[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Amazon jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Amazon · Houston, TX # Automation Controls Engineer, Manufacturing Automation Design & Engineering US, TX, Houston Design Listed on Amazon’s official careers site. Posted October 7, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10571466/automation-controls-engineer-manufacturing-automation-design-engineering) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Amazon](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) / Automation Controls Engineer, Manufacturing Automation Design & Engineering ## Job description Amazon Web Services' Hardware Engineering team is looking for experienced professionals to help build the world's premier cloud computing platform. The Manufacturing Automation Design & Engineering team designs, validates, and deploys automation solutions, including robotics, cobots, vision inspection, AI-powered quality systems, and automated assembly workflows, across contract manufacturer sites worldwide. ### About the Role You will define the controls and electrical systems architecture for all automated assembly lines, creating the standard control platform that scales across all platforms and all contract manufacturer sites. You own PLC programming standards, HMI development frameworks, safety system architecture, and industrial network design. You define how automated cells communicate with each other, with MES, and with data collection systems. You are the architect of the nervous system that connects every robot, sensor, actuator, and inspection system into a coordinated, data-generating production line. You establish reusable control system templates that ensure consistency and reduce deployment time globally. The scope covers all server and rack assembly across all architectures and platforms, including compute, AI/ML accelerators, storage, and networking. The team designs intelligent, predictive-analytics-driven production systems where every station is sensor-driven, AI-optimized, and self-correcting, turning assembly lines into programmable, data-generating platforms that scale capacity without scaling headcount. This role requires the engineer to operate in a fast-paced, multi-platform international manufacturing environment with travel to contract manufacturer sites (up to 25-30% travel anticipated). Key job responsibilities ### Define controls systems architecture - PLC programming standards, HMI frameworks, safety system design, network topology - Design and program PLC-based control systems for automated assembly lines - Develop standardized HMI interfaces for operator interaction and production monitoring - Architect industrial network infrastructure (e.g., EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT) for automated lines - Design safety system architecture per ISO 13849 and IEC 62443 (functional safety and cybersecurity) - Create reusable control system templates and code libraries for global deployment standardization - Define MES integration specifications and data exchange protocols between automation cells and enterprise systems - Lead controls architecture reviews for automation projects and vendor-supplied systems About the team ### About the team The Manufacturing Automation Design & Engineering team is building a centralized automation Center of Excellence that owns the process specification and IP for how AWS hardware gets assembled. The team is responsible for engineering, defining automated process requirements, designing and proving solutions at proof-of-concept, and maintaining AWS-owned intellectual property that scales globally. The team works within a collaborative framework across Hardware Engineering (product design for automation), Manufacturing Automation Design & Engineering (process specification and validation), and Manufacturing Operations (deployment and scaling), ensuring automation is engineered once, proven once, and deployed everywhere. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 7, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 11 days - Location: US, TX, Houston[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10571466/automation-controls-engineer-manufacturing-automation-design-engineering) ## More jobs at Amazon ### [Area Manager II](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/3bcfd2a5f0bf7cf0775e/) US, TX, Houston ### [Business Intelligence Engineer, North America Network Sales and Operations planning](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/42870486a930d4c3f033/) US, TX, Houston ### [Category Manager, Construction, Global Procurement Organization (GPO)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/22c2fae2c3345cb4585a/) US, TX, Houston ### [Cloud Technical Account Manager, ES - SI - Energy](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/8f20753e92da90e9a4d6/) US, TX, Houston ### [Commissioning Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/d9e07a2330c893649a69/) US, TX, Houston ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Motion Automation Intelligence - Controls Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/genuine-parts/jobs/ddd3d3841c02a7fcf7f3/) Genuine Parts · Plano, TX ### [Manufacturing Controls/Robotics Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/c6d74ff8b95b7e088e79/) Lockheed Martin · Camden, AR ### [Building Automation Controls Engineer – Tridium Niagara](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/comfort-systems-usa/jobs/826fd9cc937ebffc8786/) Comfort Systems USA · Cincinnati, OH ### [Senior Engineer, Automation Controls, Air Manufacturing Innovation](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nike/jobs/6a165f1249c9c225e8a6/) Nike · Beaverton, Oregon [Jobs in Houston, TX](/locations/us/tx/houston/)[Jobs in Texas](/locations/us-tx/)[Design jobs](/functions/design/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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