Engineer, Senior Maintenance

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Want to help shape tomorrow? At Bendix, we set the standard with advanced dynamic solutions that drive improved commercial vehicle performance and safety. We’re part of the Knorr-Bremse Group, the global leader in braking technologies. As part of our team, you’ll collaborate with a world of talented and dedicated colleagues whose sense of purpose complements your own. You’ll find rewarding opportunities, diverse experiences, partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity.
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

The Senior Maintenance Engineer is responsible for improving equipment reliability, reducing unplanned downtime, and increasing manufacturing equipment performance through advanced troubleshooting, automation and controls expertise, preventive and predictive maintenance, and root cause analysis.
This position will work directly with Reliability Maintenance Technicians, Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Quality, and other support departments to identify equipment failures, implement permanent corrective actions, and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
The Senior Maintenance Engineer will lead and support reliability improvement projects, develop and maintain equipment preventive maintenance (PM) programs, analyze maintenance KPIs, and implement engineering solutions that prevent recurring downtime. The successful candidate will possess strong industrial automation and controls experience, including PLCs, VFDs, Fanuc robotics, machine vision systems, and automated manufacturing equipment.

1. PLC, Automation, and Controls
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, program, and optimize industrial control systems and automated manufacturing equipment.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of:
- Allen-Bradley PLCs, including troubleshooting, programming, and online diagnostics.
- Siemens PLCs, including hardware configuration, logic troubleshooting, and programming.
- Beckhoff PLCs and TwinCAT automation systems.
- Human-machine interfaces (HMIs), industrial communications, sensors, and control networks.
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), including setup, parameter configuration, fault diagnosis, and replacement support.
- Industrial robotics, including Fanuc robot programming, troubleshooting, recovery, and integration.
- Fanuc iRVision systems for robot guidance, part location, inspection, and vision-related troubleshooting.
- Keyence vision systems, sensors, measurement equipment, and inspection applications.
- Cognex machine vision systems, cameras, inspection tools, and automated quality verification.
- Troubleshoot communication faults, intermittent electrical failures, I/O issues, servo systems, safety circuits, and automation-related production interruptions.
- Identify opportunities to improve machine cycle times, process stability, controls reliability, and equipment performance.
- Maintain accurate backups, program revisions, documentation, and change records for PLCs, robots, HMIs, and vision systems.
- Ensure all controls modifications follow applicable machine safety requirements, change-management procedures, and plant standards.
2. Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
- Develop, review, and continuously improve preventive maintenance programs for production equipment,…