Senior Automation Controls Engineer
Company | Blue Origin |
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Location | Huntsville, AL, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 6+ years experience with common automation software development languages (ex. Ladder, ST, C/C++)
- 6+ years experience with controls and automation software development environments (ex. Siemens TIA Portal, Allen Bradley Control Logix)
- 6+ years experience with ‘from scratch’ software development used in automated tooling or equipment
- A demonstrated ability to interpret and review electrical and mechanical drawings
- Strong skills for design and process simplification
- Ability to communicate optimally, clearly, and with humility to partners
- An understanding of world-class quality, attention to detail, and dedication
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Responsibilities
- Support initiatives to improve the reliability and efficiency of manufacturing processes through automation; accomplish the technical architecture, roadmap and implementation
- Collaborate with data-science and analytics teams to pair control system development with IOT analytics, developing closed-loop data-driven enhancements to sophisticated manufacturing systems
- Electrical design and modification of industrial control and safety systems
- Design and modification of PLC and Robot programs
- Design of process control systems (Torque Tools, Machine Vision, etc.)
- Design and development of data collection solutions
- Support the development of SCADA applications (Ignition, Kepware, AWS, etc.)
- Provide production support for sophisticated manufacturing equipment
Preferred Qualifications
- B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Electrical, Controls, or other relevant engineering field
- Familiar with various control system and equipment safety standards such as IEC 61131, ANSI B11, NFPA 79, and RIA 15.06
- Experience with writing and developing software in a high-level language such as Python or C#
- Experience with NC programming of automated systems such as G-code, TP, Karel
- Excellent technical writing, grammar, and presentation experience
- Experience with electrical verification of machines
- Experience in defining, implementing, and maintaining controls code from source control
- Hands on experience with multiple common manufacturing and assembly processes, CNC machines, metrology systems (laser tracking), and inspection
- Experience with electrical design for industrial control systems using systems such as AutoCAD Electrical