Connected Assets Engineer

BravoTECH is seeking a Connected Assets Engineer for a 6-month contract to hire. The role involves investigating equipment connectivity, executing connections to systems like Kepware, and documenting processes while coordinating with site and network teams.

Responsibilities:

• Must be an analytical thinker and be willing to research unknown equipment and connectivity patterns
• Timeliness and flexibility with schedule to accommodate the customer are both a must
• Manufacturing floor experience
• Able to work independently and be self-motivated
• IIOT connectivity experience in some manner (Kepware, MES, PLC, machine controllers, Ignition, Etc.)
• Understanding of the broad view of manufacturing in relation to connecting the various systems
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts at a minimum
• This is our opportunity to build a relationship with the site outside of just the program team
• This is more of an investigative trip to document the equipment at a site and collect the information needed to determine the connectivity path
• We verify any information entered into the machine survey by the plant and fill in any missing information
• For each piece of equipment, we look at things such as:
• How the equipment is controlled, PC or PLC or Controller
• Can we connect directly to the equipment or is additional hardware required such as machine switch or NAT device
• Does the equipment have a network drop available
• Is there an SME for the piece the piece of equipment
• We document the switch stack names for the network team and verify switch capacity
• Following the pre-assessment, we participate in a tech review with the customer where we discuss the best path for connectivity on each piece of equipment based on our findings while on site
• This is the return trip where we go onboard equipment to the new factory segmented network and then establish connections from those machines to Kepware
• These trips require coordination between us, the site team, the network team, and occasionally vendors
• Possible technical tasks could include:
• Patching in a drop
• Configuring a NAT device or IO device
• Configuring IP Address and relevant network items on equipment
• Full configuration of Kepware channels and devices based on standard formats that have been provided by the customer
• Maintain up to date playbook status and comments throughout the week
• Create SNOW tickets for any outstanding action items that cannot be completed during the execution week
• There are a few documentation activities we are responsible for
• We create the playbook for each execution. It is the schedule for the week along with a few additional pieces of information for each machine
• We document the implementation steps for the selected connectivity path on each machine type. This is a machine side high level work instruction
• We create guidebooks or work instructions for how to make the connection to Kepware. This is low level work instruction for configuring Kepware
• We document the information needed to submit an FSR to the customer
• Potential for basic report outs and other minor documentation
• Overall travel tends to be around 30% for the year
• Domestic Travel- 1-week duration
• International Travel- 2-week duration

Requirements:

• Must be an analytical thinker and be willing to research unknown equipment and connectivity patterns
• Timeliness and flexibility with schedule to accommodate the customer are both a must
• Manufacturing floor experience
• Able to work independently and be self-motivated
• IIOT connectivity experience in some manner (Kepware, MES, PLC, machine controllers, Ignition, Etc.)
• Understanding of the broad view of manufacturing in relation to connecting the various systems
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts at a minimum