General Motors
Controls Engineer
Marion, Indiana, United States of America · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years; manufacturing operations, controls engineering, industrial automation, or a related technical field.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- Visa sponsorship
- GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role, now or in the future.
About the job
Supports and improves stamping-operation automation and plant-floor control systems to sustain safe, reliable, and efficient production.
What you'll do
- Troubleshoot controls and integration issues, lead root-cause analysis, and implement lasting corrective actions.
- Develop, test, validate, and document PLC, HMI, motion, and safety-control changes.
- Support production, equipment installations, launches, upgrades, and plant shutdown work; enable reliable device-level data collection.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed engineering discipline or related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- 3+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, controls engineering, industrial automation, or a related technical field.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting and supporting PLC-based industrial automation in a production environment.
- Working knowledge of PLC programming, HMI development or configuration, industrial controls hardware, electrical systems, machine safety, and industrial networks.
Nice to have
- Experience with stamping or comparable high-volume automation systems.
- Experience with Fanuc, Rockwell, Siemens, or comparable controls platforms.
Tools
PLC, HMI, Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, ProfiBus, Fanuc, Rockwell, Siemens
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative