Highlights
This role is highly execution-focused, ensuring that Industrial PCs (IPCs), PLCs, networks, and field devices are correctly provisioned, tested, and brought online. The engineer acts as the technical manager during installation, troubleshooting, and commissioning phases - partnering with contractors, integrators, and internal teams to ensure safe, reliable, and timely system startup.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Nashville, TN |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
The Manager, Controls Integration is responsible for leading the on-site deployment, integration, and commissioning of automated equipment such as sorters, conveyor systems, and work cells. This role is highly execution-focused, ensuring that Industrial PCs (IPCs), PLCs, networks, and field devices are correctly provisioned, tested, and brought online. The engineer acts as the technical manager during installation, troubleshooting, and commissioning phases - partnering with contractors, integrators, and internal teams to ensure safe, reliable, and timely system startup.
Key job responsibilities
Deployment & Commissioning
- Lead the on-site execution of commissioning plans for sorters, conveyors, and work cells.
- Provision and configure Linux-based IPCs, PLCs, HMIs, and field devices according to project standards.
- Define and execute I/O checkouts, network verification, and system bring-up activities
- Develop and implement detailed testing and commissioning plans, including sequencing, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
Troubleshooting & Support
- Serve as the first line of technical support for on-site issues across controls, networking, electrical, and mechanical domains.
- Diagnose and resolve industrial networking problems (e.g., VLAN misconfigurations, IP conflicts, switch and device connectivity, fieldbus errors).
- Drive root-cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Document issues, resolutions, and lessons learned for continuous improvement.
On-Site Leadership
- Manage commissioning teams, contractors, and technicians during system deployment.
- Ensure adherence to safety, quality, and operational requirements during installation and testing.
Integration & Handover
- Validate equipment functionality against design specifications and operational requirements.
- Support integration of equipment into warehouse control systems (WCS) and higher-level orchestration layers.
Continuous Improvement
- Develop and refine commissioning and testing automation tools to reduce cycle time and improve repeatability of deployments.
- Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, maintainability, and deployment efficiency.
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles