Principal Controls Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design electrical control panels and document assemblies and systems, including component selection, mechanical layout, cabling, and packaging.
• Write control system code for various PLCs, Controllers, Vision systems, Motor controls, and PC’s to enable start-up, operation, and troubleshooting of new and existing equipment.   
• Troubleshoot industrial control/electrical systems, including power supplies, controllers, sensors, PLCs, and other devices.
• Working on multidisciplinary teams to solve complicated problems, design and plan upgrades, and retrofits to improve tool reliability and process capabilities 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Controls, Mechanical, or Mechatronic Engineering or similar engineering discipline with 10+ years of hands-on engineering work, including designing, testing, deploying, and troubleshooting control systems in an industrial manufacturing environment; working with electrical systems from three-phase AC power to low-voltage DC board-level signals.
• Hands-on experience designing and building Control Boxes using hand and power tools, and 3D/2D CAD (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, DraftSight). Able to make, read, and edit control schematics and P&ID drawings. 
• PLC and controls ladder logic and/or structured text programming experience in one or all of these systems: Automation Direct, Allen Bradley, Siemens, CodeSys. Experience in robotic programming, preferably with Epson, Universal, and Kuka. Also, PC based controls experience, such as Python, Arduino, and ACS.
• Vision system programming experience using Keyance, Cognex, or other vision system tools. 
• Understanding of industrial control equipment regulations including NFPA 79, UL 508, and related standards.