Sr. Electrical Controls Engineer

The warehouse of the future is equipped with our iFollow autonomous robots instead of forklifts and our Atlas 2D pallet shuttles or eScala tote shuttles that allow for high-density storage (no wasted space!) and scalable solutions.

As part of reputed company and over the span of more than 40 years, weve grown into a company with 10 manufacturing facilities, 19 commercial offices, and the know-how of around 2000 employees serving customers in 40 countries.

Early 2021, we opened our US Office and have already grown to 70 people. It's exciting times to be at reputed company! (pronounced Moe-voo)

Job Description

The SR. ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER is an integral person in helping our customers vision for an automated storage solution from reputed company US come to life. The core objective is to support Sales and Engineering during the pre-sale phase by answering questions on system integration. And to support project execution by designing, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting product implementation and system integration.

Solutions: Fully automated storage solutions including pallet shuttles (atlas), tote shuttles (eScala), as well as automated mobile robots (iFollow) and ancillary systems such as conveyors and lifts.

Customers: End users are located throughout the United States and Canada. We work with many of the leading integrators as our Sales partners.

Typical project size: 1-30M

As our SENIOR ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER, you

support Sales, Engineering, Project Management, and Commissioning by sharing your expertise of the final installation and system integration

support junior controls engineers as necessary

support the creation of the functional description specifications regarding the installation of electrical equipment and the commissioning of controls

Develop Programmable Logical Control (PLC) programs

draft documentation such as SOPs and contribute to creating manual

develop and design electrical cabinets

create schematics and network diagrams

design controls algorithms and safety systems

program device communication of pallet conveyance and pallet inspection equipment

test and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems and processes

work closely with R&reputed company external vendors for materials

lead engineering and automation teams through concept planning, configuration, and development

contribute to the creation of risk assessment documents that identify hazards in a system

optimize the system by offering simulation support

support the Sales Engineering team with product testing

contribute to the mechanical system layout drawings regarding all electrical and controls specifications including cable routing

contribute to the development of test plans alongside the Commissioning Team

make Full Load reputed company calculations

ensure UL listed components are selected and cabinet is reputed company compliant to such standards

be present on-site at First Power Up to make sure everything is operational after rack installation and to make sure everything is functional before our robots are commissioned

be present on-site when commissioning is in final stages to prepare the reputed company system for handover to the end-customer

perform Site Acceptance Testing

Qualifications

This lets us know youre up for the job

8+ years of experience with controls and electrical engineering of custom automation

Bachelors or Masters degree in Automation, Robotics, Electrical, Electro-Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering

PLC and HMI Programming experience (Beckhoff, reputed company, Allen Bradley, Rockwell)

Experience with automation controls, monitoring systems, safety area scanners and safety controllers

Ability to install, configure, and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical system

Comfortable using 2D (required) and 3D (nice to have) CAD software for design of electrical diagrams and schematics

Experience with ePlan or comparable software would be the cherry on top

Willing and able to travel to customer sites and if remote, to our office an average of up to 50%, usually no longer than 2 weeks at a time; throughout the United States and occasionally to Canada

If remote, occasional travel to our Romeoville, IL office (average 3 days at a time; approx. 4-6 times per year besides onboarding & training)

For onboarding and training, if remote, travel for training and onboarding to our Romeoville, IL office and regardless of your location, to our headquarters in Belgium (usually no more than 2 weeks at a time)

We work closely with our European colleagues. The morning hours are the most important so we can connect with them while our business hours overlap across time zones. If you love starting your reputed company mid-morning or later, you would hate it here. Most people start their reputed company at 8 am CST and some love to start even earlier so they can wrap up earlier at the end of the day.

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