Key skills
CommunicationCritical Thinking
About this role
Role Overview
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop control system architectures for Material Handling equipment and robotic applications
- Design, program, and troubleshoot PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), HMIs (Human-Machine Interfaces), and motion control systems
- Develop and optimize control algorithms for robotic movements, safety features, and precision tasks
- Integrate sensors, actuators, and communication protocols to enhance robotic performance
- Conduct system testing, validation, and commissioning to ensure reliable and efficient operation
- Provide technical support to field service teams during installation and maintenance
- Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in controls engineering
- Complete the commissioning of complex systems that integrate hardware and software
- Provide recommendations for productivity improvement, cost reduction, and enhanced customer satisfaction
- Utilize best practices in writing PLC programs
- Generate recommendations for productivity improvement, cost reduction, and enhanced customer satisfaction
- Guide overly complex technical interchange and knowledge transfer related to system design and product application
- Apply advanced skills to resolve complex problems not covered by existing procedures or practices independently, including developing innovative solutions
- Display a high level of critical thinking in bringing successful resolution to high-impact, complex, and cross-functional problems
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, or comparable engineering degree
- 5+ years of successful experience in related field for controls engineers
- Proficiency in PLC programming (Allen Bradley and/or Rockwell)
- Experience writing functional safety programming (5+ years)
- Experience with IO-Link
Benefits
- 100% Company paid Medical, Dental, Vision option plus the opportunity to buy-up some benefits beginning the 1st of the month after hire!
- 100% Company Paid Life Insurance & Voluntary Benefits
- 100% Company Paid Long and Short-Term Disability
- 15 Paid Time Off (PTO) days beginning your 1st year!
- 11 Paid Holidays, including (2) Floating Holidays!
- 401(k) Plan!
- Parental Leave Benefits!
- Health Savings Account (HSA) option with HDHP!
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for Medical and Dependent Care!
- Referral Bonuses!
- Company Stock Options in many roles!