Electrical Controls Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Willoughby, Ohio, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Mechatronics, or an Associate’s Degree with equivalent demonstrated experience.
- 5 or more years of controls experience on automated machinery or integrated production equipment; 8 years or more if non-degreed.
- Strong, demonstrated troubleshooting ability in either ecosystem – Rockwell (Studio 5000, RSLogix, Kinetix, FactoryTalk) or Siemens (TIA Portal, SINAMICS) – able to work through an unfamiliar machine
- Command of electrical engineering fundamentals sufficient to work safely and efficiently on systems up to 1000 V.
- Servo and VFD sizing, drive configuration, and motion tuning capability.
- Multi-axis motion experience, including synchronous and asynchronous mapping for rotary, linear, and combined motion profiles.
- Electrical schematics and circuit diagrams, load calculations, and SCCR ratings; fluent generation and revision of drawings in AutoCAD Electrical, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, or EPLAN.
- Control panel layout and enclosure design capability.
- Working knowledge of NFPA 79, the NEC, and UL 508A as applied to control panels and machine wiring, and familiarity with machine safety requirements under ISO 13849-1 or IEC 62061.
- Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite.
- Effective verbal communication skills.
- Must be able to work independently with little supervision. Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Efficiently organize and plan work tasks to meet company goals and balance multiple projects and tasks with a sense of urgency.
- Able to stand or walk for the majority of the day and able to lift 50 pounds on a needed basis and up to 75 pounds with assistance.
- Able to regularly apply physical mobility (stretching, lifting, bending, twisting, etc.) to perform all assembly related assignments.
Full description
Electrical Controls Engineer (Full-Time)
WEISS North America, Inc – Willoughby, OH (Cleveland, OH)
Salary/Exempt
Job Description - Electrical Controls Engineer
WEISS North America is seeking a Controls Engineer with strong troubleshooting skills to support our products from build stage through customer integration. Our customers are machine builders and integrators connecting WEISS technologies into their own machine architectures, and they rely on our support by phone, video conference, and email to get that interface working. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring the ability to work directly with electrical control systems, field devices, and automated machinery during assembly, commissioning, and customer support activities. The ideal candidate will demonstrate depth in either the Rockwell or the Siemens ecosystem, with real comfort in networking, logic sequencing, and troubleshooting. Parallel skills must include safe electrical practice and sound engineering fundamentals, along with the patience and temperament to walk a customer through correcting a problem while their production line is down and timing is critical.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of motion control components and controls, machinery, and factory automation equipment. The Controls Engineer must have a strong fundamental knowledge of control and electrical system design and its application in automated industrial designs. The ability to understand equipment integration and machine building is key in this position. This position does require travel for service, up to 15%.
Benefits:
- Full-time position.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance on the 31st day of employment.
- 401K eligibility begins after the 60th day of employment.
- Pay is bi-weekly.
- Generous PTO policy.
Pay Range: $90,000 - $115,000Job Responsibilities - Electrical Controls EngineerTroubleshooting & Customer Support:
- Serve as a primary technical resource for Sales, production, and customers on controls, motion, and electrical issues.
- Provide remote support to customer engineering teams integrating our units into their machine systems – drive setup, encoder feedback, homing, safety interfacing, and communication to their controller
- Diagnose faults across electrical, controls, drive, network, and instrumentation domains and drive them to resolution.
- Perform root cause analysis and feed corrective action back into design, documentation, and the parent factory.
- Travel to customer sites as needed for startup, commissioning, and escalated field issues.
Panel Design, Wiring & Test:
- Develop control panel layouts and enclosure designs; produce and revise schematics in AutoCAD Electrical, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, or equivalent.