Automation Engineering Tech

Salary: $70,000 - 94,000 per year Requirements:
BSEE preferred or required for the Controls Engineer role.
Experience with automation engineering, machine controls, PLCs, HMIs, and custom automated packaging lines.
Familiarity with Structured Text and Ladder Logic programming.
Experience with electrical design software such as EPLAN or AutoCAD Electrical, and FactoryTalk Machine Interface Developer.
Knowledge of servos, motors, variable frequency drives, sensors, actuators, and machine vision systems such as Cognex or Keyence.
Experience with articulated-arm robots and end effectors, such as FANUC, ABB, Kuka, or Motoman.
Familiarity with machine-network data communications, including Ethernet, TCP/IP, and LAN/WAN.
Related experience in controls design, systems integration, industrial manufacturing machinery, electronics, or linear and rotary motion control is considered.
Responsibilities:
Develop and program controls systems for robot cells and production-line sections used in high-speed, high-volume consumer goods assembly and packaging.
Guide controls work from concept through architectural decisions, selection and design of systems, and creation of schematics and flow diagrams.
Source and select control-system components, including sensors, vision systems, controllers, HMIs, drives, motors, actuators, and associated software.
Create 3D designs and develop project-specific operator interfaces on the FactoryTalk platform, including their graphical interfaces and workflows.
Prepare project documentation.
Technologies:
~3D

~ ARM

• Ethernet
• Flow

~ LAN

~ TCP/IP

• Unity
• GameDev

~ C++

More:
We are hiring a Controls Engineer for packaging automation in Rockford, Illinois, to help develop turnkey systems for major global manufacturers using a diverse range of advanced technologies. We offer a transparent, collaborative workplace with an emphasis on work-life balance, team unity, recognition, paid training, and mentoring. Our growing, well-capitalized company provides career development opportunities, family benefits, tuition reimbursement, a company-matched 401(k), bonuses, profit sharing, and four weeks of paid vacation. The role is based in a community known for its educational resources and relatively low housing costs.
last updated 41 week of 2026