Automation Engineer II — Industrial Controls & Ignition

Kens Foods Inc; Marlborough (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ken’s Foods is seeking an Automation Engineer to join its Corporate Engineering team. The role focuses on development, integration, and maintenance of manufacturing controls systems, HMIs, and automation networks, with emphasis on Ignition and Rockwell platforms.

Travel to all facilities is required. The ideal candidate holds a BS in software or electrical engineering and has 4+ years of industrial control experience, plus strong programming and electrical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software or electrical engineering or related discipline.
• 4+ years’ experience with industrial control systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and maintain manufacturing equipment controls systems and automation.
• Support manufacturing systems controls design and integration under senior engineers.
• Work with HMIs and industrial networks; ensure safety and reliability.
• Travel to all facilities for project work and start-ups; collaborate with site technicians.

Skills

Industrial controls

Electrical basics

Automation programming

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in software or electrical engineering

Tools

Ignition

RSLogix 5

RSLogix 500

RSLogix 5000

Studio 5000

RSView

FactoryTalk Studio

Inductive Automation Ignition

PowerFlex

Point IO

Flex IO

Industrial electrical panels

Wonderware InTouch

InBatch

Microsoft SQL

AutoCAD

VMWare Workstation

vSphere

C/C++

Visual Basic

Java

Python

Cisco networking

Fanuc Robotic Application

Job description

Ken’s Foods is seeking an Automation Engineer to join its Corporate Engineering team. The role focuses on development, integration, and maintenance of manufacturing controls systems, HMIs, and automation networks, with emphasis on Ignition and Rockwell platforms.

Travel to all facilities is required. The ideal candidate holds a BS in software or electrical engineering and has 4+ years of industrial control experience, plus strong programming and electrical skills.