Manufacturing Automation: PLC & Software Engineer

TAD PGS, Inc; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

TAD PGS, Inc. in Santa Rosa, CA is seeking a Software and Controls Engineer to design, develop, and support software and control systems for automated manufacturing and test equipment.

This role collaborates with Engineering, Maintenance, and Production to improve reliability and enable modernization. Candidates should have 1–2 years of PLC programming and electrical controls experience, plus documentation and system integration skills.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of PLC programming experience with listed tools or equivalents.
• 1–2 years troubleshooting electrical controls, instrumentation, sensors, actuators, or electro-mechanical equipment.
• 1–2 years reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, I/O lists, control drawings, or mechanical drawings.
• 1–2 years developing, modifying, testing, or debugging software to control automated equipment.
• 1–2 years creating or maintaining technical documentation, wiring diagrams, equipment configuration records, software revisions, or change-control documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, modify, test, and support software and control systems used in automated manufacturing and test equipment.
• Develop and troubleshoot PLC logic, control software, operator interfaces, instrumentation, sensors, actuators, and equipment communications.
• Support Maintenance and Engineering teams with equipment troubleshooting root cause investigations, corrective actions, and reliability improvements.
• Document control systems by updating wiring diagrams, mapping I/O, documenting signal flow, and creating as-built technical documentation.
• Support equipment upgrades and legacy system modernization, including hardware replacement, software migration, testing, commissioning, and production release.

Skills

Siemens TIA Portal

Allen-Bradley RSLogix

GE Fanuc LogicMaster

Industrial automation

PLC troubleshooting

Tools

LabVIEW

Job description

TAD PGS, Inc. in Santa Rosa, CA is seeking a Software and Controls Engineer to design, develop, and support software and control systems for automated manufacturing and test equipment.

This role collaborates with Engineering, Maintenance, and Production to improve reliability and enable modernization. Candidates should have 1–2 years of PLC programming and electrical controls experience, plus documentation and system integration skills.