Specialist recruitment services
Talyx Search supports US organizations niche hiring for mission-critical industries.
When a facility depends on a system running correctly around the clock, whether that is a validated pharmaceutical manufacturing line or an automated production floor, there is no room for a bad hire.
Automation & Controls
Automation and Controls is the field that designs, builds, programs, and maintains the systems that monitor and direct physical processes on a plant floor. It bridges the physical world of machinery (motors, valves, pumps, sensors) and the digital world of logic, data, and decision-making. When a bottling line adjusts fill rates on its own, or a chemical reactor holds a precise temperature without an operator turning a dial, that's automation and controls at work.
Controls Engineer
Automation & Controls Specialist
Electrical Engineer
MES Engineer
PLC Programmer
Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Engineer
SCADA Engineer
Systems Integration Engineer
Systems & Program Leadership
Behind every successful automation program is someone who owns the whole picture, not just the code or the panel. These are the Controls Engineering Managers, Automation Program Managers, and Systems Integration Leads who tie together controls, electrical, and MES workstreams and keep complex capital projects moving from concept through commissioning. This talent is rare because it demands deep technical fluency alongside the judgment to lead teams, manage vendors, and answer to the plant and the boardroom in the same afternoon. We specialize in finding leaders who can do both.
Director of Automation
VP of Engineering
Head of Controls Engineering
Automation Program Manager
Senior Automation Project Manager
Systems Integration Manager
Automation Architect
Director of Manufacturing Technology
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