Responsibilities

• Operate in a team environment to help meet or exceed customer expectations
• Participate in project reviews completing all necessary project management documents to help ensure projects complete on time and on budget consistent with customers’ expectations
• Research and stay current with best available technologies related to automation
• Design and create electrical machine schematics and panel layouts for automated systems with the integration of robotics
• Specify electrical components for procurement and/or direct modification of products working with vendors to ensure conformance with engineering design and safety
• Programming of HMI’s, PLC’s, motion controls, and vision systems
  • Plan and develop offline robot programs using 3D simulation software
  • Initialize and install software on robots
  • Setup robot user frames
  • Verify and touch up offline robot path programming, I/O, and logic
• Testing and debugging of automated systems prior to customer run-off for factory acceptance and commissioning onsite at customers facility for final site acceptance
• Provide necessary electrical controls training of automated systems to customer personnel
• Provide necessary robotic program training of automated systems to customer personnel
• Provide accurate electrical controls and robot documentation of automated systems
• Support customers automation systems both remotely and onsite if needed
• Help identify and cultivate new sales opportunities by building relationships with existing, new, and potential customers/vendors
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in automation design and programming
• Allen Bradley PLC and HMI controls experience
• Strong knowledge of 2D software design tools to assist in the development and design of automation systems
  • AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, and Rockwell Studio 5000
• FANUC robot setup and programming experience
  • Material Handling ROBOGUIDE
  • Welding WeldPRO
  • Painting PaintPro
  • CRX Collaborative
  • Vision
• Octopuz 3D robot simulation experience is also a plus!
• Highly motivated team player
• Detail oriented
• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Able to read electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic machine schematics
• Able to translate automation conceptual designs into functional equipment
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office products
• Able to think analytically and creatively while keeping safety and cost in mind
• Possess strong troubleshooting skills
• Able to operate on own initiative with minimal supervision, but also contribute as a team member working within the Automation Controls Engineering team and other cross functional teams including Sales, Automation Mechanical Engineering, and shop floor Electro-Mechanical Technicians