Controls Hardware Design Engineer

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Responsibilities

Create electrical drawing packages for different types of equipment/machinery both from scratch and using customer standards and templates. Experience designing control panel layouts is a must.

Responsible for the completeness of hardware design prior to build, ensuring reduced debug project phases.

Ability to perform calculations for load, heat, and power including transfer loads for transformers

Familiar with ARC Flash calculations

Understand and strictly follow the standards and specifications for the design of controls hardware of the end user.

Must be able to read and understand electrical drawings, pneumatic drawings, and mechanical sequence of operations and use them to design the electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic prints as required.

Understand safety concepts and safety requirements to ensure proper implementation during the design phase. (NFPA
79, UL508) Provide accurate Bill of Materials as part of design, adhering to customer specification or documenting deviation acceptance from customer as required. Support manufacturing during the startup and integration phase. Generate machine lockout placards based on end-user specifications and best practice. Aid the software designer in understanding hardware architecture and critical designs.

Requirements

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical/engineering discipline is preferred, but equivalent experience will be considered

7+ years of relevant controls hardware design experience

Strong experience designing control panel layouts with either AutoCAD Electrical or Eplan is a must. Preference is to have experience in both

Prior experience leading small teams is a plus

PLC Programming experience is helpful but not required

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