Top Controls Engineer Jobs in NYC, NY

Own control architecture for rotating machinery and test rigs, including compressors, motor drives, expansion turbines, and thermofluid loops. Develop safety interlocks, fault handling, speed-based capacity control, and hardware-in-the-loop validation. Tune controls on live machines, investigate model-to-plant discrepancies, integrate production chillers with site BMS and plant systems, and document systems for operations teams.

Designs, programs, tests, troubleshoots, commissions, and starts up automation and control systems for industrial manufacturing clients. Responsibilities include PLC and SCADA configuration, control-system documentation, instrumentation and panel design, project and deliverable management, site installation oversight, system validation, client communication, and technical troubleshooting. The role supports food, beverage, life sciences, consumer health, and other industrial projects, with travel required for installations, start-ups, training, and client engagements.

Designs, programs, tests, commissions, troubleshoots, and optimizes industrial control systems. Configures PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, and related control devices using automation programming languages. Develops system architectures, control philosophies, cause-and-effect diagrams, and control algorithms; supports on-site startup and commissioning. Collaborates with engineers, technicians, project managers, and customers while maintaining strong safety standards. The role includes approximately 25% domestic travel and requires industrial field experience, customer communication, and familiarity with major controls platforms.

Designs, programs, tests, commissions, and troubleshoots industrial control systems using PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, and automation technologies. Develops control architectures, algorithms, and documentation; optimizes system performance; and collaborates with engineers, technicians, project managers, and customers. The role requires industrial field experience, frequent overnight travel, on-site startup and commissioning, safety compliance, and familiarity with multiple control platforms.

Design, deploy, and standardize SCADA architecture for power, cooling, and mechanical systems across large data center sites. Integrate field device telemetry and protocols into a unified platform, build tag databases, HMI screens, and alarm logic, validate signals during commissioning, and produce clear configuration and point documentation for repeatable deployments.

Leads the architecture, programming, integration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of PLC, robotic, HMI, electrical, and data acquisition systems for manufacturing automation. Establishes controls standards, ensures UL safety compliance, integrates MES and OEE platforms, drives optimization, mentors technical staff, and develops the long-term automation roadmap. The role supports multiple sites and requires cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Operations, and Quality.

Design, program, and optimize industrial process control systems for high‑volume food manufacturing. Develop PLC/HMI code, implement advanced/process control strategies, standardize control hardware/software, lead controls for new equipment startups, apply statistical process control, document systems, and evaluate new technologies. Some travel to regional plants required.

As a Flight Controls & GNC Engineer, you'll own the GNC stack for a VTOL aircraft, design control laws, and conduct flight tests.

Engineer a virtualized PLC platform: port and validate control applications to software runtimes while preserving determinism and safety; build test harnesses to prove virtual controls against hardware behavior; define reference architecture for networking, redundancy, and failover; document control narratives for engineers and operators.

Design, program, and configure BMS controls for mechanical and electrical plant. Build sequences, point lists, and graphics; integrate chillers, CDUs, power monitoring, and third-party equipment over BACnet/Modbus. Commission systems, diagnose failures, and version and document logic for maintainability.

Design and engineer robot controls for data-center robotics: motion, safety, and facility integration. Own control-stack integration (fleet management, dispatch, telemetry), design safety architecture, commission and debug systems on-site, and meet availability targets.

Build and support industrial control systems across levels: PLC programming, HMI/SCADA development, automation commissioning, troubleshooting, motion control and robotics integration, and cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing and systems teams.

The Controls Engineer is responsible for deploying Battery Energy Storage Systems, validating project designs, and ensuring smooth communication across teams.

The Controls Engineer confirms design and functionality of automated sortation systems by troubleshooting, programming PLC and HMI, and supporting project delivery with a focus on industrial controls.

Lead automation projects across design, engineering, implementation, commissioning and lifecycle support. Serve as technical authority for control systems (DCS), provide cybersecurity and operational support, collaborate with sites and vendors, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and travel for commissioning as needed.

Join Reflex Robotics as a Controls Engineer to develop motion control for robots, focusing on real-world hardware and system integration. Strong coding skills in C++ and Python are essential.

The Applications Engineer installs and integrates AI vision systems on production lines, troubleshoots issues, and provides customer support in manufacturing environments.

As a Controls Engineer II, you will design and commission electrical controls, oversee field installations, and ensure quality and safety compliance while effectively communicating with project stakeholders and customers.

Design, program, and deploy PLC/HMI/SCADA control systems for automated material handling. Configure industrial networks, integrate field devices, lead FAT/SAT commissioning, troubleshoot live production, support upgrades/retrofits, and collaborate with mechanical, software, and operations teams.

The Controls Engineer will support the deployment of Battery Energy Storage Systems, collaborating with teams on design, implementation, and maintenance, while troubleshooting control systems and overseeing project documentation.

The Controls Engineer is responsible for commissioning controls for conveyor and sortation systems, writing and implementing machine code, and ensuring all project aspects are completed and documented.

The Sr. Controls Engineer designs, programs, and tests automated sortation systems, leads projects, troubleshoots controls issues, and mentors junior engineers.

The Controls Engineer will commission controls for conveyor and sortation systems, implement PLC and HMI programs, review designs, and provide engineering support during project phases.

Lead and support BMS installation projects, design and program systems using Niagara Framework, manage installations and provide support and training to clients.

The Controls Engineer will commission controls for conveyor and sortation systems, implement PLC and HMI programs, and collaborate with team members and clients.