Manufacturing Engineer - Controls

Main Tasks

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support daily plant production

Troubleshoot and solve electrical/PLC related problems on downed equipment

Design and implement poke yoke quality countermeasures

Wire and program additions to machines

Review safety of new and existing equipment

Support OEM with new equipment installation

Support Maintenance with needed electrical prints and expertise

Integrate MES along with MES specialist onto new and existing lines

Responsible for the effective launch of new products and seamless transition of current products from advanced engineering to operations

Performs time studies, line balancing and implements improvements to current production processes.

Attends new design proposal and layout reviews and makes recommendations regarding manufacturability and compatibility with current manufacturing operations.

Performs revisions to the process FMEA, control plan, and production flow for design change.

Assists Production engineering for customer run at rates for new programs.

Performs Investigation and implementation of counter measures to any internal and external quality or safety concerns

Reviews the performance of any process changes or machine improvements with the quality department to ensure compliance with customer requirements.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

Associates degree or higher in an Electrical/Computer/Industrial/Engineering field.

Experience:

4+ years of controls experience in a manufacturing/production environment

Minimum of 3 years of experience as a manufacturing engineer

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Industrial/Mechanical Engineering field

Automotive manufacturing industry experience

Siemens TIA Portal/Step 7 PLC /WinCC HMI programming

Wonderware Intouch

Serial data communication

Fanuc Robot programming

Vision systems

Required Skills:

RSLogix5000/Studio5000 PLC programming

HMI programming

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software

Electrical diagnostics

Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Skills

Process Improvement

Material Selection

Lean Methodologies

Innovation Management

Machine Connectivity & Data Security

Product Testing & Validation

Production Planning

HSE Compliance

Process Development

Quality Assurance