Automotive Controls Engineer: PLCs, Robotics & Vision

TI Automotive

Grand Rapids (MI)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 120,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

TI Automotive in Grand Rapids, MI seeks an Electrical Controls Engineer to own plant machine control systems and documentation. You will work with engineering and maintenance on new machine controls, design layouts, and improve production efficiency by evaluating performance and implementing improvements.

You will update and develop robotic, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic controls, maintain schematics and data bases, and coordinate with systems personnel on Ethernet networking and data

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Technology, or equivalent experience.
  • Electrical controls engineering background desired.
  • Experience with Siemens processors and Fanuc robots.
  • Automotive industry experience preferred.
  • Injection molding experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of relay logic, ladder logic, pneumatic logic, and hydraulic logic.

Responsibilities

  • Update and improve controls systems including robotic programs, ladder logic, relay logic, electrical distribution, motor controls, operator interface, hydraulics, and pneumatics distribution and control.
  • Design and develop new machine controls including robotic, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and vision systems.
  • Coordinate with engineering and maintenance on existing machine control modifications to robotic, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and vision systems.
  • Create and maintain all electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics; panel layouts; PLC and robot programs; machine power distribution documentation.
  • Back up electronic machine control and robotic programs on set schedule.
  • Implement and maintain data collection system from shop floor processing equipment.
  • Maintain plant floor machine control Ethernet gateways and data networks.
  • Maintain all sub machine control data highways and updates to machine standards.
  • Coordinate with company systems personnel on Ethernet routing and traffic control.
  • Complete correspondence, forms and reports using PC and applicable software.
  • Handle confidential information regularly.
  • Promote safety and housekeeping; lead by example.
  • Participate in Continual Improvement activities.
  • Adhere to customer requirements, Business Operating System and company policies.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Electrical engineering
Robotics programming
PLC programming
Industrial automation
Ethernet networking
Control systems
Blueprints & schematics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Excel & Office suite
AutoCAD 2000/2000LT
Industrial communication protocols (RS232/RS422/DH485/Ethernet/DH+, DeviceNet/ControlNet/remote I/O)

Job description

TI Automotive in Grand Rapids, MI seeks an Electrical Controls Engineer to own plant machine control systems and documentation. You will work with engineering and maintenance on new machine controls, design layouts, and improve production efficiency by evaluating performance and implementing improvements.

You will update and develop robotic, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic controls, maintain schematics and data bases, and coordinate with systems personnel on Ethernet networking and data

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