Hybrid Cork Automation & Controls Engineer (Motion & PLC)

Johnson Controls Ireland HVAC; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls Ireland HVAC in Cork is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Enablement Engineering specialist for a hybrid role requiring three days in the office. You will drive automation and controls deployments across sites, tackling motion control, servo/drive systems, PLCs, and machine integration.

You will lead supplier design and build, specify integration, and support process qualification to hand over automated capabilities to site teams, building repeatable automation patterns for

Qualifications

• 5+ years in industrial automation and machine controls.
• Motion and servo/drive control on EtherCAT platforms.
• Experience with PLC platforms Beckhoff, Siemens (TIA Portal), or Rockwell (Studio 5000).
• Industrial networking: EtherCAT, Profinet, or EtherNet/IP.
• Hands-on commissioning and multi-vendor integration.
• Engineering degree or equivalent hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the automation and controls aspects of technology deployments — motion control, servo/drive systems, PLC and machine integration — directing suppliers through design and build and holding them to the requirement.
• Specify, integrate, and commission automated equipment and cells; tune to performance and ramp to stable production.
• Work with drive, motion, and automation vendors on technical evaluation and integration.
• Support process qualification and the acceptance-and-handover of automated capability to site teams.
• Build repeatable, replicable automation patterns that can be deployed across multiple JCI sites.

Skills

Industrial automation

Motion control

Servo/drive systems

PLC programming

EtherCAT

Industrial networking

Vendor collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Beckhoff

Siemens TI A Portal

Rockwell Studio 5000

Job description

Johnson Controls Ireland HVAC in Cork is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Enablement Engineering specialist for a hybrid role requiring three days in the office. You will drive automation and controls deployments across sites, tackling motion control, servo/drive systems, PLCs, and machine integration.

You will lead supplier design and build, specify integration, and support process qualification to hand over automated capabilities to site teams, building repeatable automation patterns for