Senior Automation Controls Engineer

Senior Automation Controls Engineer

Normal, IL

Contract:

3-4 months

Responsibilities:

• Audit, analyze, and review existing control logic developed across disparate programming standards. Clean up, correct, and optimize the codebase to improve controller and HMI performance while eliminating data noise.
• Audit & PLC-to-SCADA Alignment:
  Review existing Allen-Bradley PLC logic and Ignition gateway setups to isolate specific "pain points" and faulty tag configurations causing data noise or false fault signals.
• Data Cleanup Execution:
  Clean up historical and real-time data pipelines within Ignition, eliminating redundant, erroneous, or low-value data points that skew OPR and downtime tracking.
• KPI Mapping:
  Structure data pipelines to map directly and accurately to MTTR, MTBF, OPR, and bottleneck identification models.
• Framework Integration:
  Utilize Rivian's tracking framework to establish a regular reporting cadence for data integrity progress.

Must Have:

• Allen Bradley PLC
• ANSI-C scripting, Python scripting, Socket programming
• Belt Conveyor Systems
• Factory Talk Transaction Manager
• Ignition
• Ignition Designer
• PLC/HMI Programming:
  Proficiency in Rockwell (Studio 5000), Siemens (TIA Portal), or similar industrial controllers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls/Computer Control Systems, Mechatronics, or a related technical field, paired with 5+ years of hands-on Controls or Applications Engineering experience in a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment. Allen Bradley PLC experience, Factory talk & ignition.
• Allen-Bradley PLCs & Controls Systems:
  Ability to navigate, audit, and trace data logic within Studio 5000 / Logix Designer environments.
• Factory Talk HMI Optimization:
  Proven ability to optimize HMI structures through tag tracing, program updates, custom screen development, and scripting to improve system performance.
• Ignition SCADA/MES:
  High proficiency with the Inductive Automation platform (Ignition), including data logging, database connectivity, and script optimization.

The total duration of this initiative is strictly 3 to 4 months.

Month 1: FIS, SCADA data audit, pain point identification, and alignment with Paint shop internal leads. Month 2–3:
Tag and logic cleanup, PLC/Ignition database optimization, noise reduction, and integration with the tracking framework. Month 4:
Validation of KPI accuracy (MTTR, MTBF, OPR), final reporting, and project handoff.