Controls Engineering Technician I
Job in
Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada, 89494, USA
Listed on 2026-08-13
Listing for:
Panasonic
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-13
Job specializations:
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Manufacturing / Production
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Manufacturing Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Controls Engineering Technician I? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision.
Join the PECNA team today!
Responsibilities
Controls Engineering Technician I
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Job Summary:
The Controls Engineering Technician supports Controls Engineering activities such as testing, check-out, modification, fabrication, and assembly of miscellaneous control systems. The Technician must be experienced in performing maintenance and troubleshooting activities on control systems in a high-volume manufacturing environment. The individual will be working from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts, or defined plans to perform testing, checkout, and trouble-shooting functions.
Essential Duties:
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting PLC systems such as Omron, Mitsubishi, and Allen Bradley.
- Understanding of electrical hardware, schematics, wiring diagrams, SOP's, P&'s, PFD's, sequence control, and software design.
- Experience performing maintenance and troubleshooting activities on control systems in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting complex control systems, including software, hardware, wiring, and electro-mechanical components.
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting manufacturing image vision systems such as Keyence and Cognex.
- Experience with various mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical control system components.
- Ability to cooperate and work with related departments including overseas.
- Strong documentation skills.
- To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employee's, wearing PPE is a requirement for some roles at PENA and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.
Qualifications
Requirements - Required and/or Preferred
Education:
- Basic/
Required:
High School Diploma, GED - Preferred:
Associates degree in Electronic Technology or equivalent experience preferred.
- Familiarity with wiring/cabling/grounding/shielding, wire gauge/terminations, and load/temperature requirements
- Must be able to work a 12-hour shift (day or night) to support 24/7 battery manufacturing Control Systems support.
- Ability to cooperate and work with related departments including overseas.
- 3+ years of manufacturing controls engineering technician experience performing maintenance is preferred.
- Familiarity with industrial machinery design & related NEC NFPA 70 and 79 codes.
- Familiarity with ISA standards and symbology.
- Knowledge regarding electrical requirements in hazardous locations (Class I, Div
2). - Experience with 480 V panel installations
- Background working in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Superior communication and interpersonal skills
- Alignment to Panasonic's seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)
- Resilient, self-motivated and able to work well under pressure.
Physical
Activities:
(Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to)
- Sit: 40%
- Walk: 30%
- Stand: 20%
- Lift: 10%
Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%)
- Up to 10 lbs.:
Occasional - Up to 20 lbs.:
Occasional - Up to 35 lbs.:
Occasional - Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.):
Not Required
Panasonic Energy prioritizes total well-being and offers comprehensive benefits options to support physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health:
- Health Benefits - Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
- Voluntary Benefits - Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
- Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) - 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
- Paid Time-Off Benefits - Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
- Educational Assistance - Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after…
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