Controls Engineer

Inteva Products•Birmingham, AL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Controls Engineer will provide onsite electrical and controls engineering support for manufacturing and sequencing operations at a new facility in the southwest Birmingham metropolitan area. The role focuses on troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and new program launches, while diagnosing and resolving electrical, controls, automation, and equipment issues to minimize downtime and maintain reliable production. The engineer will support new equipment and automation systems through design, installation, programming, commissioning, and validation. The role also supports launch activities to meet PPAP and production-readiness milestones, develops technical specifications and RFQs, and partners across manufacturing and support functions and with equipment suppliers to address technical issues and JIT/JIS production requirements. The position includes implementing improvements to reliability, process capability, error-proofing, safety, quality, and operational efficiency, and maintaining controls documentation, programs, drawings, backups, and equipment standards.

Requirements

3–5+ years of controls, automation, or electrical engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience with industrial controls, PLCs, HMIs, automated equipment, sensors, drives, and manufacturing control systems.
Experience troubleshooting complex electrical, controls, and automation issues in a high-volume production environment.
Experience supporting new equipment installation, commissioning, program launches, production ramp-up, and PPAP readiness.
Working knowledge of lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
Ability to read and interpret electrical plans, equipment drawings, technical specifications, and related engineering documentation.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, project management, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to respond quickly to production-critical issues.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, suppliers, and equipment integrators.

Nice To Haves

Automotive manufacturing experience, preferably within a Tier 1 sequencing, JIT, or JIS facility.

Responsibilities

Provide onsite electrical and controls engineering support for manufacturing and sequencing operations.
Troubleshoot electrical, controls, automation, and equipment issues to minimize downtime and maintain reliable production.
Monitor equipment and process downtime trends and implement engineered improvements to safety, quality, and reliability.
Support the design, installation, programming, commissioning, and validation of new equipment and automation systems.
Review equipment, controls, and manufacturing processes for compliance with Inteva electrical, controls, and safety specifications.
Support launches to achieve PPAP and production-readiness milestones on time.
Develop technical specifications and Requests for Quotation (RFQs) for equipment, controls, automation, and equipment modifications.
Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Quality, IT, suppliers, and equipment integrators to resolve technical issues and support JIT/JIS production requirements.
Identify and implement controls and automation improvements to increase equipment reliability, process capability, error-proofing, and operational efficiency.
Develop and maintain controls documentation, programs, drawings, backups, and equipment standards for troubleshooting and long-term reliability.