Senior Controls Engineer

The role

You will design, develop, and commission electromechanical control systems for high volume automated process equipment, robotic cells, and mechatronic systems. You will lead an equipment team focusing on subsystem development and system integration in a manufacturing environment.

What you will do

• Design and specify the control system architecture, including PLC hardware selection and I/O mapping.
• Develop the Initial Sequence of Operations (SOO) to define how the machine behaves in every state.
• Perform electrical system analysis including short circuit current, thermal loading, and power consumption.
• Lead the selection of sensors, actuators, and instrumentation.
• Participate in initial equipment conceptual development.
• Lay out new industrial electrical control panels that are NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant.
• Create electrical, pneumatic and fluid schematics.
• Architect, write, and debug controls logic.
• Characterize and verify new automated process equipment for deployment into production.

Required qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or higher in Electrical engineering or mechanical engineering
• 7+ years of experience as a hands-on Controls Engineer or Robotics Engineer working on automation and/or electromechanical systems.
• Experience transitioning a concept from a functional requirements document to a fully wired control panel.
• Proficiency with electromechanical / mechatronic system design and motion control as well as process automation.
• Familiarity with UL 508A, NFPA 70E
• Advanced proficiency in programming industrial equipment with a focus on ladder logic and structured text.
• Experience with Siemens and Rockwell controls platforms.
• Experience with Safety PLCs.
• Experience with multiple industrial communications protocols (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, MODBUS TCP, and serial).
• Experience programming and/or interfacing with 6-Axis industrial robots (Fanuc, Yaskawa, Kuka, ABB, etc).
• Experience programming and/or interfacing with vision inspection systems (Keyence, Cognex, Zebra).
• Proficiency selecting and integrating hardware for industrial automation and sensing, including circuit protectors, wire and cablings, sensors, safety hardware, PLC hardware, and motor controls elemen

Nice to have

• AutoCAD Electrical preferred

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is available
• Competitive salaries
• Stock options
• 100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 80% healthcare premiums for dependents
• At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents)
• Generous vacation policies

About the company

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. They are developing cost-effective, multi-day energy storage technology to keep the electric grid secure and reliable.