Milwaukee Area • Onsite / Travel Flex Join a rapidly expanding custom controls integrator doubling in size annually with zero corporate bureaucracy Own your automation code from a blank-screen architecture all the way through to live on-site field commissioning EXPERIENCE LEVEL 2+ years of professional automation depth (Openings actively calibrated for Junior, Mid-Level, and Senior talents) CORE LOGIC Proven mastery developing PLC and HMI programs entirely from scratch using Rockwell / Allen-Bradley platforms (Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000) TRAVEL & ROAD BALANCE 25% to 50% domestic travel to spearhead on-site client commissions. Elite travel perk: Weekend field deployments automatically trigger immediate, guaranteed comp days for 4-day weekends upon return. COMPENSATION $75,000 – $110,000 annual base range + substantial annual holiday bonuses and highly impactful profit-sharing payouts WORK TYPE Full-Time, Permanent, W-2 direct hire position (Highly dynamic, collaborative engineering lab and assembly environment) LOCATION Greater Milwaukee / Washington County corridor (Must reside within a comfortable 45-minute commute of the area) COMPLIANCE United States Citizens or Green Card holders only (Sponsorship is not available) If you are a controls engineer who is tired of being stuck in a repetitive plant maintenance loop or siloed into rewriting the exact same corporate machine template for the thousandth time, we offer the ultimate antidote to career burnout. We are a premier, lightning-fast automation integration firm that has successfully doubled our revenue and team footprint year-over-year. Our engineering philosophy is strictly anti-monotony: every single assignment we win is a custom, ground-up solution. You will actively jump across large-scale software integrations, high-speed conveyor sortation networks, robotic welding cells, and ultra-precise servo-driven motion systems. We protect our engineering talent aggressively. We recognize that field commissioning takes dedication, which is why we have implemented a strict, non-negotiable travel-balancing policy: if a customer startup forces you to travel over a weekend, you are instantly awarded comp days to ensure you come back home to a relaxing four-day weekend. No exceptions, no corporate guilt. If you want to take true project ownership, watch your code command massive physical machines, and build a career where your name actually carries weight, this is the environment you've been looking for. What You Will Be Doing Developing robust PLC programs and intuitive HMI interfaces completely from scratch for complex, custom automation machinery, robotic cells, and specialized sorting systems Engineering advanced operator interfaces using FactoryTalk View, or incorporating Visual Studio and C# for high-level enterprise software and database integrati