Controls Engineering Job Description
Controls engineering
provides consultation to businesses as SME for data integrity, CFR 21 Pt 11 application and Computer System Validation.
Controls Engineering Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective controls engineering job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included controls engineering job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Program new installations of Body tooling and conveyor systems
Direct engineers that will design, develop, and implement solutions for dramatically improving material flow through equipment capability using Lean Principles
Use FIS (factory information system) monitoring software to review cycle times of automation and CNC machines, review and follow up on projects and installations
Troubleshoot PLC, robot, and other automation & equipment problems
Update program backups for automation/CNC machines
Program new installations of engine assembly and machining equipment
Identify replacements & create implementation plans for controls equipment obsolescence
Identify & implement controls solutions to improve safety, quality, & delivery
Program new installations of Paint tooling and conveyor systems
Leading the Software Engineering team in the development of PC and embedded software for Carrier products
Controls Engineering Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Controls Engineering
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PLC, FAA, PMP, OCSMP, UML, JAA, ISA, EASA, LEED, CEM
Education for Controls Engineering
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the controls engineering job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Technical, Computer Science, Electronics, Science, Education, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering
Skills for Controls Engineering
Desired skills for controls engineering include:
Financial markets
21 CFR Part 11 as well creation of User Requirements Specification and IQ/OQ/PQ protocol/report generation & execution
Computer System Validation methodologies
Configuration
Local
Motion Controllers and PID tuning
Process characterizations
Programing
Rockwell FactoryTalk Metrics
SCADA/HMI Design
Desired experience for controls engineering includes:
Understanding of lean manufacturing concepts with the regards to equipment application and the need for continuous improvement
Broad understanding and experience with classical and modern control theory, including first-hand experience with robust, stable, and elegant application to actual problems in the field
Strong communication, leadership, and preference for working in teams
Experience, understanding, and intuition for the physics and system dynamics in power electronics, motor control, battery management, heat transfer, vehicle dynamics and/or mechanical systems
Capability of delivering high-quality code in an embedded environment
Prior controls work in automotive or other transportation fields in advanced multi-physics control systems
Controls Engineering Examples
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Controls Engineering Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a controls engineering. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for controls engineering
- Work closely with both internal and external teams and vendors to guarantee continuous infrastructure availability
- Use FIS (factory information system) monitoring software to review cycle time of automation and CNC machines, review and follow up on projects and installations
- Identify, replace and create implement plans for controls equipment obsolescence
- Identify and implement controls solutions to improve safety, quality and delivery
- Ability to troubleshoot automated manufacturing equipment with little/no supervision
- Familiarity with VFD’s, servos, encoders, network/Ethernet controls, and CNC programming
- Support and/or manage the procurement, build, and installation of production line improvements and modifications as required
- Applies logic in problem-solving and analysis of alternatives to assess the financial and operations impact of automation and controls based systems (PLC, databases, operator interfaces and AB motion control platforms) related business initiatives
- Develops and implements engineering designs in specific technical functions within distribution, manufacturing or packaging to improve efficiencies, increase capacity and reduce costs
- Indirectly oversee automation specialists and develop their technical capability
Qualifications for controls engineering
- Able to coordinate automation campaigns
- Experience in entitlements modeling and reporting using analytics software
- Experience in Unix/Windows authentication and authorization (eg
- Experience in perimeter security controls, chain of trust architecture and solutions
- Experience in big data based log analytics is a plus (Elastic search, graph based analytics)
- Solution development using Java/Python a must
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of controls engineering. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for controls engineering
- Must keep equipment in a safe working condition
- Creates physical models of dynamic systems in the SW simulation tools (Matlab ) in order to develop prototype control systems
- Work with the maintenance & production teams to resolve day to day manufacturing concerns
- Perform bottleneck analysis for cycle time & performance for plant floor operations
- Plan the delivery of the overall program and its activities within the Controls/Automation Engineering group
- Provide Controls engineering support to NAO manufacturing plants and program launch teams as required
- Provide support to the Quality Department and Quality Engineer as required
- Provide support/development of informational data control for traceability
- Develop standards for automation controls, visual management, diagnostics, operational efficiency, remote access and HSE requirements
- Stay informed of quality issues and opportunities as relates to position and/or department
Qualifications for controls engineering
- 1+ years of experience with Allen Bradley Panel View use/programming AB Servo and AB VFD drives
- 1+ years of experience with VFD’s, Armor starts, encoders, network/Ethernet controls
- Bachelor’s degree from a four year college or university in Electrical, Software or Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 5-7 years of experience in the design, specification, implementation, testing, and commissioning of control systems
