Controls Implementation Engineer
Dearborn, MI · HybridJob$141–166K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Ford Motor Company seeks a Controls Implementation Engineer for its manufacturing team in Dearborn, Michigan. The role supports, designs, commissions, and sustains automated manufacturing systems across Powertrain and Vehicle Operations, working across legacy and new installations in a production environment. It is hybrid, requires living within reasonable commuting distance of the worksite, and involves domestic travel up to 50%.
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Full job description
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.
What you'll be able to do:
Controls Implementation Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Support, design, commission, and sustain automated manufacturing systems across Powertrain and Vehicle Operations. Hand-on experience with PLC-based control systems, industrial robotics, vision systems, quality systems, and manufacturing data platforms, as well as the ability to work across legacy and new installations in a fast-paced production environment. Collaborating with cross-functional teams including manufacturing engineering, quality, IT/OT, vendors, and operations. Domestic Travel Required up to 50%.
You'll have…
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation. 5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Assembly and machining controls architecture in hardware or software by applying direct Program Experience. 3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Apply programming principles on Siemens/AB PLC and CNC/Motion controls systems. 2. Hands-on experience and ability to troubleshoot PLC, CNC, robot, vision and other automation issues. 3. Maintain and improve machine safety systems, including safety PLCs, and safety circuits. 4. Collaborate with IT/OT teams to ensure secure and reliable data flow. 5. Applying assembly and machining RFID systems including complexity management, and QOS strategies. 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Integrating cell machining systems with CNC controls, gantries and auxiliary equipment assets. 2. Supporting and configuring Vision systems including Cognex and Keyence, fastening systems, and press systems.
We are offering a salary of $141,066.00 - $166,200.00/yr.
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
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Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
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Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
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Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
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Tuition assistance
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Established and active employee resource groups
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Paid time off for individual and team community service
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A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
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Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,292 open Controls Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$141–166K/yr
- Michigan median$95–160K/yr37 salary ranges
- US median$111–160K/yr1,323 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $154K, is 19% above the Michigan median midpoint ($129K) — in the top quarter of Controls Engineer salary ranges in Michigan.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 120 open Controls Engineer jobs in Michigan and 2,292 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- Actalent19 open
- General Motors19 open
- Ford Motor Company (this employer)8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Controls Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,948 postings).
- Education
- 1,186 of the 2,292 open Controls Engineer jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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