Senior Controls Engineer: Precision Automation & Commissioning

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Bloomfield Hills (MI)

On-site

USD 115,000 - 125,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Connect Force Recruiting, partnering with a well-established precision machinery manufacturer in the Farmington Hills area, seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to design, program, troubleshoot, startup, and optimize advanced industrial machinery and automation systems.

The ideal candidate has strong PLC and HMI experience, reads electrical schematics, and collaborates across mechanical, electrical, software, service and customer teams; familiarity with Siemens platforms and European OEM equipment

Qualifications

Minimum of 6 years of controls engineering, automation, or related industrial equipment experience.
Strong PLC programming and troubleshooting experience.
Experience with HMI development and machine software support.
Ability to read electrical schematics and technical documentation.
Experience supporting industrial machinery, automation systems, or machine tools.
Hands-on troubleshooting in shop-floor, machine-build, or field-service environments.
Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, service, production, and customer teams.
Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical issues clearly.
Safety-focused, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

Develop, modify, troubleshoot, and support PLC and HMI programs for advanced industrial machinery.
Support controls engineering activities for custom machine builds, retrofits, upgrades, and customer projects.
Troubleshoot electrical, software, automation, and machine-control issues during build, startup, commissioning, and service.
Work with PLCs, HMIs, drives, sensors, motion systems, safety circuits, and industrial communication networks.
Read and interpret electrical schematics, controls drawings, machine layouts, and technical documentation.
Support machine startup, debug, validation, customer acceptance, and field commissioning.
Collaborate with mechanical engineering, electrical design, service, production, and international technical teams.
Provide technical support for customers, internal service teams, and production personnel.
Assist with controls standards, documentation, process improvements, and troubleshooting best practices.
Maintain a strong focus on machine safety, quality, reliability, and long-term equipment performance.