Electrical Controls Engineer (Full-Time)

WEISS North America, Inc – Willoughby, OH (Cleveland, OH)

Salary/Exempt

Job Description

WEISS North America is seeking a Controls Engineer with strong troubleshooting skills to support our products from build stage through customer integration. Our customers are machine builders and integrators connecting WEISS technologies into their own machine architectures, and they rely on our support by phone, video conference, and email to get that interface working. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring the ability to work directly with electrical control systems, field devices, and automated machinery during assembly, commissioning, and customer support activities. The ideal candidate will demonstrate depth in either the Rockwell or the Siemens ecosystem, with real comfort in networking, logic sequencing, and troubleshooting. Parallel skills must include safe electrical practice and sound engineering fundamentals, along with the patience and temperament to walk a customer through correcting a problem while their production line is down and timing is critical.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of motion control components and controls, machinery, and factory automation equipment. The Controls Engineer must have a strong fundamental knowledge of control and electrical system design and its application in automated industrial designs. The ability to understand equipment integration and machine building is key in this position. This position does require travel for service, up to 15%.

Benefits

Pay Range: $90,000 - $115,000

Job Responsibilities - Electrical Controls Engineer

Troubleshooting & Customer Support

Panel Design, Wiring & Test

Controls & Motion Engineering

Safety, Code Compliance & Documentation

Desired Skills & Experience - Electrical Controls Engineer

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Mechatronics, or an Associate’s Degree with equivalent demonstrated experience
• 5 or more years of controls experience on automated machinery or integrated production equipment; 8 years or more if non-degreed
• Strong, demonstrated troubleshooting ability in either ecosystem – Rockwell (Studio 5000, RSLogix, Kinetix, FactoryTalk) or Siemens (TIA Portal, SINAMICS) – able to work through an unfamiliar machine and isolate a fault under pressure
• Command of electrical engineering fundamentals sufficient to work safely and efficiently on systems up to 1000 V
• Servo and VFD sizing, drive configuration, and motion tuning capability
• Multi-axis motion experience, including synchronous and asynchronous mapping for rotary, linear, and combined motion profiles
• Electrical schematics and circuit diagrams, load calculations, and SCCR ratings; fluent generation and revision of drawings in AutoCAD Electrical, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, or EPLAN
• Control panel layout and enclosure design capability
• Working knowledge of NFPA 79, the NEC, and UL 508A as applied to control panels and machine wiring, and familiarity with machine safety requirements under ISO 13849-1 or IEC 62061
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite
• Effective verbal communication skills
• Must be able to work independently with little supervision. Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Efficiently organize and plan work tasks to meet company goals and balance multiple projects and tasks with a sense of urgency
• Able to stand or walk for the majority of the day and able to lift 50 pounds on a needed basis and up to 75 pounds with assistance
• Able to regularly apply physical mobility (stretching, lifting, bending, twisting, etc.) to perform all assembly related assignments

Travel Expectations

Company Description

WEISS is a high-quality manufacturer of cam, servo, and linear motor driven automation components. We supply the world with rotary index tables, palletized conveyors, linear motor driven pick and place units, cam and servo driven assembly chassis, ring index tables, and machine bases and tool plates. WEISS was founded over 55 years ago and is now the world leader in rotary indexing tables for assembly, welding, packaging, medical devices, and many other industries. We specialize in the highest quality craftsmanship and offer an industry leading four-year warranty. No matter if you need to rotate 100 tons or pick and place a 1 oz. part very accurately, WEISS has the solution. As the world leader in indexing/positioning tables we still have the most innovative designs and newest products. We also offer many other additional handling and positioning devices for your automation needs. Visit www.weiss-world.com today.

We have grown by more than 300% in the last ten years. Our growth is only limited by our desire and resources. We will achieve similar growth over the next five years.