VulcanForms
Sr. Controls Engineer
$106K–$145K
Devens, MA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of direct controls-engineering experience in automated processes and system integration.
- Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the design, development, integration, commissioning, and lifecycle support of automated production machinery and manufacturing OT systems, including connectivity to SCADA and MES.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy automated machinery; define control-system components, specifications, and architecture across PLC, HMI, SCADA, edge, historian, and MES layers.
- Integrate equipment with OT systems and machine-to-SCADA/MES interfaces, coordinating with engineering teams, suppliers, and system integrators.
- Lead troubleshooting, acceptance testing, commissioning, and system validation.
What they ask for
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of direct experience as a controls engineer working on automated processes and system integration.
- Advanced experience designing and building automation control systems (PLC, SCADA).
- Working knowledge of industrial controls and communications, control-panel design and fabrication (UL508A), instrumentation and controls, engineering documentation, and motion control.
Nice to have
- Advanced experience with Siemens and Ignition.
Pay
$105,515 - $145,083 USD annual base salary
Tools
PLC, HMI, SCADA, OPC UA, MQTT, APIs, Siemens, Ignition
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