Controls Engineer - Evening Shift

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United States - TN - Chattanooga

• Troubleshoot automated equipment and production interruptions involvingPLC logic, HMI applications, robot programs, safety systems, industrial networks, drives, sensors, vision systems, and electrical controls.
• Connect to Allen-Bradley Control Logix and Compact Logix PLCs using Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000; trace logic, cross-reference tags,diagnose I/O and communications faults, and make controlled program changes.
• Support Allen-Bradley Panel View and Factory Talk View HMI applications, including alarms, status displays, communications, tag mapping, and minor application changes.
• Diagnose and recover FANUC robot cells; interpret faults, verify UOP and PLC handshakes, teachor adjust positions, review I/O and interlocks, and make appropriate program changes.
• Configure and troubleshoot Keyence sensors and vision systems, including inspection setup, triggering, lighting, focus, pass/fail criteria, PLC communications, and false-reject conditions.
• Troubleshoot 24 VDC control circuits and 120/240/480 VAC industrial electrical systems using electrical drawings and safe work practices.
• Diagnose safety circuits, relays, contractors, motors, VFDs, servos, encoders, solenoids, analog devices, proximity sensors, photoeyes, and distributed I/O.
• Troubleshoot Ethernet/IP and related industrial communications, including device addressing, managed switches, remote I/O, intermittent connections, and network fault isolation.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement durable corrective actions instead of repeated temporary resets or parts replacement.
• Maintain accurate backups, document changes, update drawings and technical records, and follow site change control procedures.
• Provide clear shift handoff notes and communicate unresolved risks, temporary countermeasures, and required follow-up.
• Support equipment launches, continuous-improvement projects, preventive maintenance, spare-parts strategy, and training of maintenance technicians.
• Follow all safety policies, including lockout/tagout, arc-flash boundaries, machine guarding, and controls-related safety validation.

• Provide technical support to other facilities if needed.
• Maintain current corporate programming standards.
• Improve human machine interfaces.
• Implement quality improvements.

• International Operating System (IOS):
  Understand, apply, and meet all function related IOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS):
  Understand, apply, andmeet all function related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety:
  Understand, apply, and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance:
  Understand, apply, and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
• Information Security:
  Understand, apply, and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment.

• Bachelor's Level Degree
• Area of Study:
  Electrical Engineering / Engineering Technology or similar.
• * Equivalent work experience may also be considered for certain positions. Demonstrated capability and practical troubleshooting skill are valued alongside formal education.

• 3-5 Minimum Years of Experience as an electronic engineer, electrician or similar.
• 1-3 Minimum Years of Experience with in the automotive industry
• Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial manufacturing plants which might require climbing, lifting, or workingin confined spaces.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience troubleshooting industrial automation in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of Allen-Bradley Control Logix or Compact Logix PLCs and Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000.
• Working knowledge of industrial HMI systems, preferably Factory Talk View andPanel
  
  View.
• Ability to troubleshoot FANUC…