Sr. Controls Engineer

Fives Intralogistics; Wixom (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Fives Intralogistics in Wixom, MI, is seeking an Electrical/Electronics Engineer to design and implement PLC and HMI software for diverse machinery. You will read electrical and pneumatic drawings and use them to inform software solutions, writing PLC and HMI programs from scratch or via templates.

You will ensure complete designs before power-on, reduce debugging time, and support on-site startup. You will train end users and coordinate with engineering, delivering accurate documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field, and 5 years of experience.
• Ability to read electrical and pneumatic drawings and mechanical sequences to inform software.
• Write PLC and HMI software, from scratch or using customer standards.

Responsibilities

• Write PLC and HMI software for equipment/machinery from scratch or using templates.
• Ensure software/design completeness prior to power-on to reduce debugging time.
• Support manufacturing and service during debug and installation startup.
• Read electrical & pneumatic drawings and mechanical sequences to inform software design.
• Understand safety concepts to ensure proper implementation during design and software generation.
• Train end users on equipment operation and hardware/software architecture.
• Coordinate on smaller projects and report progress, timing and issues to management.
• Ensure documentation accuracy by recording wiring/field changes for final drawings.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

Electrical drawings reading

Safety concepts

Project coordination

Documentation

Customer training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Job description

Duties include: Shared responsibility with project management for performance to budget and timing during all phases of the project. Understand and strictly follow the standards and specifications for the design of hardware and software of the end user. Must be able to read and understand electrical drawings, pneumatic drawings, and mechanical sequence of operations and use them to write software. Understand safety concepts and safety requirements to ensure proper implementation during design and software generation. Write PLC and HMI Software Programs for different types of equipment/machinery both from scratch and using customer software standards and templates. Responsible for the completeness of software design prior to power on, ensuring reduced debug project phases. Support manufacturing and service at the debug and installation startup phase. Utilize critical thinking skills to define problems, collect data, and formulate effective solutions to issues in a timely fashion. Train/aid the end user on the equipment operation as well as hardware and software architecture Aid the customer and improve customer satisfaction through routine and regular communication. Coordinate on smaller projects and report to management on progress, timing, and critical issues. Ensure the accuracy of all documentation by recording all wiring and field changes and delivering mark-ups to engineering so they are included in the final documentation provided to the customer.

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a related field, and 5 years of experience.

Work location: Wixom, MI