Controls Engineer

Kunin Technologies • Chattanooga, TN

20d • Onsite

About The Position

Kunin Technologies is automating roll-to-roll processing of ion-exchange media. The Controls Engineer will integrate web transport, drives and tension control, unwind and rewind stands, and the PLC, HMI/SCADA, recipe-management, and data-logging systems into a coherent production line. The work is comparable to serial production challenges in battery electrode manufacturing, including fragile-web transport, wet processing, drying, precision tension control, and modern automation.

The engineer will join a team of ten in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to deliver a demonstration line by the end of 2027. The demonstration line is intended to serve as the basis for a greenfield manufacturing facility at 10 times the scale, with automated material handling and integrated back-end exchange-media equipment packaging. Kunin Technologies aims to become the world’s largest-volume producer of ion-exchange media by 2030. The position may require intermittent travel to partner facilities and frequent extended hours and weekends to support critical project milestones.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field; electrical or chemical engineering preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience on roll-to-roll production or pilot lines, with hands-on drives, tension, and controls work.
• Experience programming PLCs and HMIs, such as Rockwell/Allen-Bradley or Siemens systems, and commissioning servo and VFD drives.
• At least 1 year of experience using software tools such as Matlab, C++, or Python.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding atmosphere.
• Experience troubleshooting sensors, actuators, and electrical components.
• Creative problem-solving ability across reactive chemistry, radiochemistry, material handling, and fluid mechanics disciplines.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Battery electrode coating background.
• Electrical or chemical engineering degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop line architecture, including unwind and rewind stands, roll transfer between unit operations, accumulator and festoon strategy, and splice stations.
• Design web transport and tension control for low-basis-weight nonwovens, including drive sizing, load cells and dancers, and tension zones through nips, baths, the beam-shield labyrinth, and dryers.
• Program PLCs and coordinate drives and draw control; develop HMI/SCADA and recipe management; coordinate interlocks with the beam systems engineer.
• Select sensors and establish logging from day one for speed, tensions, temperatures, bath parameters, and dose records.
• Lead commissioning when unit operations are physically connected.
• Coordinate line-level safety, including emergency stops, guarding, and lockout/tagout (LOTO).

What This Job Offers

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