Controls Engineer

GABLETEK

$80K — $95K *
Troy, MI 48085In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
  • 5+ years of PLC and HMI programming experience (Allen Bradley and/or Siemens)
  • 2+ years of Robotics programming experience
  • Ability to read and create electrical prints and schematics
  • Experience with manufacturing equipment
  • Strong communication skills for internal and external interactions
  • Proven project management or leadership capability
  • Experience in programming motion controls, servos, VFDs, pneumatic controls, and relay logic

Responsibilities

  • Design, engineer, and procure assembly equipment for current and future programs
  • Program assembly equipment and provide manufacturing support
  • Apply immediate safety measures during dangerous situations
  • Maintain quality standards and ensure operational safety devices
  • Collaborate with Process/Quality Engineers on process improvements
  • Recover equipment from breakdowns and suggest corrective actions
  • Contribute to the development of preventative maintenance documentation

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunity to work on advanced control systems
  • Access to cutting-edge robotics and automation technology
  • Support for professional development and training
  • Travel opportunities up to 25%
  • Emphasis on safety protocols and quality assurance
Full Job Description
CONTROLS ENGINEER

Job Description:
  • Responsible for the designing, engineering, and procuring mechanical and electrical equipment and systems for the assembly area.
  • Programs the assembly equipment, and supports manufacturing needs.
  • Assist and repair engineering related electrical breakdowns on the assembly equipment.
  • Support Production, Maintenance, and Process Teams in troubleshooting of equipment

Responsibilities:
  • Design, engineer, and procure assembly equipment for future programs. Help maintain and re-engineer current assembly equipment
  • Hardware design
  • Program assembly equipment
  • Apply safety rules with immediate reaction in case of detected dangerous situation
  • Ensure that all safety devices of machines are operational before their restart after engineering intervention
  • Ensure quality standards are upheld
  • Working collaboratively with Process/Quality Engineers and maintenance to develop new processes or process improvements
  • Ground up robotics and controls hardware and logic design, electrical schematics, BOM, assembly, debug, and validation
  • Test, update, and industrialize existing equipment
  • Recover equipment from breakdowns, contribute to analysis of root cause, and suggest permanent corrective actions
  • Escalate deviations after machine observation in curative maintenance
  • Participate to Line QRQC (Quick Response Quality Control), participate in APU QRQC
  • Participate in machine run-off of new manufacturing equipment at supplier
  • Constant improvement to SCADA and MES systems
  • Propose and Create Monthly/Annual preventative maintenance documentation for automated equipment and control systems
  • Assist in development of Work Instructions, PFMEA, and all Process Documentation
  • Investigate and propose Advanced Process Control (APC), Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS) for future manufacturing delivery improvement
  • Project management within individual environment
  • Attention to budget
  • Escalate roadblocks preventing on-time deliverables
  • Ability to read and create mechanical and electrical schematics
  • Use control systems to assist maintenance team with motion controls, Servos, VFDs, pneumatic controls, and relay logic
  • Help create and install vision systems used in production
  • Travel is about 25%

Required Skills for This Position:
  • 2+ years of previous experience working in a manufacturing environment
  • 5+ years of PLC and HMI programming (Allen Bradley and/or Siemens)
  • 2+ years of Robotics programming
  • Experience reading and creating electrical prints and schematics
  • Experience with manufacturing equipment is required
  • Ability to communicate with customers both internal and external
  • Time management and technical problem solving autonomy must be well developed APC, MPC, and DCS experience highly preferred
  • Experience programming motion controls, Servos, VFDs, pneumatic controls, and relay logic
  • Experience programming vision systems (Keyence and/or Cognex) preferred
  • Project management/leadership

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