by Tony Wallace | Jun 15, 2026 | Automation Contractors Jobs News, Automotive Automation, Automotive Manufacturing, Controls Engineering, Controls Engineering Jobs, HMI/SCADA Development, hourly Contracts, Kansas Contracts, PLC Contract, Robotics, Vision Systems
Four controls engineers are needed on a new automated tire assembly line at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant (KCAP), and the number itself is the story. Not one specialist for a week — four engineers, starting as soon as they are free and running through...
by Tony Wallace | Jun 2, 2026 | Automation Contractors, Automation Contractors Jobs News, Automotive Manufacturing, Controls Engineering
Ask a seasoned controls engineer to make the case that a string of two-week gigs beats one long commissioning contract, and the argument falls apart about halfway through. The short jobs mean constant repositioning, half-finished context, and a new badge every other...
by Tony Wallace | May 20, 2026 | Automation Contractors Jobs News, Automation Contracts, Automotive Automation, Automotive Manufacturing, Contracts, Controls Engineering, Michigan Automation Jobs, Michigan Contracts, News, PLC Contract, Production Support Contracts
Drive about thirty miles north of Detroit, into Oakland County, and you arrive at one of the most consequential pieces of American manufacturing real estate that the casual driver would never notice. GM Lake Orion Assembly — four-point-three million square feet...
by Tony Wallace | May 14, 2026 | Automation Contractors Jobs News, Automation Contracts, Automotive Automation, Automotive Manufacturing, Controls Engineering, HMI/SCADA Development, hourly Contracts, PLC Contract, Production Support Contracts
There is a stretch of high desert east of Reno that, twenty years ago, you drove past on the way to somewhere else. Today it is one of the most concentrated automation corridors on the continent. Tesla’s facility in Sparks has pulled in battery cell production,...
by Tony Wallace | Apr 22, 2026 | Automation Contractors Jobs News, Automation Contracts, Contract Workers, Controls Engineering, Controls Engineering Jobs
The last three weeks have produced more movement in the controls engineering world than the previous three years combined. At the 2025 Ignition Community Conference last fall, Inductive Automation announced the MCP Module — a Model Context Protocol bridge that...
by Tony Wallace | Nov 6, 2025 | Controls Engineering, HMI/SCADA Development, Power Industry Contracts
Remote Ignition HMI/SCADA Developer: Power Industry Controls Engineer Contract The power industry faces a critical challenge: finding specialized HMI/SCADA developers proficient in Ignition platform development who understand the unique requirements of electrical...
