Controls Engineer II: PLCs, Robotics & Material Handling

Daifuku Co., Ltd.; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Daifuku Co., Ltd. in Kentucky is seeking an Electrical Engineer to develop new material handling products, including conveyors, sortation and robotic systems. You will write specifications, layout drawings, and PLC logic, collaborating with the team to ensure products meet requirements and cost targets.

You will work with support from senior engineers, follow engineering standards, and may travel up to 60% within North America to support field testing and customer installations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 2 years of related experience
• Experience with sortation, conveyance equipment or robotics design
• Experience with Allen Bradley control software and tools
• Knowledge of electrical and safety codes including execution of risk assessments

Responsibilities

• Concept, design, develop and engineer products that add value and are a solution to customers and market needs
• Collaborate and review with others on the development team to develop products
• Ensure products developed fit with current and future manufacturing operations
• Ensure products developed meet competitive and market demands for performance and cost
• Specify and develop a sequence of operations of automated equipment
• Prepares schematics and specifications for control panel fabrication
• Develop Programmable Logical Control (PLC) programs
• Maintain product develop schedules and cost estimates
• Follow established engineering standards and best practices including software revision control
• Perform prototype development and testing
• Perform on site beta testing to ensure safety, reliability, and other performance metrics are met
• Investigate product issues in the field and determine root cause
• Domestic travel up to 60% in North America, mostly within the Continental United States.
• Employees are responsible to comply with all requirements of Daifuku's QMS policies and procedures.
• Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction.

Skills

Electrical engineering

PLC programming

AutoCAD Electrical

Robotics design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley software

AutoCAD Electrical

Job description

Daifuku Co., Ltd. in Kentucky is seeking an Electrical Engineer to develop new material handling products, including conveyors, sortation and robotic systems. You will write specifications, layout drawings, and PLC logic, collaborating with the team to ensure products meet requirements and cost targets.

You will work with support from senior engineers, follow engineering standards, and may travel up to 60% within North America to support field testing and customer installations.