Controls Engineer - Robotic Automation & PLC Expert

CONVERGIX Automation Solutions; Bridgman (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) with match

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Profit sharing

Job summary

CONVERGIX Automation Solutions in Michigan is seeking a Controls Engineer to design, document, program, and build custom robotic automation systems. This role focuses on controls and electrical design and reports to the Controls Engineering Manager.

You will work on electrical design, PLC programming, HMI/SCADA, networking, debugging, and field service. Travel to local and regional client sites within the US and Canada is required.

Qualifications

• PLC programming experience.
• Experience in Allen Bradley or Siemens PLCs.
• Experience developing PLC programs from scratch.
• Robotic integration experience.
• Exposure to FANUC, ABB, and/or Kukka.
• Comfortable working with Rockwell and Siemens HMIs.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret technical drawings.
• Understanding of custom industrial machine design.
• Willingness to travel within US and Canada.

Responsibilities

• Controls Engineer will work on various stages of automation and control projects including: electrical design, PLC programming, HMI and SCADA design and development, Networking design and troubleshooting/testing/debugging
• Provide written functional requirement specifications and sequence of operation documents
• Interface with Mechanical and Electrical engineering to develop robust and efficient to program designs
• Assist electricians in debugging machine wiring
• Write PLC programs for newly developed machines using Convergix / Customer base templates and programming standards
• Debug powered on machines to verify mechanical and programming functionality meets customer’s requirements and Convergix’s standards of quality.
• Deliver an extraordinary customer experience by interfacing with clients and project managers to provide status updates, attend client field service and emergency calls, partake in customer meetings, and ability to share your technical expertise

Skills

PLC programming

Robotic integration

Industrial automation

Travel readiness

Electrical design

HMI/SCADA

Reading drawings

Tools

Rockwell HMIs

Siemens HMIs

Job description

CONVERGIX Automation Solutions in Michigan is seeking a Controls Engineer to design, document, program, and build custom robotic automation systems. This role focuses on controls and electrical design and reports to the Controls Engineering Manager.

You will work on electrical design, PLC programming, HMI/SCADA, networking, debugging, and field service. Travel to local and regional client sites within the US and Canada is required.