Remote Industrial Automation Engineer: PLC & Systems Reliability

GCS Recruitment; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an Industrial Automation Engineer to support a remote, high-availability fleet of industrial systems. You will troubleshoot remotely, develop PLC software in Structured Text, and support platforms such as CODESYS, Beckhoff TwinCAT, and Allen-Bradley.

The role emphasizes diagnostics, system reliability, and performance improvements across distributed automation networks, with collaboration across software, controls, and maintenance teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Controls Engineering or Industrial Automation.
• Hands-on IEC 61131-3 programming experience.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot production systems remotely using alarms, logs, telemetry, and PLC tools.
• Develop, test, and maintain PLC software per IEC 61131-3 standards.
• Support control platforms like CODESYS, TwinCAT, Allen-Bradley.
• Investigate faults and perform root cause analysis for performance issues.
• Improve reliability via software enhancements and alarm optimization.
• Document procedures and runbooks; participate in on-call support.

Skills

PLC programming

IEC 61131-3

Structured Text

CODESYS

TwinCAT

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Industrial protocols

Remote troubleshooting

Diagnostics

Tools

CODESYS

Beckhoff TwinCAT

Studio 5000

Job description

GCS Recruitment is seeking an Industrial Automation Engineer to support a remote, high-availability fleet of industrial systems. You will troubleshoot remotely, develop PLC software in Structured Text, and support platforms such as CODESYS, Beckhoff TwinCAT, and Allen-Bradley.

The role emphasizes diagnostics, system reliability, and performance improvements across distributed automation networks, with collaboration across software, controls, and maintenance teams.