Controls Engineer

Job Role- Automation Engineer
Job Location:  Elkhart, IN

Job Description & Skill Requirement:

·         Educational Qualification: Bachelor degree / Master Degree in Mechanical/Production/Manufacturing

·         Years of experience: 4-5 years of relevant experience

·         Should be able to translate user requirements into functional design and a technical concept

·         Provide advanced technical solutions and lead the team through the process. 

·         Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity in applying engineering principles and practices. 

·         Devise innovative solutions to existing manufacturing problems. 

·         Apply working knowledge of product design and assembly to the manufacturing process. 

·         Should conduct plant assessments & understand customer requirements and define DOU / SOW

·         Should support in preparing RFQ/RFIs to vendors and should evaluate vendor quotes

·         Should support in preparing proposals to customers and should play role in winning projects

·         Coordinate offshore & vendor teams based on project requirement

·         Should support Project Status Reviews and Senior Management Reviews

·         Responsible for customer satisfaction and future engagement with customer

·         Should be able to travel across the multiple locations

Skills required

A)    General

·         Project Management Skills & End-to-end Automation project execution experience

·         Project estimation & Proposal preparation

·         Customer Management

·         Vendor Management & RFQ to Vendors

·         Offshore coordination

·         Plant assessments

·         Very good interpersonal and communication skills.

·         Critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities

·         Business development skills and coordination with sales

B)    Manufacturing Automation

•    Manufacturing Automation experience

•    Experience in custom engineered solution businesses as well as factory automation is ideal.

•    Experience in developing system integration solutions for assembly line automation projects.

•    Strong Fundamental knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and control automation.

•    Should have a good understanding of the automation ecosystem.

•    Automation high level concept Preparation

•    Automation ROM & BOM high level estimation

•    Low cost automation, Fixture design, SPM & Testing machine knowledge

•    Robotics / Collaborative robot Automation

•    Process Automation

•    Assembly, Pick & place, Vision and Inspection automation

•    Industry experience – Truck & Off Highway Manufacturing. (any other industry will be added advantage)

•    Knowledge of Operation technology communication protocols

•    Automation Cell integration experience (Robotics/Pneumatic/PLC/Safety etc.)

•    integration experience in robotics and linear motion systems

•    Competent in performing value stream mapping and leading lean manufacturing initiatives

Qualification:
 

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering