Test & Controls Engineer – PLCs & Automation

Hill Phoenix, Inc.; Conyers (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Retirement Plan

Flexible Spending

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Dover Food Retail is seeking a Test / Controls Engineer for our Conyers, GA facility. You will program, test, and optimize electrical control systems for our commercial refrigeration products, partnering with Quality, Product Engineering, and Vendors to meet performance, safety, and reliability standards.

This on-site role requires a hands-on engineer with PLC experience and familiarity with Danfoss, Copeland, and Novar controllers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field and at least 3 years in controls or test engineering in manufacturing.
• Experience programming and troubleshooting PLCs and integrating control systems.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and work with low‑voltage control circuits.
• Strong problem-solving and CAPA experience.
• UL standards familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Testing & Quality Assurance
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, validation procedures, and end‑of‑line functional testing for electrical and electronic control systems.
• Integrate communication protocols to ensure connectivity between production processes, equipment, and data management systems.
• Automate test setups using data acquisition hardware and software to improve testing efficiency, accuracy, and data logging.
• Analyze test data to identify root causes of failures and implement corrective actions.
• Validate compliance with industry standards, including UL.
• Cross‑functional collaboration with Manufacturing Engineering to design, maintain, and optimize functional in‑process validation, error proofing, and end‑of‑line testing on the Conyers production floor.
• Support Quality and Field Service teams with root‑cause analysis methodologies (8D, 5‑Why).
• Document specifications, wiring diagrams, SOPs, and validation reports.

Skills

PLC programming

Troubleshooting

Electrical control systems

Data acquisition

Instrumentation

Electrical schematics

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Automation Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Danfoss controllers

Copeland controllers

Novar controllers

Data acquisition systems

Instrumentation

Electrical test equipment

Job description

Dover Food Retail is seeking a Test / Controls Engineer for our Conyers, GA facility. You will program, test, and optimize electrical control systems for our commercial refrigeration products, partnering with Quality, Product Engineering, and Vendors to meet performance, safety, and reliability standards.

This on-site role requires a hands-on engineer with PLC experience and familiarity with Danfoss, Copeland, and Novar controllers.