# Automation Controls Engineer

RFA Engineering (www.rfamec.com) is an engineering service provider dedicated to delivering our clients with timely engineering support and expertise. We are seeking experienced controls and automation engineers to join our engineering team. For this position RFA will be working in many functional areas supporting industrial automation, automated equipment, machine controls, material handling systems, and other complex engineered equipment across a variety of industries. Automation Controls Engineer The Automation Controls Engineer will support the design, programming, integration, checkout, and validation of automated machinery and assembly equipment. Work may span electrical controls design, PLC/HMI programming, machine integration, troubleshooting, commissioning, and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT). Projects may support biomedical, life science, industrial automation, and other advanced manufacturing applications. Responsibilities Develop electrical controls designs for automated machinery and assembly equipment. Create electrical schematics, control panel layouts, I/O documentation, and bills of material. Develop PLC software for automated equipment and machine-control applica

- **Id**: 3763873
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rfa-engineering-automation-controls-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Saint Paul, United States, Eden Prairie, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T17:40:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T13:09:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5188
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Dental insurance, Education assistance, Life insurance, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Embedded Software & RTOS, Embedded & Electronics Design, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 4429061
- **Name**: RFA Engineering
- **Domain**: rfamec.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rfa-engineering>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: UltiPro

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 36
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 90000
- **Max**: 130000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 130000

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T19:24:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 130000
- **Is top pay**: no

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