Controls Engineer, PLC Programming
Osaro
San Francisco, CA · Posted November 6, 2026
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About the job
As a Controls Engineer PLC Programming, you will be participating in the research, development and deployment of AI enabled robot cells for material handling and logistics applications. You will colla