Automation Commissioning & Service Engineer

Automation Commissioning & Service Engineer

$49/hour-$59/hour Base Salary • Milwaukee, WI Area • First Shift • Full Benefits Package

EXPERIENCE DEPTH: 5 to 8 Years of Robotics Integration & PLC Troubleshooting Experience

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE: PLC Logic Architecture, Robotic Programming Structure, CAD / SolidWorks (Preferred)

WORK SCHEDULE: Day Shift with 50% - 80% Travel (Predominantly Domestic with Occasional International Opportunities)

LOCATION POLICY: Field & Plant Based (Blended Assembly Floor Debug and Global Customer Field Deployments)

If you are a high-level automation professional seeking an environment where your specialized technical intelligence directly impacts multi-million dollar machinery, this agile engineering and capital equipment OEM represents the ideal professional home. Backed by nearly a century of continuous industrial excellence, this family-owned pioneer blends the high-trust, supportive culture of a tight-knit boutique firm with the vast stability of a global market leader. Because their custom assembly, welding, and robotic integration systems supply crucial infrastructure to massive worldwide industries, including consumer goods, appliance, and automotive sectors—the company remains fully insulated from localized economic shifts.

This is an incredible opportunity to take massive pride in your work as you lead complex, ground-up automated systems from internal plant assembly and debug all the way to global customer site run-off. The leadership team heavily prioritizes technical mentorship, employee recognition, and genuine career growth, complementing their competitive compensation with strong educational assistance and a retirement matching program to support your long-term success.

What You Will Be Doing
Lead internal commissioning, debug, and equipment readiness operations to ensure high-complexity automated systems are delivered exactly to technical specification.
Serve as the core technical interface across multi-disciplinary engineering, project management, and floor leadership teams to rapidly isolate and resolve technical risks.
Validate advanced robotic platforms from scratch, conducting initial electrical/mechanical calibrations, I/O configurations, and communication network verifications.
Perform hands-on diagnostic troubleshooting across complex PLC architectures, pneumatic systems, servo controls, safety devices, and integrated vision applications.
Provide elite field-side support during customer installations, managing complex equipment run-offs and delivering highly professional technical training to customer engineering teams.
What We Are Looking For
5 to 8 years of proven experience with robotics and automation including integrating, debugging, and programming automated manufacturing systems.
5+ years of PLC troubleshooting an basic programming experience
Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities with a verifiable track record of identifying hardware, software, mechanical, and electrical failures within high-precision machinery.
Comprehensive print fluency with the ability to read and interpret complex mechanical schematics, electrical layouts, and fluid power documentation.
Project tracking discipline with the administrative capability to monitor test hours, manage open-issue lists, and deliver clear technical progress reports to management.
An Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Robotics Engineering preferred; experience with offline simulation tools is a major plus.
Experience with offline simulation tools is a major plus
The ability to travel 50-80% including domestic and international

Please apply here or at impactsolutions.com/opportunities where you can see and apply for any of our open positions.