Controls Software Engineer

Location

Romeoville, IL office (onsite)

The Warehouse of the Future contains high‑density, high‑precision racking with automated pallet shuttles (like our Atlas 1D) instead of wide aisles that forklifts need to pass through. The Controls Software Engineer is an integral part of helping our customers’ vision for an automated storage solution from Movu US come to life.

The core objectives are to program the PLC and HMI for our products and support product implementation and system integration onsite. Solutions include fully automated storage solutions such as pallet shuttles (Atlas) and ancillary systems such as conveyors and lifts. Customers are end‑users located throughout the United States and Canada, and we work with leading integrators as our sales partners.

Typical project size: $1–30 million.

• Support Sales, Engineering, Project Management, and Commissioning by sharing expertise on final installation and system integration.
• Support the creation of functional description specifications regarding operation of the system and commissioning of controls.
• Draft documentation such as SOPs and contribute to creating manuals.
• Develop and design PLC programs using standard blocks.
• Develop and design HMI programs using standard templates.
• Test and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems and processes.
• Work closely with our integration team for WCS testing.
• Optimize the system by offering simulation support.
• Contribute to the development of test plans alongside the Commissioning Team.
• Be present onsite to ensure everything is operational after rack installation and initial electrical troubleshooting and to ensure everything is functional before our robots are commissioned.
• Be present onsite during final stages of commissioning to prepare the Movu system for handover to the end customer.
• Perform Site Acceptance Testing.

• Multiple years of experience with controls engineering for material handling systems and industrial automation.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Automation, Robotics, Electrical, Electro‑Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering.
• PLC and HMI programming experience (Siemens preferred, Allen Bradley also acceptable).
• Experience reading/writing code in SCL or other structured text‑based languages.
• Always looking for ways to improve processes, hardware components, and the codebase.
• Willing and able to travel to customer sites and, if remote, to our office an average of up to 30 % of the time (usually no longer than 2 weeks at a time) throughout the United States and occasionally to Canada.
• If remote, occasional travel to our Romeoville, IL office (average 3 days at a time; approx. 4–6 times per year).
• For onboarding and training, if remote, travel to our Romeoville, IL office and to our headquarters in Belgium (usually no more than 2 weeks at a time).
• Work closely with European colleagues; morning hours are most important to connect with them, so workdays start at 8 am CST or earlier.

• PTO, sick leave, and paid holidays.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Company‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability insurance.
• Company‑paid life insurance.
• Company‑paid accidental death & dismemberment.
• 401(k) with employer match, currently 4 %.
• Partial tuition reimbursement after 12 months.
• Gross Salary.

$95 k to $120 k.

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