Controls Engineer II Grand Ledge, MI

Overview

13112 Oneida Road, Grand Ledge, Michigan

10675

Full-Time/Regular

AUTOKINITON delivers operational excellence, high quality execution, and customer service. We offer 100% vertical integration capabilities such as end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics. We’re proud of our Tier 1 supplier legacy for manufacturing propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components, and assemblies around the globe. Our core value, “We, not I,” reflects our commitment to collaboration, integrity, and shared success. We cultivate a workplace where independent thinking is encouraged, and every associate plays a vital role in our progress.

• As a Controls Engineer II, you will be accountable to maintain PLC based controls systems for manufacturing automation and instrumentation, and support of plant floor automation control systems for new and existing equipment.
• Complete design of electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic controls systems for new and retrofit equipment.
• Understand, support, and program complete PLC, HMI, network devices and related hardware for new equipment installations.
• Understand, support and develop complete motor drive configuration for servo, variable frequency and DC systems.
• Understand, implement and support robotic programming.
• Support new program equipment launch activity as it relates to startup, debug and achieving performance objectives.
• Use computer based engineering software and equipment: (PLC and HMI programs, Motion Control programs, PC based programs, CAD based programs).
• Evaluate and apply new technology as required.
• Direct activities to ensure that manufacturing, construction, installation and operational testing conform to functional specifications.
• Troubleshoot systems, new and existing, as needed in support of the manufacturing facilities company-wide.
• Support new model launches and improvement teams.
• Participate in cross functional and program management team activities as required.
• Optimization of transfer press curves.
• Identify and implement cost savings.
• Participates in continuous improvement activities.
• Works on plant floor as needed.
• Help in departmental operation wherever necessary.
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality in all duties.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum three (3) years of years of related technical hands-on experience.

• High level of cooperation and commitment
• Adaptive to a Fast-Paced Environment
• Mechanical Ability
• Self-starter and ability to work productively for long periods of little to no supervision
• Ability to learn, understand and apply corporate standards for equipment and tooling

• Ability to work with Microsoft Office at an intermediate level.
• AB PLC and HMI programming software at an intermediate level.
• Siemens PLC and HMI programming software at an intermediate level.
• Fanuc and Motoman programming languages at an intermediate level.
• Ability to work with MQ1 and QAD databases at an intermediate level.

Duties include but are not limited to stand, walk, twist, bend, lift, see, talk and hear, with an ability to travel. When visiting plant site locations, employees may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, vibration or hazardous materials.