Senior Controls Engineer

The role

You will lead end-to-end controls delivery for complex material handling systems. This includes design, programming, commissioning, and customer handoff.

What you will do

• Lead controls design and execution across multiple material handling projects
• Develop electrical designs including field device layouts, control panel designs, and electrical schematics
• Select components, design control networks, develop BOMs, and validate equipment selections
• Program PLCs and develop HMI/SCADA solutions
• Commission and debug systems on-site
• Provide technical support during installation and perform field troubleshooting
• Deliver projects on time, within scope, and to customer expectations
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of controls standards, templates, and reusable code libraries
• Lead or support R&D efforts and internal initiatives
• Mentor junior engineers

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience (or 14+ years without a degree)
• Advanced PLC programming skills
• Strong HMI/SCADA development experience
• Understanding of industrial networking architectures and communication protocols
• Ability to design control panels and select electrical components
• Mechanically inclined
• Comfortable moving between design work and field environments
• Willing and able to travel up to 50%

Nice to have

• experience within material handling or industrial automation

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Health benefits
• 401K program includes a 100% match up to 5%
• Participation in our Discretionary Profit-Sharing Program
• Flexibility and autonomy
• Community outreach projects
• Company events
• Killer snack wall
• Casual work environment
• Flexible PTO

About the company

DCS was founded in 1982 and provides material handling, full-scale warehouse operations and conveyor design solutions. They build custom solutions through a teamwork approach.