Controls Engineer - Great Opportunity

Put your experience to good use today! Summit Engineering Associates is searching for an experienced Controls Engineer to lead our hardware engineering department.  Be a part of a fast paced small company based out of Rochester Hills, MI. right in the heart of the automotive capital of the world.



 

The Position  

 

  A successful candidate must possess the ability and experience to design machine control systems from scratch. Knowledge of industry standards such as IEC, NFPA, NEC, ISO & NEMA is critical. Circuit design experience must include the ability to design redundant E-Stop circuits, drive circuits and incorporate various PLC controllers and I/O systems into the application. Design experience with Profibus and DeviceNet is mandatory.  Your skill set must include the following engineering capabilities; transformer sizing, power supply sizing, wire sizing, Bill of Material development, heat calculations, etc. Knowledge of AutoCAD is mandatory. Fluid Power Design experience is also required.Specific Duties will Include:

·  Assist the management team in the preparation of quotations by estimating design hours and manpower requirements.

·  Set-up new projects by developing the system architecture, layouts, I/O Buss systems, wiring plans, panel and junction box placements, component selection, etc.

·  Work individually or with a team of design engineers to design and detail projects in AutoCAD 2D.

·  Interface with our software design engineers to insure accurate and efficient I/O addressing.

·  Perform calculations to size and select system components such as transformers, disconnects, power supplies, fusing, servo systems, short circuit current protection, cable lengths, heat calculations, etc.

·  Create accurate Bills of Material

·  Check designs prior to submissions to the customer.

·  Participate in the Customer Approval process. 

·  Follow up designs during the construction of the Control Panels and the wiring of the machines.

·  Finalize the as-built design documentation.

·  Perform project analysis upon project closings and implement procedures to eliminate errors in subsequent projects.

·  To aid in the development of methods and procedures used to create and archive electronic documentation.

·  Insure the timely completion of projects that are under budget.

 

Other Requirements:

·  Build and maintain solid communications and relationships with customers.

·  Knowledge of PLC and HMI programming.

·  Experience with Machine Startup and Debug.

·  Some travel is necessary.



 

Salary/Benefits

  Summit Engineering Associates is a company that is dedicated to the care of its employees. Therefore, we offer highly competitive wage and benefit packages.

 

About the company

  Summit Engineering Associates is a corporation with a wealth of Controls Design and Management experience. We are a turnkey supplier of machine control systems that are well conceived, robustly designed, easy to use and maintain and safe to operate. We integrate design excellence into all of our systems. Out installed base of hardware and software designs focus on logical structure, design commonality, operator friendliness and include full accurate documentation.

 

Summit Engineering Associates is a turnkey controls engineering supplier that seeks talented, self confident and self motivated controls engineering professionals.

 

 

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Summit Engineering Associates is an equal opportunity employer