Field Controls Deployment & Commissioning Engineer

Amazon; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 123,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Controls Integration Engineer to lead on-site deployment, integration, and commissioning of automated material handling systems including sorters and conveyors. You will own technical bring-up of IPCs, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial networks, coordinating with contractors, vendors, and internal teams to ensure safe, reliable installations.

This hands-on role requires strong networking, PLC, and control-system skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with networking fundamentals and hands-on networking equipment.
• Travel up to 50% for on-site commissioning and deployment support.
• Hands-on experience with industrial communication protocols such as Ethernet/IP, Profinet, EtherCAT, or Modbus TCP.

Responsibilities

• Deploy on-site commissioning activities for sorters, conveyors, and automated work cells.
• Provision, configure, and validate IPCs, PLCs, HMIs, networks, and field devices per project standards.
• Perform I/O checkouts, network validation, and phased system bring-up activities.
• Execute commissioning and test plans, including sequencing, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Support dry runs, functional testing, and integrated system testing through startup and handover.
• Serve as the primary on-site technical resource for controls, networking, and system integration issues.
• Diagnose and resolve industrial networking problems (e.g., IP conflicts, VLAN issues, switch configuration, fieldbus faults).
• Troubleshoot PLC logic, device configuration, safety interlocks, and system-level faults across electrical, controls, and mechanical boundaries.
• Document issues, resolutions, and lessons learned to support continuous improvement and future deployments.
• Provide day-to-day technical direction to technicians, electricians, and commissioning support personnel during system deployment.
• Coordinate with system integrators, OEMs, and internal stakeholders to resolve technical issues and unblock progress.
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements, quality standards, and commissioning best practices during installation and testing.
• Validate equipment functionality against design specifications and operational requirements.
• Support integration of equipment into Warehouse Control Systems and higher-level orchestration layers.
• Participate in turnover activities, ensuring systems are stable, documented, and ready for operational ownership.
• Identify opportunities to improve commissioning efficiency, reliability, and repeatability.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of commissioning tools, test procedures, and deployment standards.
• Provide feedback to design and integration teams to improve future system designs and deployment outcomes.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Travel up to 50%

Ethernet/IP

Profinet

EtherCAT

Modbus TCP

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Controls Integration Engineer to lead on-site deployment, integration, and commissioning of automated material handling systems including sorters and conveyors. You will own technical bring-up of IPCs, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial networks, coordinating with contractors, vendors, and internal teams to ensure safe, reliable installations.

This hands-on role requires strong networking, PLC, and control-system skills.