Controls Software Engineer II - Build Industrial Automation

Backburner Labs, Inc; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Backburner Labs, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Engineer II to develop, test, and maintain controls software for automated equipment and integrated systems in our Saint Paul, MN area office.

You will program and configure PLCs and develop HMI applications, translating customer needs into reliable control logic. As an Engineer II, you’ll collaborate with software, electrical, and mechanical engineers to take systems from requirements through deployment, making sound technical decisions and traveling

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Approximately three or more years of professional controls or automation experience.
• Experience programming at least one major PLC platform.
• Experience developing or modifying HMI applications.
• Working knowledge of industrial control systems, including I/O, sensors, actuators, motors, and drives.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and equipment sequences.
• Experience integrating, testing, and commissioning controls software on physical equipment.
• Understanding of common industrial networks and communication protocols.
• Strong cross-disciplinary troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to manage defined engineering work with limited day-to-day direction.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work primarily from our Minneapolis/St. Paul-area office and travel to project or customer sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain controls software for automated equipment and integrated systems.
• Program and configure PLCs and develop or modify HMI applications.
• Translate customer needs, electrical designs, and equipment sequences into working control logic.
• Develop operating sequences, state machines, alarms, interlocks, fault recovery, and safety-related behaviors.
• Integrate controls with sensors, motors, drives, robotics, vision systems, and other equipment.
• Configure and troubleshoot industrial communication networks and protocols.
• Review electrical schematics, I/O lists, equipment layouts, and technical specifications.
• Test software in simulation, on development hardware, and on production equipment.
• Support system bring-up, factory acceptance testing, installation, and commissioning.
• Troubleshoot issues that cross software, electrical, mechanical, and network boundaries.
• Document software, configurations, operating sequences, and test results.
• Communicate technical decisions, risks, and project status to customers and internal teams.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI development

Reading electrical schematics

Industrial networks knowledge

Cross-disciplinary troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Rockwell/Allen-Bradley

Siemens

Beckhoff

Omron

Job description

Backburner Labs, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Engineer II to develop, test, and maintain controls software for automated equipment and integrated systems in our Saint Paul, MN area office.

You will program and configure PLCs and develop HMI applications, translating customer needs into reliable control logic. As an Engineer II, you’ll collaborate with software, electrical, and mechanical engineers to take systems from requirements through deployment, making sound technical decisions and traveling