Robotics Controls Lead: Automation & Cell Expert

Viable Engineering Solutions; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Viable Engineering Solutions seeks a Senior Robotics Controls Engineer to lead controls for robotic automation projects from concept to commissioning. You will define controls problems, break them into tasks, and guide a team while remaining hands-on on critical work such as cell layout, cycle time, safety, and system integration.

You will drive architecture decisions, lead multi-robot cells, and coordinate with software & customers to ensure measurements, validation, and reliability meet

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Robotics, or related field.
• 9+ years in industrial robotics/automation with hands-on leadership.
• Expert FANUC programming and ROBOGUIDE experience on multiple platforms.
• Experience leading robot cell layouts and cycle-time studies.
• Proven ability to define controls architectures and safety I/O.
• Strong communication and customer-facing collaboration.
• Experience integrating vision and sensors; Cognex/Keyence.
• Knowledge of ISO 10218 / ANSI/RIA R15.06.

Responsibilities

• Lead controls technical aspects from feasibility to deployment.
• Define problems, break into tasks, assign, track progress.
• Serve as primary controls consultant to project team and customers.
• Develop estimates for controls efforts and risks.
• Define robot program architecture and reusable routines.
• Lead layout and robot selection studies in ROBOGUIDE; validate metrics.
• Define control architectures and signal handshakes with robots, PLCs, HMIs, vision, conveyors.
• Lead multi-robot/external-axis cells and conveyor tracking.
• Lead vision/sensor integration ensuring system-level accuracy.
• Define accuracy and cycle-time budgets; design validation tests.
• Own controls side of cell safety (Fanuc DCS, safety I/O, interlocks).
• Drive cell reliability, fault handling, diagnostics.
• Lead on-site commissioning and field decision making; root-cause analysis.
• Mentor team through reviews and problem-solving.

Skills

FANUC programming

ROBOGUIDE

Robot cell design

Vision system integration

PLC programming (Rockwell/Siemens)

Team leadership

Safety systems (DCS / safety I/O)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronics/Robotics

Tools

FANUC ROBOGUIDE

Cognex Vision

Keyence Vision

EtherNet/IP

PROFINET

Rockwell / Allen-Bradley

Siemens PLCs

FANUC KAREL

Job description

Viable Engineering Solutions seeks a Senior Robotics Controls Engineer to lead controls for robotic automation projects from concept to commissioning. You will define controls problems, break them into tasks, and guide a team while remaining hands-on on critical work such as cell layout, cycle time, safety, and system integration.

You will drive architecture decisions, lead multi-robot cells, and coordinate with software & customers to ensure measurements, validation, and reliability meet