Controls Engineer IV

Alliance Automation began operations in August 2008, seizing an opportunity to provide automation solutions to underserved industries. Our innovative thinkers design and build robotic automation systems that optimize production processes. We provide automation solutions for a multitude of industries; each helping upgrade efficiency, increase throughput and guarantee reliability in production.

Job Description:

POSITION OVERVIEW

Alliance Automation is seeking a Controls Engineer IV to provide project-level technical leadership for our most complex and technically challenging industrial automation systems.

This is an advanced, hands-on engineering position intended for an experienced automation professional capable of independently leading high-complexity projects, solving difficult multidisciplinary technical problems, mentoring other engineers, and providing technical leadership throughout project execution.

The Controls Engineer IV is expected to take ownership beyond individual programming assignments and consider the overall technical and execution success of the machine and project.

This position remains a hands-on engineering role and works closely with Controls Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Design, Machine Assembly, Applications, Project Management, customers, and other technical resources.

TOP 5 RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Advanced Controls Architecture and Engineering

Develop advanced machine-control architectures and integration strategies involving PLC/PAC systems, robotics, vision, motion control, industrial networks, machine safety, data systems, and other automation technologies.

2. Project-Level Technical Leadership

Provide hands-on technical leadership for large, complex, or technically high-risk automation projects from concept through customer acceptance.

3. Advanced Troubleshooting and Project Recovery

Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and recovery efforts for projects experiencing significant technical, integration, or equipment-performance challenges.

4. Technical Risk, Concepting, and Estimating

Identify technical risks, develop mitigation strategies, and support Applications and Project Management with automation concepts, feasibility reviews, technology selection, labor estimates, and technical-risk evaluation.

5. Mentoring, Standards, and Technical Improvement

Mentor and develop Controls Engineers while contributing to programming standards, reusable code, commissioning practices, engineering tools, and improvements that strengthen project execution.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead controls execution for large, complex, or technically high-risk automation projects.

• Develop advanced machine-control architectures and system-integration strategies.

• Program and integrate complex PLC/PAC, HMI, robotic, vision, motion, networking, safety, and data systems.

• Serve as a project-level technical resource for difficult automation problems.

• Lead troubleshooting and recovery of projects experiencing significant technical challenges.

• Lead root-cause analysis of difficult or recurring equipment issues.

• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.

• Make independent technical decisions within established engineering standards.

• Support Applications and Project Management with technical concepts, feasibility reviews, technology selection, labor estimates, and risk evaluation.

• Lead code reviews and technical design reviews.

• Mentor and develop less-experienced Controls Engineers.

• Contribute to the development and improvement of programming standards, reusable code, commissioning practices, and engineering tools.

• Work across engineering disciplines to improve equipment performance, reliability, maintainability, and project execution.

• Lead controls activities during machine runoff, installation, commissioning, and customer acceptance.

• Professionally represent Alliance Automation during technically challenging customer interactions.

• Travel to customer facilities for installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, training, and production support.
   

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Engineering or technical degree, related technical education, or equivalent technical education and work experience.

• Approximately 8 or more years of controls engineering or industrial automation experience preferred, or equivalent demonstrated capability.

• Expert or advanced capability with at least one major PLC/PAC platform.

• Advanced experience with industrial automation and machine-control architecture.

• Strong experience integrating and supporting industrial robotics, machine vision, motion control, industrial networking, machine safety, and related automation technologies.

• Demonstrated ability to independently execute large, complex, or technically challenging automation projects.

• Demonstrated ability to solve high-complexity technical and equipment-performance problems.

• Experience developing machine-control architectures and integration strategies.

• Ability to identify technical and project-execution risks and develop effective mitigation strategies.

• Experience supporting controls concepts, feasibility reviews, technology selection, and labor estimating.

• Strong project-execution, analytical, and root-cause problem-solving skills.

• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to engineers, leadership, customers, and other departments.

• Demonstrated ability and willingness to mentor and develop other engineers.

• Willingness to remain hands-on with programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting.

• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and travel to customer facilities as required.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

A successful Controls Engineer IV is someone the organization can trust with its most difficult automation projects.

This person provides strong project-level technical leadership, anticipates and manages technical risk, solves high-complexity problems, develops other engineers, and helps ensure challenging projects reach successful customer acceptance.

The Controls Engineer IV contributes to the technical capability of the Controls Engineering team while remaining focused on hands-on engineering and successful project execution.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Alliance Automation benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Hourly/Salary Wage Based on Experience

• Paid Vacation

• Sick Time

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life/Disability

• 401k & Company Match

• Parental Leave

• We provide our employees with a safe, clean, climate-controlled work environment.