Controls Engineer in Mundelein

Job Description

About the Client:

Metric is partnered with a rapidly growing engineering organization developing and deploying complex equipment for large-scale infrastructure projects across the US.

The company is expanding its engineering team as it brings more product development, testing, and system integration capabilities in-house.

About the Role:

This Controls Engineer role is ideal for someone with hands-on experience developing, testing, and commissioning control systems for complex equipment.

You’ll work across the full controls lifecycle, from initial development and validation through commissioning and production deployment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop control logic, sequencing, alarms, interlocks, and fault handling.
• Design and validate controls for new equipment and test systems.
• Tune control loops and troubleshoot equipment during commissioning.
• Perform controls testing and system-level validation.
• Integrate controls with sensors, actuators, motors, drives, and instrumentation.
• Partner closely with mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams.
• Support equipment startup, commissioning, and deployment.
• Troubleshoot complex controls and equipment issues in both development and production environments.

Qualifications:

• Controls engineering experience within industrial equipment, automation, manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, energy, HVAC, robotics, or a related environment.
• Hands-on experience developing and commissioning controls on physical equipment.
• Strong understanding of machine controls, sequencing, interlocks, and feedback control.
• Experience working with PLCs, embedded controls, industrial controls, or similar platforms.
• Experience with sensors, instrumentation, motors, drives, and other electromechanical systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced product development environment.
• Must be based in or willing to commute to New York City.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid environment.