Controls Modernization Engineer

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K

Travel Required : 40-50% max, shared across the team

Day-to-Day

An industrial engineering and systems integration company specializing in controls equipment modernization and upgrades is seeking a Controls Refurbishment Engineer to support a large-scale Automatic Tray Unsleevers (ATUs) equipment refurbishment initiative. This is a high-visibility program that will play a critical role in upgrading over 70 automated mail-handling systems across the country.

This engineer will split time between 40-50% travel at mail facilities throughout the United States, where they will be performing baseline machine surveys, documenting existing equipment conditions, and generating engineering reports. The machinery will be shipment back to the refurbishment facility by a team of millwrights, and then the engineer will spend the other 50-60% of their time updating control panel designs to accommodate upgrades to legacy motion control systems , including Yaskawa servo drives, servo motors, controllers, sensors, proximity switches, solenoid valves, and camera systems . This individual will also be responsible for updating and revising existing machine drawings, converting programs from legacy PC control hardware to new computing platforms, integrating updated servo hardware, and supporting performance testing and commissioning activities.

This position is contract-to-hire with long-term growth opportunities. The organization promotes from within and is looking for an engineer who can become a key contributor on future modernization projects after successful completion of this initiative. A federal background check and drug screen are required.

Must-Haves

• U.S. Citizen

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field preferred

• 3+ years of experience commissioning, troubleshooting, rebuilding, or upgrading automated industrial equipment (motion control systems: servo motors, servo drives, and servo controllers, and electrical control systems (sensors, proximity switches, I/O devices, and industrial networks) preferred

• Experience updating electrical engineering drawings in CAD

• Comfortable traveling 40-50% domestically

Plusses

• Experience with Yaskawa motion control and servo systems

• mail handling, parcel handling, sortation, conveyor, or material handling equipment experience

• Strong networking and industrial communications experience

• PLC programming and troubleshooting experience

• Camera/vision system integration experience

• Experience leading equipment refurbishment, retrofit, or modernization projects