Entry-Level Field Service Engineer (PLC)

Location: Remote within the United States, generally in the lower 48 states within 2 hours of an airport. Approximately three months of initial training is provided onsite at a Wisconsin facility with housing. The role requires extensive travel throughout the United States, including customer-site assignments and overnight stays.

Salary: $80,000–$90,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global builds capital equipment and provides service and parts for paper-converting, corrugating, packaging, bookbinding, and related manufacturing industries.

What you will do

• Program, debug, and troubleshoot PLC systems and automation controls.
• Install, commission, upgrade, service, and diagnose capital equipment at customer facilities.
• Resolve electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, and control-system issues during routine and emergency service.
• Train customer operations and maintenance personnel on safety, PLC systems, and best practices.
• Prepare installation reports, programming-change records, service documentation, and quality reports.
• Coordinate business travel, manage travel logistics, and submit expense reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, Controls, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience programming, debugging, and troubleshooting PLCs.
• Knowledge of electrical, pneumatic, control, automation, and manufacturing systems.
• Ability to read schematics, wiring diagrams, assembly layouts, ladder logic, and technical procedures.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, customer-relations, communication, problem-solving, multitasking, and independent-working skills.
• Ability to travel up to 100%, including approximately 21 days per month away from home, and eligibility to obtain and maintain a valid passport.

Nice to have

• Proficiency with CAD systems or SolidWorks.
• Multilingual proficiency.
• Interest and availability for international travel.

Culture & Benefits

• Extensive initial training with housing provided at a Wisconsin facility.
• Independent field work with general direction and advance-planned travel schedules.
• No regular office reporting is expected when not traveling or assigned to a customer site.
• Travel rewards from hotels, airlines, and rental cars can be retained.
• Work may include extended days, weekends, holidays, overnight stays, and periods of two weeks or more without scheduled time off.

Hiring process

• Pre-employment screening may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verification, background screening, and skills assessments.