Senior Automation and Controls Engineer

The role

You will design, build, and deploy robotic automation systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine requirements, suggest layouts, and select hardware.

What you will do

• Design and implement rapid, innovative robotic automation workcells.
• Collaborate with product managers, software developers, and researchers to maintain and improve robotic platforms.
• Source and integrate technology products into automation workcells.
• Evaluate decisions to build capabilities in-house versus partnering with external system integrators.
• Concept new robotic automation applications and scope effort, feasibility, and cost.
• Establish hardware selection and PLC software standards.
• Document and communicate work for internal and external stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• Degree in Controls / Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 3 years of professional experience applying robotics, PLC programming (e.g., Beckhoff, Pilz), fieldbus communication, or motion controllers to systems deployed in manufacturing facilities.
• Demonstrable experience designing automation cells with CAD and perform system simulation.
• Experience selecting components and designing electrical and pneumatic schematics for automation equipment.
• Ability to assemble designed electrical panels.
• Proficient in debugging and wiring robotic industrial control systems.
• Willingness to work in ambiguity, select a direction, and drive towards a solution.

Nice to have

• Experience designing and implementing safety circuitry and safety logic for use in industrial automation.
• Experience working with and managing vendors, from writing RFPs or SOWs to managing their execution and taking part in system acceptance tests.
• Passion for programming in high level languages beyond low level control.
• Exposure to numerous industries that use robotic automation.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Benefits

• benefits

About the company

Intrinsic is an AI robotics group at Google aiming to reimagine the potential of industrial robotics.