External Title Product Development - Controls Engineer II

Daifuku North America

Bolingbrook (IL)

Hybrid

USD 85,000 - 95,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health/vision/dental

401k with match

Pet Insurance

FSA/HSA

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Daifuku North America seeks an Electrical Engineer to design, develop, and test automation solutions for conveyors, sortation, and robotics. You will work with the engineering team to ensure safety, reliability, and performance while meeting cost targets, in the Bolingbrook area.

Responsibilities include PLC programming, control panel schematics, AutoCAD Electrical design, and coordination with manufacturing operations. Travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field preferred.
Minimum 2 years of related engineering experience.
Experience with sortation, conveyance equipment or robotics design required.
Experience with Allen Bradley control software and tools required.
Knowledge of electrical and safety codes for machine design and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

Concept, design, develop and engineer products that add value and meet market needs.
Collaborate with the development team to create products.
Ensure products fit with current and future manufacturing operations.
Develop PLC programs and control panel schematics.
Maintain development schedules and cost estimates.
Perform prototype development and testing and field beta testing.

Skills

Industrial automation systems

Controls/PLCs

AutoCAD Electrical

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

2+ years related experience

Tools

Allen Bradley control software

Job description

Overview

Develops new products for material handling applications including conveyors, sortation, automated storage, order fulfilment, and robotic systems. Includes development of specifications, device layout drawings, control schematics, PLC logic.. May work with support of more senior engineers. Works closely with the overall team to design systems meeting the product requirements. Uses creativity and innovation to design the standard product offering.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

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
Travel up to 30%

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements