Controls Engineer
Wynright (Daifuku Intralogistics) · Erlanger, KY
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Travel
- 60%
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 11 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Wynright (Daifuku Intralogistics) (industrial) in Erlanger, KY. Concept, design, develop and engineer products that add value and are a solution to customers and market needs.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, PLC, Robotics, Automation, AutoCAD
- Day to day
- about 60% travel
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Kentucky: typical posted base $90k–$145k.
Median of the low and high ends of 8 live postings that list pay, out of 25 controls engineer openings in Kentucky, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kentucky plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 24 other live controls postings in Kentucky.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $90k–$145k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 92%
- ✓ PLC 84%
- ✓ Robotics 84%
- ✓ Root cause 52%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 40%
- ✓ AutoCAD 32%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Wynright (Daifuku Intralogistics) in Erlanger
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- Senior Controls Engineer · Controls · Senior
Full description from Wynright (Daifuku Intralogistics)As posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Job Summary
Develops new products for material handling applications including conveyors, sortation, automated storage, order fulfilment, and robotic systems. Includes development of specifications, device layout drawings, control schematics, PLC logic. May work with support of more senior engineers. Works closely with the overall team to design systems meeting the product requirements. Uses creativity and innovation to design the standard product offering.
Essential Functions
- ◆Concept, design, develop and engineer products that add value and are a solution to customers and market needs
- ◆Collaborate and review with others on the development team to develop products
- ◆Ensure products developed fit with current and future manufacturing operations
- ◆Ensure products developed meet competitive and market demands for performance and cost
- ◆Specify and develop a sequence of operations of automated equipment
- ◆Prepares schematics and specifications for control panel fabrication
- ◆Develop Programmable Logical Control (PLC) programs
- ◆Maintain product develop schedules and cost estimates
- ◆Follow established engineering standards and best practices including software revision control
- ◆Perform prototype development and testing
- ◆Perform on site beta testing to ensure safety, reliability, and other performance metrics are met
- ◆Investigate product issues in the field and determine root cause
- ◆Domestic travel up to 60% in North America, mostly within the Continental United States.
- ◆Employees are responsible to comply with all
requirements
of Daifuku’s QMS policies and procedures.
- ✓Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
- ✓Minimum of 4 years of related experience
- ✓Experience with sortation and conveyance equipment or robotics design required
- ✓Experience with Allen Bradley control software and tools required
- ✓Knowledge of electrical and safety codes for machine and equipment design including execution of risk assessments required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Requirements
- ✓Knowledge of industrial automation systems, including HMI and SCADA
- ✓Knowledge of controls/controllers and PLCs
- ✓Proficient with AutoCAD Electrical
- ✓Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail and deadlines
- ✓Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- ✓Team-oriented and collaborative
- ✓Creative-thinking and problem-solving skills
- ✓Ability to learn new technologies
- ✓Self-motivated
- ✓Ability to work non-traditional hours
- ✓Must be able to speak, read and understand the English language
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
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Overview
About Us
Daifuku is the nation’s leading independent, U.S.‐based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in‐house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intralogistics solutions. We provide leading‐edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice and light‐directed order fulfillment equipment, controls and software, robotics, mezzanines, and structures.
If you want to join a team of industry leading experts and who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you.