Lead Controls Engineer – PLCs, ABB RAPID & Vision Systems

Lead Controls Engineer - PLCs, ABB RAPID & Vision Systems
Up to $120,000 Starting Base + Earning Bonuses

• 1st Shift
• Up to 30% Travel
• Direct-Hire
• Pay &
  
  Incentives:
  
  Up to $120,000 base compensation package (commensurate with custom robotics integration depth) + performance incentive bonuses + paid travel expenses + comprehensive corporate benefits package.
• Work Pattern: 1st Shift schedule | Tech-focused Waukesha facility footprint combining software architecture, virtual simulation, and physical floor debug under one roof.
• Field Deployment: 15% to 30% domestic and international site deployments for high-visibility client installations, system commissionings, and final SAT run-offs.
• Equipment & Software: ABB Robot Studio (RAPID coding mastery), Rockwell Allen-Bradley PLCs (Studio 5000 / Factory Talk), multi-axis servo drives, machine vision (Cognex/Keyence), and industrial Ethernet networks.
• Business Profile:
  Certified, premier custom industrial automation systems integrator with a robust project pipeline across the aerospace, medical, and consumer goods sectors.
• Compliance & Residency: U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder; active U.S. Passport or readiness to obtain; established residency within daily driving distance of the Greater Waukesha, WI region.

• Greater Waukesha, WI
• 1st Shift
• Up to 30% Travel
• Direct-Hire
• Pay &
  
  Incentives:
  
  Up to $120,000 base compensation package (commensurate with custom robotics integration depth) + performance incentive bonuses + paid travel expenses + comprehensive corporate benefits package.
• Work Pattern: 1st Shift schedule | Tech-focused Waukesha facility footprint combining software architecture, virtual simulation, and physical floor debug under one roof.
• Field Deployment: 15% to 30% domestic and international site deployments for high-visibility client installations, system commissionings, and final SAT run-offs.
• Equipment & Software: ABB Robot Studio (RAPID coding mastery), Rockwell Allen-Bradley PLCs (Studio 5000 / Factory Talk), multi-axis servo drives, machine vision (Cognex/Keyence), and industrial Ethernet networks.
• Business Profile:
  Certified, premier custom industrial automation systems integrator with a robust project pipeline across the aerospace, medical, and consumer goods sectors.
• Compliance & Residency: U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder; active U.S. Passport or readiness to obtain; established residency within daily driving distance of the Greater Waukesha, WI region.

If you are an elite controls and robotics engineer feeling stifled by rigid corporate structures or repetitive plant maintenance, this direct-hire engineering seat is your ticket to true technical autonomy. Operating as a certified, premier custom industrial automation systems integrator in the Waukesha area, this organization maintains a robust backlog of custom contracts spanning aerospace, medical, and consumer goods sectors.

Instead of repetitive production lines, you will own and architect custom, first-of-their-kind machinery tailored to complex application requirements. Operating out of a tech-driven facility where design engineering and physical assembly live under one roof, you will lead projects from blank-screen simulations and PLC logic architecture all the way to watching your physical machinery drive dynamic production on the floor.

• Lead End-to-End Automation Execution:
  Serve as the lead controls authority, owning full project life cycles from preliminary concept and simulation through shop floor debug and final client sign-off.
• Develop ABB Robotics Systems:
  Program, simulate, and refine complex multi-axis robotic paths from scratch utilizing ABB Robot Studio and native RAPID coding structures.
• Engineer Master Control Logic:
  Write,…