Field Service Engineer – Electrical & Controls | Orange County, CA

DHR Engineering; Huntington Beach (CA); Presencial; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

US holidays

Company vehicle or reimbursement

Resumo da oferta

DHR Engineering is seeking a Field Service Engineer with a strong electrical and controls background who can also handle mechanical work. You will join a team that connects robots, CNCs, CMMs, and third-party equipment, diagnosing faults online with our engineers and performing on-site repairs.

You will travel up to 50–70% across the US to customer sites, set up and commission new cells, and provide preventive maintenance and training to customer staff.

Qualificações

• 3+ years in field service, commissioning or maintenance of industrial automation equipment.
• Experience reading electrical schematics and troubleshooting 24 VDC control and 480 VAC three-phase circuits.
• Hands-on with Siemens S7 PLCs and TIA Portal: online/offline logic reading and I/O forcing.
• Experience with servo drives, VFDs and industrial networks.
• Knowledge of machine-safety circuits and NFPA 70E.
• Willingness to travel up to 50–70% across the US and good English communication.

Responsabilidades

• Respond to service calls at customer sites and restore machines quickly.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults: power distribution, sensors, drives and safety circuits.
• Go online with Siemens PLCs and HMIs; modify logic with controls team.
• Set up and tune robots, servo drives, VFDs, AGVs and vision systems on site.
• Integrate cells with customer equipment; test signals and network connections.
• Repair mechanical components like grippers and pneumatics where needed.

Conhecimentos

Electrical schematics

Electrical circuits

Troubleshooting

English communication

Remote collaboration

Formação académica

No university degree required

Ferramentas

Siemens S7 PLCs

TIA Portal

PROFINET

EtherNet/IP

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Keep our robotic cells running and be the one who finds the fault

THE COMPANY

We’re DHR Engineering – an industrial automation company building thenext generation of production systems for some of the most ambitious innovators across the US and Europe. Our clients range from leading hardware startups to suppliers of major aerospace and automotive companies.

We don't do off-the-shelf and we don't do easy. We design, build and deploy custom robotic cells for CNC and CMM machine tending, automated 3D printer farms and AGV systems.

No unnecessary corporate layers and no pointless meetings: just real problems, smart solutions and machines you'll be proud to keep running.

Our machines are engineered and built in Europe, then shipped, built and commissioned on our customers' sites. About 90% of our customers are in the United States, and when things get critical, we are at their facility in under 12 hours.

We are currently expanding our US presence with a field service team in Huntington Beach, California.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Field Service Engineer with a strong electrical and controls background who is just as comfortable with mechanical work. We do a lot of integration work: our cells connect robots, CNC machines, CMMs, 3D printers and customer equipment from many vendors, so the fault is not always where the alarm says it is. You will go online with the PLC, trace the wiring, and then pick up a wrench to fix the gripper or the pneumatics behind it. You will debug live with our team of engineers over video and remote connection, and work alongside our mechanical-focused service engineer, backing each other up.

Location: Huntington Beach, CA

Travel: up to 50–70% to customer sites across the US

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Respond to service calls at customer sites and get machines back to work fast.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults: power distribution, wiring, sensors, drives, motors and safety circuits.
• Go online with Siemens PLCs and HMIs, read and modify logic together with our controls team.
• Set up and tune robots, servo drives, VFDs, AGVs and vision systems, including the robot-to-CNC machine interface.
• Integrate our cells with customer equipment on site: wire and test signals, handshakes and network connections between robots, CNC controls, conveyors and third-party devices.
• Repair and adjust the mechanical side too: grippers, fixtures, pneumatics, linear axes and sensor mounting.
• Rebuild and commission new cells on site together with the team arriving from Bulgaria.
• Set up and maintain remote access so our engineers can debug with you in real time.
• Carry out preventive maintenance and train customer operators and maintenance staff.
• Write clear service reports: what failed, root cause, what was done, what is still open.
• Manage spare parts, source parts from local vendors when needed, assemble and install repair kits, and bring field lessons back to our design team.

As your experience grows, you will lead installations and become the reference for our US customers.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Electrical and controls (your strength)

• 3+ years in field service, commissioning or maintenance of industrial automation equipment.
• Strong ability to read electrical schematics and troubleshoot 24 VDC control and 480 VAC three-phase circuits.
• Hands-on experience with Siemens S7 PLCs and TIA Portal: going online, reading logic, forcing I/O, finding faults.
• Experience with servo drives, VFDs and industrial networks (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP).
• Knowledge of machine-safety circuits (e-stops, light curtains, safety relays and safety PLCs) and safe work practices, including lockout/tagout and NFPA 70E.

Mechanical (solid working knowledge)

• Comfortable with hand tools and mechanical repair: replacing and adjusting components, sensors and fixtures.
• Understands pneumatics (valves, cylinders, regulators) and can troubleshoot them.
• Knows the basics of bearings, belts, gearboxes and linear guides, and can read a mechanical drawing.

General

• A structured way of troubleshooting and comfort working with remote engineers in a different time zone.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel frequently, sometimes on short notice.
• Authorized to work in the United States.

A university degree is not required. Practical skills, responsibility and quality of work matter more to us. You don't need to tick every box; curiosity, rigor and ownership matter most.

WHAT'S A PLUS

• Experience with industrial robots, e.g. FANUC, ABB, KUKA, and machine vision.
• Experience with CNC machine tools, CMMs or 3D printers.
• CAD and 3D printing skills: modelling and printing simple fixtures, brackets or replacement parts.
• A network of local vendors and electrical suppliers for fast sourcing of parts.
• Familiarity with UL 508A / NFPA 79 and control-panel building.
• Experience with a European equipment builder; Bulgarian or another European language.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary based on experience, plus overtime pay and/or travel bonuses, as applicable.
• Health, dental and vision insurance; 401(k); paid time off and US holidays.
• A founding role in our US team, with a clear path toward service lead or commissioning engineer.
• Impactful work on custom robotics and automation projects — no two cells are the same.
• Company vehicle or mileage reimbursement, phone, laptop and professional tools.
• All travel expenses covered (flights, hotel, per diem).
• Direct line to the engineers who designed the machine, not a ticket queue.
• Training at our engineering and build facilities in Bulgaria.
• Projects for suppliers of leading aerospace, space and automotive companies.

If you like finding the fault nobody else could and want to see the machines you support run 24/7 in production, we’d like to hear from you.

DHR Engineering is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic.