ILUS - Product Development - Controls Engineer II

Daifuku Intralogistics America; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k with match

Pet insurance

FSA/HSA

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Daifuku Intralogistics America seeks an Electrical Engineer to design and develop automated material handling systems, including conveyors, sortation, storage, and robotics. You will create control schematics, PLC programs, and software for HMI/SCADA, collaborating with a team to meet product requirements and cost targets.

The role demands a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or related field with at least 2 years of experience, familiarity with Allen Bradley tools, and knowledge of safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; 2+ years of experience.
• Experience with sortation and conveyance equipment or robotics design is required.
• Experience with Allen Bradley control software and tools is required.
• Knowledge of electrical and safety codes for machine design including risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Concept, design, develop and engineer products that add value for customers and markets.
• Collaborate with the development team to design and review products.
• Ensure products fit with current and future manufacturing operations.
• Develop PLC programs and prepare control panel schematics.
• Maintain project schedules and cost estimates; follow engineering standards.
• Perform prototype development, testing, and on-site beta testing for safety and reliability.
• Investigate field issues and determine root causes; travel up to 30%.

Skills

Electrical engineering

PLC programming

Allen-Bradley

AutoCAD Electrical

HMI/SCADA

Robotics design

Industrial automation

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Equivalent experience

Tools

RSLogix/Studio 5000

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

• Knowledge of industrial automation systems, including HMI and SCADA
• Knowledge of controls/controllers and PLCs
• Proficient with AutoCAD Electrical
• Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail and deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Team-oriented and collaborative
• Creative-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn new technologies
• Self-motivated
• Ability to work non-traditional hours

Benefit Information

Many great benefits to include Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match/Pet Insurance

• FSA/HSA
• Employee Assistance Program

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