Controls Senior Project Engineer

AmNet Services, Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sensor solutions provider in Grand Rapids, MI is seeking an engineer to design and troubleshoot control systems, including electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic diagrams. The ideal candidate must have strong skills in operational troubleshooting and extensive experience with programmable controls. Responsibilities include providing technical support and advancing system designs. Competitive compensation and opportunities for technical advancement are offered in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years troubleshooting Rockwell control logics.
• 2+ years troubleshooting S7 Semen control.
• At least 1 year of Ethernet IP communications.

Responsibilities

• Initiate advanced control system designs from operations.
• Engineer/design pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical diagrams.
• Provide technical support and coordinate activities.

Skills

Programmable machine controls hardware

Servo drive hardware

AutoCad

Basic electrical standards

Basic safety standards

Creativity in design projects

Analytical techniques

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Associates Degree in a technical field

Four year college degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Job description

America Networks is a leading sensor and networking solutions partner for companies in any Industrial, Manufacturing, and Waste management space.

We design and manufacture sensors for storage tanks, water metering, energy metering, gas monitoring, and asset management.

Our founders are hardcore telecommunications engineers with combined 200+ years of experience in designing, optimizing and performance engineering; for several mid – large wireless carriers internationally – that saw a need to provide low power, cost efficient sensors to collect data, create alerts, and predict needed actions.

We have combined these sensors with low power, wide area (LPWA) networking technologies to provide clients various options to decrease re-occurring costs associated with operating an IoT network of sensors and connected devices.

We specialize in design, deployment, optimization, and support of these Networks. Whether an off-the-shelf or custom solution is needed, we’ll create a solution and push the data on the best cloud platform to fit your needs, including your own.

Job Description

• Initiates advanced control system design from written sequence of operation
• Engineer and design pneumatic piping diagrams
• Engineer and design electrical wiring diagrams
• Engineer and design hydraulic piping diagrams.
• Design electrical control panels
• Design programmable logic controller software.
• Design programmable human machine interface (HMI) software
• Tryout, debug and provide start-up support for control systems
• Provide technical support for installation of tools and equipment
• Provide technical support for training of plant personnel
• Travel to plant sites as required
• Coordinates needed support resources to achieve project objective(s)
• Coordinate the activities of a small group of Engineers/Designers

Required Skills/Experience

• Highly proficient with application of programmable machine controls hardware and software
• Highly proficient with application of Servo drive hardware and software
• Highly proficient with AutoCad
• Proficient with basic electrical standards
• Proficient with basic safety standards
• High level of creativity in design projects
• Ability to use and interpret analytical techniques to verify or select alternate design approaches

Troubleshooting new machine controls, validating design and functionality to template. Monitor and root cause equipment during production runs.

• Running pretrial parts
• Working on the line and fixing any program issues and making sure anything that is out of your hands is fixed correctly
• Lot of work on laptops collecting and debugging data for the programs

Qualifications

• Trouble shooting
• Debugging
• Collecting date for programmers

Top 3 Skill and nust haves

• Trouble shooting Rockwell control logics – 2 yrs
• Trouble shooting S7 Semen control – 2yrs
• Ethernet IP communications – at least 1 year

• High school graduate or equivalent training and fourteen years related work experience, or
• Associates Degree in a technical field and ten years related work experience, or
• Four year college degree which includes technical coursework and seven years related work experience, or
• Master’s degree and a four-year college degree that includes technical coursework and four years related work experience, or
• PhD and Masters/four-year college degree which includes technical coursework and two years related work experience