Controls Engineer

Nexon Automation; Saltillo; Sur place; MXN 223 000 - 446 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Growth and development plan

Résumé du poste

Nexon Automation in Saltillo, Mexico, is seeking a Controls Engineer to design, commission and optimize electrical and automated control systems for industrial equipment, applying engineering principles, standards and best practices. You will work on control software, PLC logic, and HMI applications to support customer projects locally, remotely, or on-site.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering or related science, advanced English, and 1–2 years of experience in industrial automation.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related Science discipline.
• Languages: Advanced English.

Responsabilités

• Executes specialized technical services for internal and external customers, locally, remotely, or on-site.
• Designs industrial control architectures by selecting communication protocols, networking equipment, and programming languages for automation systems.
• Identifies potential failure modes and implements preventive and corrective actions in electrical and control systems; performs risk and safety assessments.
• Validates, commissions, and tests the equipment and systems assigned to the project.
• Analyses PLC logic, sequences, interlocks, alarms, networks, signals, and operating conditions.
• Identifies root causes of recurring failures, production losses, and quality issues.
• Develops hypotheses, conducts tests, and validates root causes with evidence.
• Develops and implements modifications to PLC programs, HMI applications, and peripheral systems.
• Designs/improves projects to increase availability, reliability, and performance.
• Optimizes cycles, sequences, fault recovery, and machine interactions.
• Integrates and troubleshoots PLCs, HMIs, robots, vision systems, VFDs, sensors, safety devices.

Connaissances

Industrial automation

PLC programming

HMI development

System integration

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related Science

Outils

SCADA

HMI tools

Description du poste

We create value through technology and deliver customer-focused engineering services for leading companies in the automotive industry. Join our talented team and grow professionally while gaining experience with advanced robotics, state-of-the-art vision systems, Internet of Things (IoT)-based applications, and emerging processes and practices in manufacturing.

How do you add value to the role?

The Controls Engineer develops and commissions electrical and automated control systems for industrial machinery based on customer specifications and in accordance with engineering principles, international standards, and industry best practices. The position involves implementing complex control algorithms for the design and development of control software, identification systems, and signal processing applications.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related Science discipline.
• Languages: Advanced English.

Experience

• 1 or 2 years of experience integrating industrial automation applications.
• Experience developing low-complexity control applications.

Knowledge

• Industrial control system design
• Intermediate PLC programming and HMI application development technologies
• Knowledge of equipment, methodologies, and processes related to factory automation.

Main Responsibilities

• Executes specialized technical services for internal and external customers, either locally, remotely, or on-site. The objective is to ensure that assigned control systems operate efficiently and in compliance with industry and quality standards.
• Designs industrial control architectures by selecting the appropriate communication protocols, networking equipment, and programming languages required to program, configure, and integrate industrial automation systems.
• Identifies potential failure modes and implements preventive and corrective actions integrated into the design of electrical and control systems. Performs risk and safety assessments. Validates, commissions, and tests the equipment and systems assigned to the project.
• Analyze PLC logic, sequences, interlocks, alarms, networks, signals, and the physical operating conditions of the process.
• Identify the root causes of recurring failures, production losses, micro-stoppages, quality issues, and unstable process behavior.
• Develop technical hypotheses, execute controlled tests, and validate identified root causes using objective evidence.
• Develop and implement modifications to PLC programs, HMI applications, communication systems, automatic sequences, recipes, alarms, and peripheral systems.
• Design and implement improvement projects for existing equipment to increase process availability, reliability, maintainability, and overall performance.
• Optimize cycle times, operating sequences, fault recovery routines, manual and automatic operating modes, and equipment interaction.
• Integrate and troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, robots, machine vision systems, variable frequency drives (VFDs), servo systems, sensors, safety devices, conveyors, and peripheral equipment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits package
• Growth and development plan

Thank you for your interest in this position.