Sr. Controls Engineer

Autoneum is globally leading in acoustic and thermal management for light and commercial vehicles. The Company develops and produces multifunctional, lightweight and sustainable components and systems for interior floor, interior trim as well as engine bay and underbody. Customers include almost all automobile manufacturers in Europe, North & South America, Asia and Africa. The Company with its head-quarters in Winterthur, Switzerland, is listed on the SIX Swiss Ex-change (ticker symbol AUTN).

The Senior Controls Engineer will provide technical leadership for electrical controls, automation, and plant systems within the manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for developing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving PLC, HMI, VFD, servo, robotics, vision, and industrial network systems that support safe, reliable, and efficient production. The Senior Controls Engineer will work closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Production, Quality, Safety, and external suppliers to improve equipment performance, support new product launches, reduce downtime, and advance automation and digital transformation initiatives.

• Lead the design, programming, implementation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of plant automation and controls systems.
• Develop, modify, and maintain PLC, HMI, VFD, motion control, servo, robotics, vision, and industrial communication systems.
• Provide advanced technical support to Maintenance and Production teams to resolve equipment downtime, repeat failures, process interruptions, and controls-related quality issues.
• Support new equipment installations, commissioning, process development, and new product launches from concept through start of production.
• Create, review, and maintain electrical schematics, control panel documentation, software backups, network drawings, machine safety documentation, and controls standards.
• Lead controls-related capital projects, upgrades, retrofits, and obsolescence plans, including scope development, supplier coordination, startup, validation, and training.
• Improve equipment reliability, uptime, cycle time, scrap reduction, operator usability, data visibility, and overall manufacturing performance.
• Ensure controls designs and modifications comply with applicable safety requirements, company standards, electrical codes, and industry best practices.
• Partner with Maintenance to develop troubleshooting guides, preventive maintenance tasks, spare parts strategies, and technician training for controls systems.
• Collaborate with Quality and Operations to support root cause analysis, mistake-proofing, process control, traceability, and data collection initiatives.
• Support plant digital transformation efforts including machine connectivity, production data collection, dashboards, SCADA/MES integration, and standardized automation practices.
• Mentor engineers, technicians, and maintenance personnel in controls troubleshooting, programming standards, and safe work practices.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization to ensure issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.
• Conduct Layered Process Audits, per required schedule.
• Ensure compliance with all related IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 policies and procedures.
• Participate in plant-wide communications related to launch, process improvement, production support, and controls-related issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in industrial controls, automation, or manufacturing engineering, preferably in an automotive or…