Automation Engineer - remote northeast (11)

Engineering Project Designer

Enjoy low overnight travel and flexibility! In this position you will design and develop major engineering projects with a lot of freedom and flexibility!

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, plus 4+ years of related experience.
• Experience as an engineer working with capital equipment using electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical engineering practices, PLC experience (if possible)
• Sound understanding of electrical design, schematics, and electrical codes regarding machine tool design.
• Sound computer skills, CAD for schematics is desirable.
• Experience with machine tool equipment, electrical design.
• PLC programming Omron, Allen Bradley, and Siemens are desirable.
• HMI programming Indusoft is desirable.
• Robotics programming ABB and Fanuc are desirable.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office, Solidworks and the information system “Epicor”
• Flexible, able to react to change.
• Advanced communication skills, able to work with others and lead others
• Good organizational skills, able to plan a project from beginning to end
• Good judgment skills, able to consider how decisions affect overall company.

Responsibilities

• Electrical Design: Responsible for creating electrical schematics, plc program logic, and electrical enclosure designs within the constraints determined by the given project, time, cost, performance.
• Project Supervision: Oversees the completion of an electrical design for a project with general supervision. These responsibilities include the following:
  • Estimating engineering hours required for a project.
  • Electrical enclosure design and detail.
  • Electrical schematic design.
  • Hands-on PLC and HMI programming.
  • Hands-on Robotic programming desirable.
  • Knowledge of vision systems is desirable.
  • Project documentation, including bill of materials.
  • Project checking.
  • Manufacturing assembly support.
• Checking / Verification: Responsible for inspecting and approving all teamwork that is completed for a given project, also responsible for ensuring that any of his or her own work is inspected and approved by the engineering manager.
• Documentation: Responsible for the proper documentation of his or her work, including ECR's, machine manuals, check lists, and others.
• Scheduling & Reports: Responsible for reporting the status of his or her project in accordance with Epicor Projects (company's information system) and the engineering production schedule at each weekly meeting. If a problem occurs that requires immediate attention, it is the engineer's responsibility to report to the department manager at that time.
• Other duties as assigned by management.