Sr. Automation & Controls Engineer (Components)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in initial equipment conceptual development and carefully balance product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and lead-time limits
• Lay out new industrial electrical control panels that are NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant and create electrical, pneumatic, and fluid schematics
• Architect, write, and debug PLC code, emphasizing generating organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable code for manufacturing applications
• Develop robot systems to aid in the automated manufacturing of various vehicle sub-components
• Implement (ANSI/RIA15.06/OSHA compliant) control reliable safety systems for safeguarding robots, gantries, conveyors, and other manufacturing equipment
• Generate aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting
• Manage electrical cabinet builds, field wiring, pneumatic and fluid plumbing
• Select and size electrical and electromechanical components such as servo motors and controllers
• Deploy automated processes and equipment into production
• Set, implement, and maintain schedules and budgets to ensure project completion
• BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering, physics, or computer science discipline
• 5+ years experience in the design and commissioning of automation and controls systems for industrial applications
• PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
• Process integration and electromechanical/mechatronic systems experience
• Experience in a variety of robotic weld applications (Kuka, ABB & Fanuc)
• Robot and PLC simulation experience
• Experience working with National Instruments software and hardware
• Electrical schematic CAD experience using EPlan
• C#,.NET, Python and/or SQL experience
• PLC programming experience, preferably Siemens TIA Portal & Beckhoff TwinCat 3
• HMI and SCADA programming experience