Field Controls Deployment & Commissioning Engineer

Amazon

Nashville (TN)

On-site

USD 123,000 - 166,000

Full time

14 days+
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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.

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