Controls Engineer (Product Line Engineering)

Join Toyota Automated Logistics to design, build, and prove out the controls behind our next generation of automation products. The PLE team owns product variants, sustaining engineering, and select new product development across our growing portfolio — conveyors, AGVs, and emerging product lines — plus the test infrastructure that validates them.

 

Product Platforms Supported:

• AGV product lines — sustaining and variants for our mobile fleet
• Conveyor product lines — standard products, variants, and new features
• New product lines — emerging platforms entering the PLE portfolio
• Engineering Lab — test loops, AGV test cells, and validation infrastructure

 

The PLE Controls Engineer owns the electrical and controls side of our multi-platform portfolio — from PLC/HMI and onboard control architectures, to test loop programming in the engineering lab, to the design documentation supporting manufacturing and field deployment. You'll have direct ownership of how our products are controlled, tested, and documented across fixed and mobile automation platforms.

 

Job Functions:

 

Product Controls, Electrical Design & Embedded Systems

• Develop and maintain standard PLC, HMI, motor control, and onboard control architectures across conveyor, AGV, and new product lines.
• Own product electrical engineering deliverables — schematics, panel layouts, BOMs, power distribution, low-voltage DC, and component standards for fixed and mobile platforms.
• Work with embedded systems and onboard controllers (microcontroller subsystems, CAN/serial comms, firmware interfaces) and integrate with higher-level PLC or fleet control.
• Perform signal analysis and troubleshooting on control/feedback circuits (encoders, load cells, vision/safety sensors, motor feedback) using scopes, data loggers, and bus analyzers.
• Drive standardization and reuse across product variants to reduce engineering cost per project; support new feature, variant, and new product line introductions from concept through release.

Test Loop Programming & Lab Support

• Program and maintain PLC/HMI/controller code for engineering lab test loops and AGV test cells used to validate new products, features, and variants.
• Build test sequences, data capture, and instrumentation tie-ins to support structured testing and RCA across product types.
• Support development of test infrastructure for new product lines as they enter the PLE portfolio.

Documentation, Sustaining & Cross-Functional

• Produce and maintain controls design documentation (sequence of operations, I/O lists, network architectures, integration specs) and author standard work used by project controls engineers downstream.
• Contribute to engineering process and software ownership within PLE (PLM, design tools, code repositories, version control).
• Support sustaining issues across all product lines — RCA, ECNs, field issue resolution — and partner with mechanical, software, and project engineering on integrated solutions.
• Evaluate new controls technologies, components, and suppliers; build strong supplier relationships for technical support and roadmap alignment.

  

Travel Requirements:

• 10% overnight travel (Travel expenses paid by Toyota Automated Logistics)

Required Qualifications and Preferred Skills:

• BS in Electrical, Controls, Mechatronics, or related Engineering discipline (MS preferred).
• 3+ years of PLC/HMI programming experience (Allen-Bradley/Rockwell and/or Siemens).
• Panel design, electrical schematic, and SolidWorks or AutoCAD Electrical (or EPLAN) experience.
• Strong documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Must be eligible to work in the USA long term without sponsorship.
• Employees must follow all information security policies, protect confidential data, complete required training, and report any suspected security incidents to support our information security controls.

About Toyota Automated Logistics:

Toyota Automated Logistics is your global partner for integrated warehouse automation. Our team combines the talents of Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande’s warehousing business and viastore under one brand to deliver scalable systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.

 

In addition to exciting work at a growing company, we offer the following benefits: 

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match
• Vacation / Holiday Pay
• Paid Volunteer time off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Associations, Conferences and Subscriptions
• Company Meetings & Events

 

 

Toyota Automated Logistics does not work with outside recruiting agencies. No solicitation phone calls please.