Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer — Machine Design

Callita; Elk Grove Village (IL); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Zusammenfassung

Callita is seeking a Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer in Elk Grove Village to lead electrical and automation engineering for confidential industrial machinery. You will architect electrical systems, develop PLC/HMI software, and oversee panel wiring from concept to commissioning.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong experience with industrial power and safety, and the ability to manage multiple machine-development projects end-to-end.

Qualifikationen

• Must have significant experience designing electrical and controls systems for industrial machinery.
• Strong PLC and HMI programming skills and the ability to develop complete automation systems independently.
• Experience creating electrical schematics and specifying industrial automation components.
• Strong understanding of industrial power, control systems and machine safety.
• Hands-on troubleshooting and commissioning capability.
• Ability to lead the electrical and controls scope of multiple machine-development projects.

Aufgaben

• Define electrical architecture, machine power requirements and automation platforms.
• Create electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, I/O drawings and BOMs.
• Select and specify PLCs, HMIs, motors, VFDs, servo systems, sensors and instrumentation.
• Develop PLC and HMI applications from the ground up, including sequences and alarms.
• Integrate motion control, pneumatic devices and industrial communications.
• Design machine safety systems, including emergency stops, safety relays and light curtains.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineering and manufacturing teams throughout development.
• Oversee panel construction and machine wiring, ensuring conformity to docs.
• Lead startup, debugging, troubleshooting and commissioning.
• Establish engineering standards and provide technical direction.

Kenntnisse

Electrical & controls design

PLC/HMI programming

Leadership / project management

Schematic drafting

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLCs

Siemens platforms

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Jobbeschreibung

Location: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Salary: $120,000-$140,000 per year
Schedule: Full-time, on-site, Monday-Friday

Callita is recruiting a Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer for a confidential industrial machinery employer. Lead the electrical and automation engineering of new machines from initial concept and system architecture through programming, testing, commissioning and production.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role with responsibility for complete machine systems, not only PLC programming from another engineer’s specifications.

What you'll own

• Define electrical architecture, machine power requirements and automation platforms.
• Create electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, I/O drawings and bills of materials.
• Select and specify PLCs, HMIs, motors, VFDs, servo systems, sensors and instrumentation.
• Develop PLC and HMI applications from the ground up, including sequences, recipes, interlocks, alarms and diagnostics.
• Integrate motion control, pneumatic devices and industrial communications.
• Design machine safety systems, including emergency stops, safety relays or PLCs, interlocked guarding and light curtains.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineering and manufacturing teams throughout development.
• Oversee panel construction and machine wiring, checking work against engineering documentation.
• Lead startup, debugging, troubleshooting and commissioning.
• Establish engineering standards and provide technical direction to electricians, technicians and programmers.

Required background

• Significant experience designing electrical and controls systems for industrial machinery.
• Strong PLC and HMI programming skills and the ability to develop complete automation systems independently.
• Experience creating electrical schematics and specifying industrial automation components.
• Strong understanding of industrial power, control systems and machine safety.
• Hands-on troubleshooting and commissioning capability.
• Ability to lead the electrical and controls scope of multiple machine-development projects.

Preferred experience

• OEM machine building, packaging, conveying, process equipment or custom automation.
• Allen-Bradley/Rockwell or Siemens platforms; Ladder Logic, Structured Text and Function Block programming.
• Servo systems, motion control, machine vision and analog instrumentation.
• EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP/RTU and RS-232/RS-485 communications.
• AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN; UL 508A, NFPA 79 and machine safety risk reduction.
• A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Automation, Controls, Mechatronics or a related field is preferred, not required.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off

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