Title: Automation Controls Specialist
Shift: 1st Shift | Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Flexible)
Salary: $75,000 – $90,000 per year; dependent on experience plus 100% company-paid health premiums and 3% IRA match
Automation & Controls Specialist Role:
This role exists to design, program, and commission the "brains" of high-precision industrial machinery, ensuring complex multi-axis motion control systems operate with seamless logic. Our client relies on this position to transform raw mechanical designs into production-ready automated solutions through expert software development and hands-on hardware troubleshooting.
Automation & Controls Specialist Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain sophisticated motion logic for machines featuring up to 40 axes of coordinated movement
- Lead full-cycle commissioning to take equipment from "dead metal" to a production-ready state
- Program multi-language logic using CODESYS, proprietary motion languages, or BASIC-style environments
- Power up electrical circuits and use a multimeter to troubleshoot power and signal issues
- Coordinate 3-axis simultaneous movement while implementing "common sense" logic to prevent mechanical collisions
- Collaborate with mechanical designers to identify if system faults are code-based or physical hardware binds
- Execute PID loop tuning and vibration filtering to optimize machine stability and performance
- Maintain clean, structured project documentation and well-commented code for all automation sequences
- Perform occasional "special ops" on-site support for top-tier national clients to resolve expert-level technical issues
- Integrate industrial networking protocols and I/O interfacing for sensors, actuators, and drives
- Implement machine safety protocols including E-stops, light curtains, and safety-rated logic
- Partner with the ownership and engineering leadership to meet rigorous design specifications and deadlines
Automation & Controls Specialist Reporting Relationships:
- The candidate will report directly to the Engineering Manager and will not have any direct reports.
About You:
- Possess 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience making industrial machines move through motion control or robotics
- Demonstrate proficiency in CODESYS (IEC 61131-3) or similar motion programming environments
- Read and interpret complex electrical schematics and mechanical drawings with high accuracy
- Exhibit expertise with motion controllers and drives such as Trio, Yaskawa, or Kollmorgen
- Navigate mechatronics, electrical, or computer science principles to bridge the gap between software and hardware
- Show the ability to work unsupervised as a self-starter in a small, highly flexible OEM environment
- Utilize a multimeter safely to diagnose electrical issues at the component level
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to both internal team members and high-profile clients
- Maintain U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency as our client is unable to provide visa sponsorship
- Manage projects independently from the initial concept phase through final on-site commissioning
- Thrive in a "no-red-tape" culture that prioritizes results and technical curiosity over formal degrees
Next Steps:
- If you are a hands-on problem solver and a self-starter, we would like to hear from you.
Additional Information: Equal Opportunity Employer:
- Our client provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
Physical Demands:
- This role requires the ability to stand for long periods, work inside industrial electrical panels, and occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
Working Conditions:
- Work is primarily performed in an on-site manufacturing and engineering facility in Strongsville, OH; minimal travel is required for client startup and expert-level support
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