Electrical Control Engineer

Job Description

The ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER is an integral person in helping our customer’s vision for an automated storage solution from Movu US come to life. The core objective is to support Sales and Engineering during the pre‑sale phase by answering questions on system integration. And to support project execution by designing, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting product implementation and system integration.

Typical project size: 1-30M ****

As our ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER, you…

• support Sales, Engineering, Project Management, and Commissioning by sharing your expertise of the final installation and system integration __
• support the creation of the functional description specifications regarding the installation of electrical equipment and the commissioning of controls __
• draft documentation such as SOPs and contribute to creating manuals __
• develop and design electrical cabinets __
• create schematics and network diagrams __
• design controls algorithms and safety systems __
• program device communication of pallet conveyance and pallet inspection equipment __
• test and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems and processes __
• work closely with R&D __
• source external vendors for materials __
• lead engineering and automation teams through concept planning, configuration, and development __
• contribute to the creation of risk assessment documents that identify hazards in a system __
• optimize the system by offering simulation support __
• support the Sales Engineering team with product testing __
• contribute to the mechanical system layout drawings regarding all electrical and controls specifications including cable routing __
• contribute to the development of test plans alongside the Commissioning Team __
• make Full Load Amps calculations __
• ensure UL listed components are selected and cabinet is assembled compliant to such standards __
• be present on-site at First Power Up to make sure everything is operational after rack installation and to make sure everything is functional before our robots are commissioned __
• be present on-site when commissioning is in final stages to prepare the Movu system for handover to the end-customer __
• perform Site Acceptance Testing __

• Multiple years of experience with controls and electrical engineering of custom automation
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Automation, Robotics, Electrical, Electro‑Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering
• PLC and HMI Programming experience (we use Beckhoff, but experience with Siemens, Allen Bradley, Rockwell, etc. is just fine)
• Experience with automation controls, monitoring systems, safety area scanners and safety controllers
• Ability to install, configure, and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical system
• Comfortable using 2D (required) and 3D (nice to have) CAD software for design of electrical diagrams and schematics
• Experience with ePlan or comparable software would be the cherry on top
• Willing and able to travel to customer sites and if remote, to our office an average of up to 30%, usually no longer than 2 weeks at a time; throughout the United States and occasionally to Canada
• If remote, occasional travel to our Romeoville, IL office (average 3 days at a time; approx. 4-6 times per year besides onboarding & training)
• For onboarding and training, if remote, travel for training and onboarding to our Romeoville, IL office and regardless of your location, to our headquarters in Belgium (usually no more than 2 weeks at a time)
• We work closely with our European colleagues. The morning hours are the most important so we can connect with them while our business hours overlap across time zones. If you love starting your workday mid‑morning or later, you would hate it here. Most people start their workday at 8 am CST and some love to start even earlier so they can wrap up earlier at the end of the day.