Controls Engineer

Kunin Technologies • Chattanooga, TN

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Kunin Technologies is seeking a Controls Engineer to automate the roll-to-roll processing of ion-exchange media. This role involves integrating three unit operations into a coherent line, focusing on web transport, drives and tension control, unwind and rewind stands, and the associated controls and automation layer (PLC, HMI/SCADA, recipes, data logging). Experience in battery electrode coating is highly relevant due to similar challenges with fragile web transport, wet steps, drying, and precision tension control. The successful candidate will be part of a team in Chattanooga, TN, delivering a demonstration line by the end of 2027, which will serve as the foundation for a larger greenfield manufacturing facility. The company aims to become the world's largest volume producer of ion-exchange media by 2030.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering field - electrical or chemical engineer preferred.
• 3+ years on roll-to-roll production or pilot lines with hands-on drives, tension, and controls work - battery electrode coating background preferred.
• PLC and HMI programming experience (Rockwell/Allen-Bradley or Siemens class) with servo and VFD drive commissioning.
• 1+ years of experience using software tools such as Matlab, C++ or Python.
• Ability to work in fast paced and demanding atmosphere
• Experience trouble shooting sensors, actuators, and electrical components
• Creative problem solving that brings together reactive chemistry, radiochemistry, material handling, fluid mechanics disciplines.
• Position located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Line architecture: unwind and rewind stands, roll transfer between unit operations, accumulator and festoon strategy, and splice stations
• Web transport and tension control for low-basis-weight nonwovens: drive sizing, load cells and dancers, tension zones through nips, baths, the beam shield labyrinth, and dryers
• Controls and automation: PLC programming, drive coordination and draw control, HMI/SCADA, recipe management, and interlock coordination with the beam systems engineer
• Line data: sensor selection and logging of speed, tensions, temperatures, bath parameters, and dose records – captured from day one
• Commissioning leadership when unit operations physically connect; line-level safety: e-stops, guarding, LOTO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level