Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer Position Summary

• Shared responsibility with project management for performance to budget and timing during all phases of the project.
• Understand and strictly follow the standards and specifications for the design of hardware and software of the end user.
• Must be able to read and understand electrical drawings, pneumatic drawings, and mechanical sequence of operations and use them to write software.
• Understand safety concepts and safety requirements to ensure proper implementation during design and software generation.
• Write PLC and HMI software programs for different types of equipment/machinery both from scratch and using customer software standards and templates.
• Responsible for the completeness of software design prior to power on, ensuring reduced debug project phases.
• Support manufacturing and service at the debug and installation startup phase.
• Utilize critical thinking skills to define problems, collect data, and formulate effective solutions to issues in a timely fashion.
• Train/aid the end user on the equipment operation as well as hardware and software architecture.
• Aid the customer and improve customer satisfaction through routine and regular communication.
• Coordinate on smaller projects and report to management on progress, timing, and critical issues.
• Ensure the accuracy of all documentation by recording all wiring and field changes and delivering mark-ups to engineering so they are included in the final documentation provided to the customer.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.

Wixom, MI

3647