Controls Engineer

Electrical Controls Engineer$75,000 – $110,000 Base Salary + Profit Sharing • Greater Milwaukee Area • Travel Flex • Full Benefits PackageThis opportunity offers the ultimate antidote to career burnout for 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. Operating as a premier, lightning-fast automation integration firm that has successfully doubled its revenue and team footprint year-over-year, this company functions with an engineering philosophy that is strictly anti-monotony. Every single assignment is a custom, ground-up solution, allowing you to actively jump across large-scale software integrations, high-speed conveyor sortation networks, robotic welding cells, and ultra-precise servo-driven motion systems.The organization protects its engineering talent aggressively. Recognizing that field commissioning takes dedication, a strict, non-negotiable travel-balancing policy has been implemented: 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. There are no exceptions and 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 zero-bureaucracy environment is built to match your drive.What You Will Be DoingDevelop robust PLC programs and intuitive HMI interfaces completely from scratch for complex, custom automation machinery, robotic cells, and specialized sorting systems.Engineer advanced operator interfaces using FactoryTalk View, or incorporate Visual Studio and C# for high-level enterprise software and database integrations.Review, modify, and perfect detailed electrical schematics in AutoCAD to verify panel layouts align with Bill of Materials (BOM) specs and safety regulations.Implement, configure, and troubleshoot industrial networking protocols and safety architectures, including EtherNet/IP, multi-axis servo motion, machine vision systems, and safety controllers.Serve as the primary technical field authority during on-site customer startups, supervising installations, and executing final commissioning sequences.What We Are Looking ForGround-up controls depth featuring 2 or more years of verifiable professional experience designing and programming control systems. Must have direct experience writing logic from scratch using Allen-Bradley/Rockwell platforms (Studio 5000/RSLogix), rather than simply tweaking pre-existing code blocks.Technical education backed by an Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Technology, Computer Science, or a closely related engineering discipline.Professional stability with a reliable career track record showing steady tenure and long-term commitment with prior employers.Field flexibility with the full willingness and capability to travel domestically between 25% and 50% to champion custom integration rollouts at client sites.Local proximity and permanent residency established within a comfortable 45-minute drive of the Greater Milwaukee / Washington County corridor to support active lab collaboration.Preferred Technical Assets (Not Required)Hands-on configuration of advanced multi-axis servo motion systems or industrial vision platforms (Cognex, Keyence, etc.).High-level language coding proficiency (C#, VB.NET) or SQL relational database programming depth.Direct programming, path teaching, or integration experience with FANUC or alternative industrial robotic arms.