- Knowledge of camera systems
- Expert in Siemens hardware and programming is preferred
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Controls Engineering Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of controls engineering. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for controls engineering
- Interface with simulations team and incorporate wind turbine and wind farm operability requirements into the design, as part of control system design
- Work with controls product line & systems personnel to flow down desired capability into requirements & preliminary design that can be executed through detailed design and implementation
- Ensure products meet the required customer and certification levels for safety and quality
- PLC, Kawasaki programming, RS Logics Fundamental working knowledge of and Siemens based control architecture
- Panel View use/programming Servo and VFD drives with Siemens based control architecture
- Defines Project Services roles and responsibilities and develops new processes, procedures, and techniques, incorporates them into organizational practice and ensures their appropriate use
- Establishes change and incident management procedures to address service operational excellence
- Interface with Supply chain on assigned fulfillment projects & work within Agile teams to execute activities related to hardware design
- Lead all customer discussions related to HW design
- Work with project Global Design Leads (GDL’s) to ensure that controls HW is not a high risk item on schedules/requirements
Qualifications for controls engineering
- 2+ years of engineering work experience in a manufacturing environment
- The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate leadership in ONE FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
- Ability to independently troubleshoot assembly automation equipment and continuously evaluate equipment for improvement for quality and delivery
- Strong understanding of conveyors system programming and powertrain tooling and assembly techniques, in addition to networking understanding, DH+, Ethernet, remote IO, Profinet
- Familiarity with VFD’s, Armor starts, encoders, network/Ethernet controls, DC Nut Runners , Atlas Copco
- Familiarity with cameras, Cognex, Gigi, 2D barcoding and error proofing
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Controls Engineering Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a controls engineering. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for controls engineering
- Troubleshoot PLC, robots, CNC’s, Transfer machines, and other automation problems
- Update program backups for machinery & automation
- Ability to independently troubleshoot all production machinery and equipment, and continuously evaluate for improvement to quality and delivery
- Indramat and Siemens programming, Cognex vision systems, PLC logic and understanding of function blocks
- Strong understanding of conveyors system programming and machine tooling techniques, in addition to network understanding, Ethernet, remote IO
- Ensure the team follows appropriate internal processes and diagnostic design methodologies that are consistent with best practices
- Providing mentoring and technical guidance to other Project Controls staff and others from contributing project/functional teams, as required
- Organizing and facilitating regular project progress reviews with Project Managers
- Supporting projects from the proposal development and project planning phases through project close-out
- Ensure that changes to the project's performance measurement baseline are controlled and formally approved by the design management team and client prior to implementing
Qualifications for controls engineering
- Must be able to independently troubleshoot all body equipment and continuously evaluate equipment for improvement for quality and delivery
- Manage the workflow of developments and determine the relative priorities of customer’s needs
- Coordinate the Worldwide development team to deliver to the customer need dates
- Coordinate the system aspects of the design and to lead the system integration verification activity, including development of test capabilities
- Coordinate system FMEAs
- Lead NPI programmes and the respective reviews
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Controls Engineering Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of controls engineering. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for controls engineering
- Develop/update dynamic system model/plant model in Matlab/Simulink, Labview meant to be used in Hardware in loop environment
- Generate Real time C/C++ Code using Auto Code Generation tools like RTW/System Build
- Maintain/update Perl/python scripts for code generation process
- Research and development of new technologies related to automotive control systems
- Optimizing technical solutions in terms of multiple criteria
- Manage either directly or through subordinates, physical resources and engineers engaged in technically specialized phases of activities involving engineering disciplines
- Provides oversight to the design of Control Systems for all campuses
- Creates and enforces control system standards that are to be used at all campuses for all control systems
- Creates and maintains a control strategy that creates “standard” code that is to be applied to all control systems at all campuses
- Specifies, designs and evaluates Controllers, sensors, and electrical components by means and portions by applying principles of electrical, software, electromagnetics and materials engineering
Qualifications for controls engineering
- Monitor legacy system issues and lead the timely resolution of them
- Seek out future system development opportunities
- Adapt and develop key development processes
- This role would be an ideal next step for a candidate on an engineering career path who has already gained experience in a technical role and is looking to continue their development into Project leadership and to broaden their experience
- Strong understanding of conveyors system programming and tooling techniques, in addition to networking understanding, DH+, Ethernet, remote IO
- Masters / Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical/Controls/Electronics Engineering, with good academic track