Controls Engineer
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Invio Automation is a leader in Industry 4.0, delivering high-value automation solutions that help customers accelerate growth in specialized markets such as medical devices, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing. With deep domain expertise and extensive engineering capabilities, Invio partners with clients from early-stage product design and R&D through to full-scale automation. Customers value Invio’s commitment to precision, quality, efficiency, and safety, and rely on its innovative, scalable solutions to support long-term growth. Headquartered in Michigan, Invio Automation is supported by a vast design library, a growing North American presence with global reach, and a team of over 600 experienced professionals across the Midwest and northeast.
Invio Automation is a leader in Industry 4.0, delivering high-value automation solutions that help customers accelerate growth in specialized markets such as medical devices, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing. With deep domain expertise and extensive engineering capabilities, Invio partners with clients from early-stage product design and R&D through to full-scale automation. Customers value Invio’s commitment to precision, quality, efficiency, and safety, and rely on its innovative, scalable solutions to support long-term growth. Headquartered in Michigan, Invio Automation is supported by a vast design library, a growing North American presence with global reach, and a team of over 600 experienced professionals across the Midwest and northeast.
Invio operates through two integrated segments:
- The Solutions Segment delivers engineered systems for precision manufacturing, including robotic cells, multi-station assembly lines, and other automation solutions.
- The Technologies Segment focuses on advanced autonomous systems and ergonomic tooling, including heavyweight Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), turnkey assembly solutions, and custom lift-assist tools for safety-critical applications.
Together, these segments enable Invio to deliver tailored automation solutions that improve performance and achieve high efficiency across the production lifecycle.
Visit https://invioautomation.com/ for more information.
DESCRIPTION
A Controls Engineer is responsible for working within a project team to provide controls engineering hardware and software knowledge & direction to the organization through review, design, and communication.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participate in design reviews at all levels; proposal, standards, project, etc.
- Analyze customer requirements and participate in proposal development activities
- Manage technical solutions to minimize costs while maintaining reliability
- Coordinate with other departments as necessary to satisfy project requirements
- Work with the broader organization to drive continuous improvement in job process and cost
- Provide industry specific application knowledge and direction
- Develop project requirements and design specifications
- Maintain customer specifications and logging of deviations
- Provide support for product development and support
- Perform detailed system design, implementation and test
- Participate in startup, commissioning and customer acceptance at customer facility
- Diagnose problems with pneumatic and mechanical systems interfacing with electrical & electronic systems
- Develop tools and integration strategies to increase effectiveness and lower costs
- Investigate and suggest architecture and technology enhancements
- Project tasks completed on schedule and under budget
- Project tasks completed to specifications and checked for accuracy
- Follow Invio processes and controls work level instructions
- Controlled code incident management with minimal impact to customer’s production
- Product cost containment through improved engineered solutions
- Other duties as assigned.
- Able to travel within the US or internationally
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be professional, proactive, and positive. Having a passion for exceptional customer service and support is a must. Being sensitive to the unpredictable demands and uncertainties associated with human resources is a requisite to delivering superior results and exceeding the expectations of our internal and external customers.
Other skills and abilities:
- Experience in automated controls systems.
- Experience with Robotic Controls and programming platforms.
- Experience with Industrial Vision Systems.
- PLC/HMI programming experience with an emphasis on Allen Bradley, Rockwell, and Siemens.
- Competence in industrial machinery controls design.
- Efficient using 2D AutoCAD, AutoCAD electrical or Eplan to generate control system packages.
- Experience and understanding of relevant codes such as NFPA 70, NFPA 79, UL508a, CE, etc.
- Functional troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with different fieldbus architectures such as Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Profibus.
- High degree of mechanical aptitude and spatial reasoning.
EDUCATION
• Associate’s Degree and 5 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience; OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 3 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience.
• Associate’s Degree and 5 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience; OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 3 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience.
Compensation
Salary Range: $100,000 – $130,000 annually
Salary Range: $100,000 – $130,000 annually
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $100,000 to $130,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, education, etc.
Bonus Eligibility: This position is eligible for participation in the Company's Annual Incentive Plan (AIP), subject to plan terms.
INVIO AUTOMATION’S CORE VALUES
- We take pride in the reliability of our team and the difficult problems we solve for customers.
- We deliver real customer value that positively impacts the lives of those around us.
- We are dependable. Relationships and trust matter.
- Our ingenuity and desire to improve lives will complement our suite of solutions.
- We strive to demonstrate that our attention to detail does not start or end with the solutions we engineer and deliver.
- We believe exceptional service is better demonstrated than said.