About the Role:
As an Automation Engineer II, You will work with a highly motivated cross functional team of Engineers and Operators to deploy Industrial automation solutions across multiple business units. As a member of the Automation, Controls and Electrical Engineering team you will support our Engineering and Operations teams by automating manual processes and delivering PLC and HMI programming solutions for many novel machines and processes.
The ideal candidate for this role will have experience delivering, maintaining and modifying PLC and HMI programs, is mindful of electrical safety and enjoys working in a collaborative fast paced start up environment
Your Responsibilities:
Convert process control narratives into working PLC code using Siemens TIA portal environment
Create simple and intuitive user interfaces and manage data acquisition in Inductive Automation's Ignition Platform
Specify appropriate control system hardware (Processors, remote racks, IO Cards, network hardware, etc.)
Create and maintain useful dashboards and reports for many stakeholders across the organization
Interpret Piping and instrumentation diagrams
Function as the Subject Matter Expert on Automation best practices
Provide operations support and contribute to team On-Call schedule
Travel as needed (< 25%)
You Bring:
3-5 years experience in an automation engineering role
Proven programming skills using standard industrial programming languages; Ladder, Structured text, Function block
A solid understanding of Industrial control systems
Ability to read industrial control panel schematics
Experience supporting industrial control systems in a manufacturing environment
Experience creating and supporting operator interfaces
Understanding of SCADA/Historian implementation
Bonus if You Bring:
Experience with Siemens/TIA Portal
Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition (Vision and/or Perspective)
Familiarity with common industrial automation protocols (Modbus RTU/TCP, EIP, HART, etc.)
Experience designing and/or building control panels using AutoCAD Electrical
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