Controls Engineer

Gabletek Robotics and Controls Solutions; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Gabletek Robotics and Controls Solutions in Troy, Michigan seeks a Controls Engineer to design, program, and support assembly equipment. Responsibilities include troubleshooting with Production and Maintenance teams and ensuring quality standards.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience in PLC and HMI programming, robotics programming, and can read electrical schematics. The role requires 25% travel and emphasizes technical problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of PLC and HMI programming experience.
• 2+ years of Robotics programming.
• Experience with programming motion controls, Servos, VFDs, and relay logic.

Responsibilities

• Design and procure assembly equipment for future programs.
• Program and repair assembly equipment.
• Support Production and Maintenance teams in troubleshooting.
• Participate in machine run-off of new manufacturing equipment.

Skills

PLC and HMI programming (Allen Bradley and/or Siemens)

Robotics programming

Reading and creating electrical prints and schematics

Communication with customers

Programming motion controls

Project management

Job description

CONTROLS ENGINEER

Job Description:

• Responsible for the designing, engineering, and procuring mechanical and electrical equipment and systems for the assembly area.
• Programs the assembly equipment, and supports manufacturing needs.
• Assist and repair engineering related electrical breakdowns on the assembly equipment.
• Support Production, Maintenance, and Process Teams in troubleshooting of equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and procure assembly equipment for future programs. Help maintain and re-engineer current assembly equipment.
• Hardware design.
• Program assembly equipment.
• Applysafety rules with immediate reaction incase of detected dangerous situation.
• Ensure that all safety devices of machines are operational before their restart after engineering intervention.
• Ensure quality standards are upheld.
• Working collaboratively with Process/Quality Engineers and maintenance to develop new processes or process improvements.
• Ground up robotics and controls hardware and logic design, electrical schematics, BOM, assembly, debug, and validation.
• Test, update, and industrialize existing equipment.
• Recover equipment from breakdowns, contribute to analysis of root cause, and suggest permanent corrective actions.
• Escalate deviations after machine observation in curative maintenance.
• Participate to Line QRQC (Quick Response Quality Control), participate in APU QRQC.
• Participate in machine run-off of new manufacturing equipment at supplier.Constant improvement to SCADA and MES systems.
• Propose and Create Monthly/Annual preventative maintenance documentation for automated equipment and control systems.
• Assist in development of Work Instructions, PFMEA, and all Process Documentation.
• Investigate and propose Advanced Process Control (APC), Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS) for future manufacturing delivery improvement.
• Project management within individual environment.
• Attention to budget.
• Escalate roadblocks preventing on-time deliverables.
• Ability to read and create mechanical and electrical schematics.
• Use control systems to assist maintenance team with motion controls, Servos, VFDs, pneumatic controls, and relay logic.
• Help create and install vision systems used in production.
• Travel is about 25%.

Required Skills for This Position

• 2+ years of previous experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of PLC and HMI programming (Allen Bradley and/or Siemens).
• 2+ years of Robotics programming.
• Experience reading and creating electrical prints and schematics.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment is required.
• Ability to communicate with customers both internal and external.
• Time management and technical problem solving autonomy must be well developedAPC, MPC, and DCS experience highly preferred.
• Experience programming motion controls, Servos, VFDs, pneumatic controls, and relay logic.
• Experience programming vision systems (Keyence and/or Cognex) preferred.
• Project management/leadership.