Controls Systems Engineer

General Motors; Town of Bedford (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Systems Engineer to develop and document requirements for automotive systems, and to design and manage interfaces that enable component reuse and standardization. You will oversee cross‑functional requirements and support root cause analysis with other teams.

You will design tests to identify design improvements and document system vulnerabilities, creating mitigation plans and tracking corrective actions across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Five years of experience as a Systems Engineer, Controls Engineer, Electrical Engineer, or related role.
• Five years of experience with Siemens CNC control systems, Siemens Step7, and Siemens HMI (WinCC).
• Four years of experience with manufacturing process equipment, system engineering, and software development and hardware integration; FANUC Robotics including setup, programming, and debugging; and 3DL Vision, PLCs including Allen Bradley and Siemens, and Vision systems including Cognex and Keyence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and document requirements required to design an automotive system.
• Design and manage key strategic interfaces within systems to enable component reuse and consistency to standard methodologies.
• Oversee requirements development with other activities.
• Provide support to other specialists for root cause analysis.
• Design tests to efficiently find opportunities for design improvements.
• Identify and document system vulnerabilities and craft mitigation action plans; track corrective actions.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Siemens CNC control systems

Siemens Step7

Siemens HMI WinCC

FANUC Robotics

3DL Vision

Allen Bradley PLC

Siemens PLC

Cognex Vision systems

Keyence

Q-Das

Thingworx

Job description

Job Description

DUTIES: Develop and document requirements required to design an automotive system. Design and manage key strategic interfaces within systems to enable component reuse and consistency to standard methodologies. Oversee requirements development with other activities. Provide support to other specialists for root cause analysis. Design tests to efficiently find opportunities for design improvements. Identify and document system vulnerabilities and craft mitigation action plans; track corrective actions.

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study and Five years of experience as a Systems Engineer, Controls Engineer, Electrical Engineer, or related role. Five years of experience with: Siemens CNC control systems, Siemens Step7, and Siemens HMI (WinCC); and FlexNet, Q-Das, and Thingworx. Four years of experience with: Manufacturing process equipment, system engineering, and software development and hardware integration; FANUC Robotics including setup, programming, and debug; and 3DL Vision, PLCs including Allen Bradley and Siemens, and Visions Systems including Cognex and Keyence.

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