Controls Engineer

You’ll be the Controls Engineer turning complex automation ideas into production-ready reality for major consumer products manufacturers.

From PLC code to HMI screens to panel layouts, you own the full controls package that makes custom machinery think, move, and respond.

You’ll work across multiple platforms, devices, and networks, integrating robots, motion, vision, and safety into one seamless system.

If you love getting deep into code, schematics, and commissioning to see machines come alive, this is your lane.

If you’ve built and commissioned industrial automation systems end-to-end, we want to talk to you.

You’ll be hands-on with complete automated processing systems for high-end manufacturing environments:

• PLC-based control systems across multiple platforms
• Industrial HMI/OIT and operator interface panels
• Motion control, servos, and robotics integration
• Sensors, pneumatics, lasers, printers, and scanners
• Electrical control panels, power, logic, and safety circuits
• Networked systems, databases, and industrial PCs
• System commissioning, startup, and field troubleshooting
• UL/NEC-compliant field wiring and panel wiring

You’ll be working with tools and technologies like Rockwell/AB CompactLogix and ControlLogix, Studio 5000, RSLogix 500, Beckhoff TwinCAT 2 & 3, Siemens, C++/C#/Python, Visual Studio, SQL, FactoryTalk View Studio (SE/ME), Windows CE, Wonderware, InduSoft, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks Electrical.

This is where deep PLC programming meets real-world machinery, every single day.

• Programming PLC-based systems across multiple platforms
• Developing controls software in structured text and ladder logic for industrial automation
• Creating and configuring HMI/OIT panels and operator interfaces
• Designing industrial HMI screens using FactoryTalk View Studio (SE and ME)
• Integrating hardware devices and I/O systems including sensors, actuators, pneumatics, servos, motion controls, robotics, lasers, printers, and scanners
• Designing electrical control systems including schematics, pneumatic diagrams, enclosure and panel layouts, and safety circuits
• Using AutoCAD and SolidWorks Electrical for controls and panel design
• Providing startup support and system commissioning at customer sites
• Troubleshooting control systems and resolving automation issues
• Assisting with technical writing for scopes of work, operating manuals, and user guides
• Field wiring, panel wiring, and conduit installation to UL/NEC standards
• Collaborating with a cross-functional team and communicating clearly with coworkers and management

• Bachelor’s degree in Automation Controls/Electronics Engineering, or 5+ years in an industrial automation environment, or a 2-year technical degree with 10+ years’ experience
• Hands-on PLC programming experience in structured text and ladder logic
• Background designing software controls for diverse industrial automated systems
• Experience interfacing, communicating with, and troubleshooting automated machinery
• Knowledge of AC/DC systems, VFDs, and motors
• Ability to design and interpret electrical and pneumatic schematics and panel layouts
• Comfort working with industrial networking concepts
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong interpersonal skills and a confident, team-oriented mindset

You’ve taken multiple automation projects from blank screen to commissioned systemwriting PLC code, building HMIs, designing panels, and supporting startup in fast-paced industrial environments. When a line is down or a new feature is needed, you know how to dive into logic, wiring, and devices to make it work.

You move comfortably between Rockwell, Beckhoff, and Siemens ecosystems, and you’re not afraid to touch C++, C#, Python, databases, or networking when the project calls for it.

High-signal experience includes: AB/Rockwell CompactLogix • AB/Rockwell ControlLogix • Studio 5000 • RSLogix 500 • Beckhoff TwinCAT 2 • Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 • Siemens controls • C++ • C# • Python • Visual Studio • SQL databases • FactoryTalk View Studio SE • FactoryTalk View Studio ME • Windows CE • Wonderware • InduSoft • AutoCAD • SolidWorks Electrical • AC/DC systems • VFDs • motors • UL standards • NEC standards

You’ll engineer automation systems used by top consumer product companiesyour work will be on the critical path of real, high-volume production.

This isn’t a narrow maintenance role; you’ll touch design, programming, integration, wiring, and commissioning, building a deep, versatile controls toolbox.

You’ll also step into a full-time role with a strong benefits package including health, dental, vision, company-paid life and long-term disability, short-term disability, 401(k) with matching, profit sharing, PTO, supplemental coverages, and an employee assistance program.

You get to build serious automation while being part of a fun, vibrant, team-driven culture.

This is a full-time position.

If you’re ready to own complete automation projectsfrom PLC and HMI code to panels and commissioninglet’s get your experience in front of the hiring team.

Reach out with your resume and a brief list of the platforms you’ve programmed and systems you’ve commissioned.

Please send your resume to

Jesse Katz

Controls Engineer, Automation Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer, PLC Programmer, PLC Controls Engineer, Industrial Controls Engineer, Control Systems Engineer, Rockwell, Allen Bradley, AB, CompactLogix, ControlLogix, Studio 5000, RSLogix 500, Beckhoff, TwinCAT 2, TwinCAT 3, Siemens, C++, C#, Python, Visual Studio, SQL, HMI, OIT, FactoryTalk View Studio, Wonderware, InduSoft, AutoCAD, SolidWorks Electrical, VFD, AC DC systems, industrial automation, motion control, robotics, sensors, pneumatics, UL, NEC, Detroit Lakes jobs

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