Vulcan Elements
Controls Engineer
Research Triangle Park, NC +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States - Experience
- 4+ years of direct industrial automation and controls engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
About the job
Owns controls execution for manufacturing finishing equipment, from design review and factory acceptance testing through commissioning and ongoing support.
What you'll do
- Program, debug, integrate, and commission PLC-controlled equipment and industrial robot cells, including safety functions and machine vision.
- Lead FATs and SATs, review vendor controls documentation, and integrate equipment communications with plant SCADA/MES and data systems.
- Troubleshoot automation issues and support equipment commissioning and sustaining operations at the production facilities.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- 4+ years of direct industrial automation and controls engineering experience.
- Hands-on programming and commissioning experience with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell and Siemens PLCs and HMIs, including safety PLCs such as GuardLogix; robot integration experience with FANUC, ABB, and/or KUKA.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of ISO 10218 / ANSI-RIA R15.06 and ISO 13849 performance levels.
- Experience with vision platforms, SCADA applications, CNC data integration, or Python/SQL for automation or data analytics.
Tools
Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, GuardLogix, FANUC, ABB, KUKA, Ethernet/IP, OPC UA
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