Controls Engineer - Production Machinery - Nashville, TN

Diedre Moire · Nashville, TN

Level: Engineer
Team: Controls
Experience asked: 2+ years
Industry: Industrial
Posted: Recently

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level controls role at Diedre Moire (industrial) in Nashville, TN. Design, develop, test, validate, and implement electrical controls and programs for new manufacturing machinery.

They ask for: 2+ years
Tools it names: CNC, Injection molding, AutoCAD
Day to day: some off-shift / weekend coverage

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Controls Engineer roles in Tennessee: typical posted base $110k–$135k.

Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 24 controls engineer openings in Tennessee, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Tennessee plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 23 other live controls postings in Tennessee.

Experience asked: Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)

Skills these teams ask for most

PLC 83%
Automation 79%
Robotics 58%
Root cause 38%
Team leadership 25%
Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 25%

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

Stands out: this posting asks for CNC, Injection molding, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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Off-shift / weekend coverage

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Years of Experience

2+ years

Location

Tennessee

Low Salary

$50,000.00

High Salary

$120,000.00

Job Contact

James Franco

Job Contact Phone

(609) 584-9000 ext 283

Job Contact Email

1000025449_10007335@jobbank301.com

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Diedre Moire

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Controls Engineer - Production Machinery - Nashville, TN, Tennessee, 9789

Description

Seeking experience designing, testing, programming, updating, and overhauling machine controls systems for production machinery.

Shall

•** Design, develop, test, validate, and implement electrical controls and programs for new manufacturing machinery.
•** Document accurate manuals, diagrams, and schematics to aid in installation, troubleshooting, and operation of new designs.
•** Develop bills of materials, parts descriptions, and abstracts.

Considering experience with machines such as CNC Machine Tools, Plastic Injection Molding machines, Laser Cutting Machines, Fiber Laying machines, etc.

For complete details contact James Franco at