Controls Engineer

Essential Functions

• Create Electrical Schematics, panels, and machine layouts for various machine orders.
• Develop engineering design plans by researching, analyzing, selecting, and applying engineering techniques and criteria.
• Adapt and modify engineering approaches and options.
• Develop and evaluate new engineering approaches.
• Perform circuit, logic, and component designs using Computer Aided Design (CAD) techniques.
• Prepare layouts, block diagrams, and schematics.
• Collaborate with related engineering design teams.
• Evaluate components, materials, and suppliers.
• Identify and resolve engineering design integration/interface issues.
• Determine and establish engineering design specifications and safety standards.
• Create detailed parts descriptions for the database.
• Build a detailed bill of material.
• Research components and determine/recommend the correct one for the application.
• Design electrical controls systems that will achieve the customers' specific needs.
• Confirm electrical system and component capabilities by designing testing methods and properties.
• Evaluate electrical systems, products, components, and applications by researching, analyzing, selecting, and applying electrical engineering concepts, approaches, techniques, and criteria.
• Design and conduct research programs.
• Analyze electrical requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Professionally communicate and listen to customers to fully understand what the customer needs (internal and external customer).
• Continue to build strong customer relationships.
• Work together to achieve or exceed each customer's desired expectations.
• Support the Sales/Development Department with preliminary design philosophy to support client relationships and new opportunities.
• Work closely with the client’s team, as well as the Project Manager and Regional Sales Manager to guarantee a quality system is designed and tested to customers’ specifications.
• Troubleshoot controls and communicate issues during construction and operations to achieve a quality solution.
• Ensure Safety requirements are met.
• Follow any other job-related duties/functions requested by the supervisor.
• Create and install PLC & HMI programs and all other software needed to make the machine operate as required.
• Travel to customer sites to assist in the installation or repair of the machine’s electrical system if required.

Physical Demands

• Sit for a prolonged period of time.
• Stand and move to different departments.
• Need vision to see close, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Need to talk, hear and listen while working on the shop floor with team members or collaborating with the customer.

Position Type And Expected Hours Of Work

This is a full-time position, working Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communications to clearly communicate changes, issues and resolutions.
• Solves complex problems using a sequential system.
• Strengthens alliances with other departments to create opportunities internally and externally.
• Understands the role of the function and how it fits into meeting the goals of the department and company.
• Profits from garnering support for concepts and solutions from other team members and departments.
• Assesses circumstances using experience and a variety of information gathered.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Electrical Controls Engineering with focus on engineering and manufacturing. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire.