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Automation Engineer
Job Description
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience as an Automation Engineer working with motion and motor control products.
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (or relevant engineering field) required
- This position requires excellent understanding of electricity, motor control electrical circuits, and analog- digital input/output.
- Experience designing and troubleshooting motor control circuits utilizing electromagnetic devices and variable frequency drives (VFD’s) is essential.
- Must have a working knowledge of a wide variety of software packages, operating systems and control equipment.
- Specifically, a knowledge of Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC programming software is required.
- A qualified candidate must be proficient in reading electrical schematics and vendor application drawings.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Verbal and written communication plays a key role in this position.
- This position requires the direct interface between frontline sales, customer, production planning (Watertown), and project management.
- Site visits for application and commissioning require the ability to work at heights up to 100 feet off the ground.
- Travel estimated at 20% to meet with customers, commission equipment, and witness product testing at our manufacturing plant.
- Knowledge of Product lines – Legacy, EOT and Portal Cranes
- Engineering design, testing and commissioning of crane control systems.
- Perform engineering tasks using established procedures. These include but are not limited to component selection, system layout, automation control programming, and system documentation.
- Generate system architecture and automation network drawings.
- Automation project planning, scheduling, design execution, and performance to budget from inquiry through start-up.
- System testing and troubleshooting of control programs.
- Troubleshooting and updating existing control programs.