Controls Engineer

Lincoln Motor Company; Ypsilanti (MI); On-site; USD 72,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and prescription drug

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Lincoln Motor Company in Michigan is seeking a Controls Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automation systems for Battery Products. The role blends electrical, mechanical, and software skills to optimize production.

You will work across process engineering, machinery installation, and troubleshooting, with opportunities to lead corrective actions, improve safety, quality, and efficiency, and support training.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment (internships/coop considered)

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing process engineering during new product launches or capacity expansions.
• Apply engineering principles to drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Analyze process bottleneck root causes; engage in constraint management and process optimizations.
• Participate in root cause analysis of machine issues with production and maintenance teams.
• Lead development of interim and permanent corrective actions using 8D methodology and structured problem-solving tools.
• Update program backups for machinery and automation.
• Program new installations of automation, machinery, material handling, and robots.
• Assist in training manufacturing personnel and plant electricians.
• Maintain familiarity with OA, CPN/MPN networks and communication protocols for connecting to wireless and wired networks.
• Manage installation and maintenance of virus protection software for controls network PCs, perform PC backup disc images and installation of communication and firmware and controls software.
• While a shift will be assigned, open to work in a rotating shift environment.
• Work cooperatively and supportively with a broad range of individuals with different levels of education and experience.
• Manage multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously with guidance on priority to meet established deadlines.
• Work overtime and weekends as needed.

Job description

In this position...
The Controls Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining systems to automate and optimize industrial processes for Battery Products. The Controls Engineer will use a combination of electrical, mechanical, and software skills to ensure efficient and reliable production operations.

In this position...
The Controls Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining systems to automate and optimize industrial processes for Battery Products. The Controls Engineer will use a combination of electrical, mechanical, and software skills to ensure efficient and reliable production operations.

What You’ll Do

• Support manufacturing process engineering activity during new product launches or capacity expansions.
• Apply engineering principles to drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Analyze process bottleneck root causes; engage in constraint management and process optimizations.
• Participate in root cause analysis of machine issues with the production and maintenance teams.
• Lead development of interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D methodology and structured problem-solving tools.
• Update program backups for machinery and automation.
• Program new installations of automation, machinery, material handling, and robots.
• Assist in training manufacturing personnel and plant electricians.
• Maintain familiarity with OA, CPN/MPN networks and communication protocols for connecting to wireless and wired networks.
• Manage installation and maintenance of virus protection software for controls network PCs, perform PC backup disc images and installation of communication and firmware and controls software.
• While a shift will be assigned, open to work in a rotating shift environment.
• Work cooperatively and supportively with a broad range of individuals with different levels of education and experience.
• Manage multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously with guidance on priority to meet established deadlines.
• Work overtime and weekends as needed.

You’ll have

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1 or more years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment (internship and coop experience will be considered)

Even better, you may have

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
• 3 or more years' experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Electrical background preferred.
• Familiarity with the Standard Manual version of the FAST template.
• Ability to program with Siemens TIA Portal
• Validated ability to troubleshoot equipment and continuously evaluate for process improvements.
• Experience with conveyor system programming
• Solid understanding of networking to include DH+, Ethernet and remote IO
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience
• Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, Value Stream Mapping experience
• Understanding of 8D, FMEA, and DMAIC processes
• Familiar with TQM and Kaizen methods
• One or more years of experience with MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $72,480-121,440.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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