Augusta Hitech Soft Solutions LLC
Augusta Hitech Soft Solutions LLC

PLC Engineer

Columbus, OH, US • Posted 8 days ago • Updated 8 hours ago
Contract Independent
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Contract Corp To Corp
6 Months
No Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
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Skills

  • plc
  • siemens

Summary

PLC Programmer / Controls Engineer 
Position Summary
The PLC Programmer / Controls Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, configuring, testing, and supporting industrial automation solutions for automated packaging, labeling, vision inspection, and material handling systems. The role will work closely with software engineers, vision system providers, middleware teams, and manufacturing operations to ensure reliable end-to-end system performance. 
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain PLC programs for automated packaging and material handling systems. 
• Configure and troubleshoot PLC logic, I/O modules, sensors, actuators, conveyors, printers, and vision systems. 
• Develop ladder logic, structured text, and function block programming. 
• Configure and troubleshoot MQTT, OPC-UA, Modbus TCP/IP, Ethernet/IP, and Profinet communications. 
• Integrate PLCs with middleware platforms, vision systems, barcode scanners, HMIs, label printers, and robotics equipment. 
• Perform FAT, SAT, commissioning, startup support, and production troubleshooting. 
• Execute root cause analysis and implement corrective actions. 
• Support deployment, maintenance, and operational readiness activities. 
Mandatory Technical Skills
• Expert-level experience programming Siemens PLCs using Siemens TIA Portal (Mandatory). 
• Strong hands-on experience with Siemens S7-1200, S7-1500, and related PLC platforms. 
• Proficiency in Ladder Logic (LAD), Function Block Diagram (FBD), Structured Control Language (SCL), and Function Block programming. 
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting Siemens HMI systems (WinCC). 
• Strong understanding of industrial communication protocols including MQTT, OPC-UA, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, and Modbus TCP/IP. 
• Experience integrating PLCs with vision systems, barcode scanners, label printers, conveyors, and robotics. 
• Ability to troubleshoot PLC-to-device, PLC-to-middleware, and PLC-to-cloud communication issues. 
• Experience with commissioning, FAT/SAT testing, startup support, and production troubleshooting. 
• Strong knowledge of industrial automation architecture and manufacturing operations. 
• Experience performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions. 
 
Note: Siemens TIA Portal expertise is a mandatory requirement. Candidates without significant hands-on experience developing, troubleshooting, and deploying PLC solutions using Siemens TIA Portal will not be considered. 
Preferred Qualifications 
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field. 
• 10+ years of PLC programming experience. 
• Experience with packaging automation, material handling systems, and vision system integration. 
• Experience with AWS-connected manufacturing or Industrial IoT environments. 
• Experience working in regulated industries such as healthcare, medical device manufacturing, or pharmaceutical automation. 
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 91099756
  • Position Id: 652-45857-
  • Posted 8 days ago

Company Info

About Augusta Hitech Soft Solutions LLC

Augusta Hitech develops high-complexity integrated technology systems with the expertise of a global leader and the efficiency of a young company propelled by innovation.

Augusta Hitech is a single-focus company in a world of lumbering, omni-functional giants. By cutting out bureaucratic delays and moving directly from your pitch to a detailed, development-ready process flow, we build the best technology solutions in the world with unequaled precision, performance, and customization. We don’t do simple, and we don’t do slow, and we’re leveraging our capabilities to build a better modern world. 

Innovation Labs

Augusta’s Innovation Labs are unique development units immersed in the bleeding edges of technical systems: quantum engineering, blockchain solutions, metaverse and multi-reality functions, data science, and integrated AIoT.  

These are spaces where our engineers are constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, developing the skills and experience to create paradigm-shifting products and offer genuinely transformative services. The Innovation Labs coordinate with our product engineers, providing expertise in these crucial service areas and ensuring that the systems we design are leveraging the most powerful and advanced technologies available.

Engineering / Product Development

Our team of more than 200 exceptional engineers use a novel workflow to develop advanced systems and solutions. We can handle almost any category of problem in almost any technical domain, and do it in a fraction of the time it would take a traditionally-structured competitor. 

Our teams work in four primary areas: product engineering for high-complexity integrated technology systems, cloud engineering and security, data engineering and AI, and automation engineering.

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