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Controls Engineer - Automation

General Motors · Spring Hill, TN

Level
Engineer
Team
Controls
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Automotive
Posted
Today

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level controls role at General Motors (automotive) in Spring Hill, TN. PLC – Rockwell ControlLogix and/or Siemens 300 families.

They ask for
5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
Tools it names
Root cause, PLC, Robotics, Automation

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026

Controls Engineer roles in Tennessee: typical posted base $96k–$120k.

Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 20 controls engineer openings in Tennessee, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 19 other live controls postings in Tennessee.

Experience asked
Typical (5+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ PLC 80%
  • ✓ Automation 80%
  • ✓ Robotics 70%
  • ✓ Root cause 45%
  • New product launch 30%
  • AutoCAD 25%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

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This plant: General Motors in Spring Hill

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What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

  • ◆Develop and document

required to design an automotive system

  • ✓Design and manage key strategic interfaces within systems to enable component reuse and consistency to standard methodologies
  • ✓Oversee

requirements

development with other activities

  • ✓Provide support to other specialists for root cause analysis
  • ✓Strong ability to expertly capture and analyze empirical data.
  • ✓Design Tests to efficiently find opportunities for design improvements
  • ✓Stay on top of industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
  • ✓Identify and document system vulnerabilities and craft mitigation action plans; track corrective actions
  • ✓Staying abreast of new controls technologies (PLC, HMI, networks, robot, vision)of equipment and tools required in plants for the production of high quality parts

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)​​

  • ✓Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • ✓5+ years of experience with industrial automation or controls systems

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):​

  • ✓Proficiency in industrial networking protocols – Profibus, ProfiNet, TCP/IP and EtherNetIP.
  • ✓HMI – Siemens TIA Portal and Rockwell FactoryTalk View.
  • ✓PLC – Rockwell ControlLogix and/or Siemens 300 families.
  • ✓Servo drive systems – Siemens G120 and S120 families, and Rockwell Powerflex and Kinetix.
  • ✓Robotic experience – Fanuc
  • ✓This position may require overtime and off-shift production support.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.

Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

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Job Description

The Automation Controls Engineer will lead the design and execution of simple to complex automation projects across the facility. The projects will have a wide range of application types and be centered around robot cell implementation. Simple applications will be cobots that are off-line and provide a "helping hand" to reduce non-value added waste from the production team members. More complex projects will involve leading 3rd party integrators to design, build and execute fully integrated automation cells. Projects may also include automated material handling and delivery systems.

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