Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer - Brighton, MI

Minimum 3 Years experience as a Controls Engineer

Venteon is currently seeking a Controls Engineer to fill an opening with a manufacturing company located in Brighton, MI

Requirements of the Controls Engineer

• Experience with 2D AutoCAD and/or AutoCAD Electrical a must. Knowledge of EPLAN is a plus.
• • Strong familiarity with Allen Bradley, Siemens PLCs and HMIs. Other PLC, HMI, operating systems are a plus (Mitsubishi, Omron, Modicon/Telemecanique).
• • Familiarity with various drives, robots, welding systems, adhesive dispensing and other current relevant technologies.
• • 3-5 years’ minimum experience in controls systems engineering preferred.
• • B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer engineering or equivalent work experience.
• • Robot Programming experience is valued. Our common platforms include, but not limited to ABB, Kuka, Fanuc, Yaskawa/Motoman, Nachi, etc.
• • Must be willing to travel approximately 30% in locally and in North America, including Canada and Mexico.

Benefits of the Controls Engineer

• Competitive salary
• Advancement potential
• Full time
• Paid time off
• Medical / Dental / Vision
• 401k

Responsibilities of the Controls Engineer

• Responsible for hardware and software design including electrical, pneumatic, PLC, HMI, Drives, etc. for automation systems.
• • Develop Bills of material for electrical designs as well as update them to reflect any changes
• • Coordinate with project management to ensure that all drawings, bill of materials, manuals, sequence of operation, and PLC, HMI programs, etc. are kept current and correct.
• • Attend project kick off meetings including internal and external kick offs, lessons learned meetings, project status meetings, etc.
• • Develop and review electrical and fluid drawings, schematics, manuals.
• • Design of PLC Software programs and develop HMI screens to customer specifications.
• • Provide product improvement suggestions and customer feedback to project management.