Senior Automation Engineer – Lead Controls & Vision Systems
Amsted Rail
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Job summary
Amsted Rail Petersburg seeks a Sr. Controls Engineer to serve as the site technical authority for industrial controls, automation, and machine control systems within our manufacturing operation.
You will lead high impact projects from concept to commissioning, delivering reliable, scalable automation solutions and mentoring engineering teams. You will drive standards, troubleshoot production automation equipment, and advance vision systems integration while ensuring safety and maintainability
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation Engineering, or a related field from an ABET accredited engineering program.
- 7+ years of controls engineering experience in manufacturing, automation, material handling, or industrial environments.
- Advanced PLC/HMI programming experience, with Allen Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, GuardLogix, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View SE/ME or comparable platform.
- Experience developing and maintaining electrical drawings using Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical or comparable CAD tool.
- Robotics integration, troubleshooting, commissioning, and production support experience.
- Machine vision and sensor based production inspection systems.
- Strong troubleshooting skills in manufacturing facilities across electrical, controls, networking, motion, vision, and robotic systems.
- Working knowledge of functional safety, machine safety principles, safety circuits, risk reduction, and industry best practices.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical lead for automation, with electrical design responsibility from concept through implementation for new projects and legacy equipment upgrades.
- Deliver robust, production ready systems that improve reliability, throughput, safety, and overall equipment effectiveness.
- Maintain and improve controls standards, PLC programming standards, electrical schematics, documentation, and system architecture across manufacturing processes.
- Support and troubleshoot in production automation equipment to minimize downtime and improve reliability.
- Strengthen internal automation capability across engineering, process, operations, and maintenance teams.
- Act as a technical mentor for engineers, technicians, and maintenance specialists.
- Drive common PLC, HMI, motion control, servo, machine vision, robot programming structure, naming conventions, and reusable logic practices.
- Set expectations for machine quality, system maintainability, and production reliability.
- Establish and enforce best practices for: Code reusability and modular design, Fault handling and recovery logic, System maintainability and scalability.
- Backup, restore, version control, and lifecycle management of PLC, HMI, and automation programs using the AssetCentre repository.
- Drive safe robotic operation and support compliance with applicable ANSI/RIA machine safety requirements.
- Integrate and standardize vision systems across all manufacturing processes.
- Apply advanced vision tools and AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate to improve inline quality inspection, repeatability, and production reliability.
- Technical experience with; Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP communications, servo and motion control systems and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs).
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Job description
Amsted Rail Petersburg seeks a Sr. Controls Engineer to serve as the site technical authority for industrial controls, automation, and machine control systems within our manufacturing operation.
You will lead high impact projects from concept to commissioning, delivering reliable, scalable automation solutions and mentoring engineering teams. You will drive standards, troubleshoot production automation equipment, and advance vision systems integration while ensuring safety and maintainability
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