Controls Engineer

Fives Intralogistics; Wixom (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fives Intralogistics is seeking a Controls Engineer to design and implement PLC and HMI software for various machinery, ensuring safety and standards compliance. The role involves reading electrical and pneumatic drawings, coordinating with project teams, and supporting startup activities on site in Wixom, MI.

You will work closely with management and customers to resolve issues, document changes, and deliver robust software solutions while delivering training to end users on operation and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering or related field.
• Experience with PLC and HMI software, and reading electrical, pneumatic drawings.

Responsibilities

• Write PLC and HMI software for equipment and machinery, from scratch or using standards.
• Ensure software design completeness prior to power-on and reduce debug time.
• Coordinate with project management on budgets, timing, and progress.
• Support manufacturing and service during debug and startup phases.
• Train end users on equipment operation and software/ hardware architecture.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

Electrical drawings

Pneumatic drawings

Safety concepts

Critical thinking

Documentation

Project coordination

Customer training

Software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

PLC software

HMI software

Electrical CAD

AutoCAD

Job description

Position: Controls Engineer

Duties include:

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.

This position requires:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering or a related engineering field.

Work location:

Wixom, MI