Field Service Controls Engineer

Invio Automation; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Invio Automation in Grand Rapids, MI is seeking a Field Service Controls Engineer to provide hardware and software controls knowledge within project teams and to drive reliable system solutions. You will review, design, and communicate controls strategies to meet customer requirements with a focus on accuracy and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities include design reviews, proposal activities, system startup, and collaboration across departments.

Qualifications

• Associate degree and 4 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience; ORBachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 2 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews at all levels; proposal, standards, project, etc.
• Analyze customer requirements and participate in proposal development activities.
• Manage technical solutions to minimize costs while maintaining reliability.
• Coordinate with other departments as necessary to satisfy project requirements.
• Work with the broader organization to drive continuous improvement in job process and cost.
• Provide industry specific application knowledge and direction.
• Develop project requirements and design specifications.
• Maintain customer specifications and logging of deviations.
• Provide support for product development and support.
• Perform detailed system design, implementation and test.
• Participate in system startup activities.
• Diagnose problems with pneumatic and mechanical systems interfacing with electrical & electronic systems.
• Develop tools and integration strategies to increase effectiveness and lower cost.
• Investigate and suggest architecture and technology enhancements.
• Project tasks completed on schedule and under budget.
• Project tasks completed to specifications and checked for accuracy.
• Follow Invio processes and controls work level instructions.
• Controlled code incident management with minimal impact to customer’s production.
• Product cost containment through improved engineered solutions.
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the year within US or internationally.

Skills

Automated controls experience

Robot applications

Fanuc programming

VFDs & servo control

2D AutoCAD

Independent worker

Education

Associate degree in robotics/engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Fanuc iRVision

Cognex/Keyence vision

AutoCAD

Ethernet/IP

Job description

Invio Automation is an Industry 4.0 automation leader that serves a variety of high-growth end-markets including medical devices & life science, renewable energy, mobility, logistics & fulfillment, and heavy industry. Our Automation Solutions and Automation Technologies divisions work together to deliver Factory of the Future consulting and mission-critical R&D pre-validation services that pave the way for a comprehensive suite of automation solutions where accuracy, efficiency, and precision are essential for success. With nine locations across North America and a global network of collaborative partners, Invio Automation’s geographic footprint provides customers with a presence in key markets where local service and support are valued.

Invio Automation’s Solutions division specializes in single station robotic cells, multi-station fabrication & assembly lines, bonding & welding technologies, vision systems, and packaging process. Application capabilities within our Solutions division include thermal bonding, web handling, force plotting, heat staking, high viscosity pumps, precision dispensing, impulse bag sealing, and needle bending. Invio Automation’s Technologies division includes highly differentiated Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for heavyweight applications, turnkey assembly lines, welding automation, and custom lift-assist & secure tools for safety-critical applications.

A Field Service Controls Engineer is responsible for working within a project team to provide controls engineering hardware and software knowledge and direction to the organization through review, design, and communication.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews at all levels; proposal, standards, project, etc.
• Analyze customer requirements and participate in proposal development activities.
• Manage technical solutions to minimize costs while maintaining reliability.
• Coordinate with other departments as necessary to satisfy project requirements.
• Work with the broader organization to drive continuous improvement in job process and cost.
• Provide industry specific application knowledge and direction.
• Develop project requirements and design specifications.
• Maintain customer specifications and logging of deviations.
• Provide support for product development and support.
• Perform detailed system design, implementation and test.
• Participate in system startup activities.
• Diagnose problems with pneumatic and mechanical systems interfacing with electrical & electronic systems.
• Develop tools and integration strategies to increase effectiveness and lower cost.
• Investigate and suggest architecture and technology enhancements.
• Project tasks completed on schedule and under budget.
• Project tasks completed to specifications and checked for accuracy.
• Follow Invio processes and controls work level instructions.
• Controlled code incident management with minimal impact to customer’s production.
• Product cost containment through improved engineered solutions.
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the year within US or internationally.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be professional, proactive, and positive. Having a passion for exceptional customer service and support is a must. Being sensitive to the unpredictable demands and uncertainties associated with human resources is a requisite to delivering superior results and exceeding the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Other Skills and Abilities

• 2 years of experience in automated controls systems and robot applications.
• Efficient using 2D AutoCAD to generate control system packages.
• Functional electrical maintenance and troubleshooting skills.
• Competence in industrial machinery controls design.
• PLC/HMI programming experience with an emphasis on Allen Bradley, Rockwell, and Siemens.
• Experience with different fieldbus architectures such as DeviceNet, Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Profibus.
• Functional experience programming VFD’s and Servo controllers.
• Ability to work independently with little direction.
• Robot programming experience primarily with Fanuc.
• Working knowledge of Fanuc iRVision.
• Experience with Cognex/Keyence vision programming.
• Familiar with international standards (IEC, ISO, NFPA, NEC, UL).
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work in the US.

Education

Associate degree and 4 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 2 years of robotics, controls, or engineering experience.

Core Values

• We take pride in the reliability of our team and the difficult problems we solve for customers.
• We deliver real customer value that positively impacts the lives of those around us.
• We are dependable. Relationships and trust matter.
• Our ingenuity and desire to improve lives will complement our suite of solutions.
• We strive to demonstrate that our attention to detail does not start or end with the solutions we engineer and deliver.
• We believe exceptional service is better demonstrated than said.