Job Description

We are seeking a dedicated controls engineer to join our team here in Arlington, TX!

Job Description:

• Architect and specify requirements for interfacing automation equipment—conveyors, automated storage and retrieval systems, pick-and-place robots, automated guided vehicles—with production workflow
• Interface with vendors and internal groups to understand, architect, specify, communicate, and execute required solutions
• Proactively engage with stakeholders to monitor, troubleshoot, and implement changes based on defined KPIs
• Communicate engineering requirements to the necessary stakeholders—external vendors and internal groups
• Architect, write, and debug PLC ladder logic and structured text with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable. PLC code will interact with subsystems such as conveyors, robots, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), LabView, machine vision, and third-party equipment
• Establish test plans and control test plan execution at vendors' sites and the company's facility during installation and buy-off
• Introduce automated processes into production, and train Maintenance and Production teams to support them after deployment
• Enforce the application of company standards and manage suppliers during specification, design review, design approval, installation, and commissioning
• Create machine interactions with the plant-wide Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to communicate product acceptability, machine status, and process variables
• Generate aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of experience in industrial, manufacturing, or mechanical engineering, with a focus on material flow, supply chain, or process improvement (internships considered)
• Experience quantitatively solving ambiguous problems at a systems level to inform decision-making
• Experience designing, installing and troubleshooting electrical cabinets, field wiring and pneumatics
• Experience designing and validating safety concepts for automated machinery with PLC logic (Siemens and/or SICK)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in SEW software (Movisuite/Movitools) , Siemens software(TIA portal, SIMATIC) and EPLAN software.
• Experience in design/implementation of automated systems projects, using motion control with Siemens and/or SEW products.

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