Controls Engineer

Rule 5 Hire•Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Our client is seeking a Controls Engineer to join their growing team in Seattle, WA. Their team of engineers work in a variety of environments and locations. The role requires strong technical knowledge, sound experience and people-skills, to effectively solve issues as they arise. Job Description: Creating and commissioning industrial controls systems, PLC software design, and HMI screens, for different industries and environments. Responsible for PLC/HMI code development, code installation, debugging on job site, and commissioning of the complete system. Conducting the peripheral device programming, machine PLC programming, coordinating the machine debug, power-up, and machine validation with build and electrical teams. Ensure that systems are designed and programmed to customer and/or DyAG build specifications using standard techniques and approaches. Travel to customer sites for installation and startup of systems.

Requirements

3+ years of Controls Engineering/PLC/HMI programming experience
3+ years of Rockwell Allen Bradley (Controllogix OR RSLogix OR Studio 5000) or Siemens Step 7 (TIA Portal, WinCC) PLC programming experience.
Strong ability with motion control programming/commissioning (Servos, VFD, etc.).
The ability to program/write code/ladder logic from scratch
Prior experience programming within customer-defined standards and templates

Nice To Haves

Other PLC platforms are helpful as well such as Omron, Mitsubishi, GE, etc.
Prior SCADA experience with Ignition is helpful.
Experienced in programming languages such as Python, C#/.NET, Java, etc. is also a plus.
Experience with hardware design using AutoCAD, Promise-E, or ePlan is a plus.
Prior experience with automotive manufacturing integration and commissioning.
Proficient with a variety of field bus networks including but not limited to DeviceNet, Ethernet I/P, Profibus, ProfiNet, etc. a plus.

Responsibilities

Creating and commissioning industrial controls systems
PLC software design
HMI screens
PLC/HMI code development
code installation
debugging on job site
commissioning of the complete system
peripheral device programming
machine PLC programming
coordinating the machine debug, power-up, and machine validation with build and electrical teams
Ensure that systems are designed and programmed to customer and/or DyAG build specifications using standard techniques and approaches
Travel to customer sites for installation and startup of systems