Engineering Specialist, Controls
About The Position
As part of Ford’s Manufacturing team, the Engineering Specialist, Controls helps plants and implementation teams resolve tooling, equipment, and conveyor performance issues and downtime. The role involves troubleshooting and validating fixes, programming and maintaining industrial automation and control systems, supporting equipment installations and improvements, and helping ensure equipment safety and manufacturing quality and delivery. The position may require overtime, weekend work, and rotating shifts when requested or needed. The role is part of Ford’s manufacturing organization, which develops technologies and processes to improve efficiency and build its vehicles. The position is salary grade 6, 7, or 8, with applicable salary ranges determined by the candidate’s skills and experience, job scope, responsibility, and market value. Visa sponsorship is unavailable, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field; a foreign-equivalency degree or a combination of equivalent experience and education is also accepted.
- At least 2 years of Controls Engineering experience; internship and co-op experience count.
- Familiarity with PLC/CNC systems (Siemens/Allen-Bradley), VFDs, servos, Profinet, and ABB and FANUC robots.
- Flexibility to work rotating shifts when requested or needed.
Nice To Haves
- Electrical background as an electrician or technician.
- Solid understanding of laser burning.
- Ability to read blueprints, modify electrical schematics, and use AutoCAD.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot equipment and continuously evaluate process improvements.
- Experience with conveyor system programming and overhead gantry systems.
- Solid understanding of networking, including DH+, Ethernet, and remote I/O.
- Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience.
- Experience with Lean tools such as 5S, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, and Value Stream Mapping.
- Understanding of 8D, FMEA, and DMAIC processes.
- Familiarity with TQM and Kaizen methods.
- At least 1 year of experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Knowledge of simulation modeling and visual factory management.
Responsibilities
- Lead problem solving to help plants and implementation teams resolve tooling, equipment, and conveyor performance issues and downtime.
- Coordinate resources to identify root causes and fixes, break problems into items that can be validated, and determine appropriate validation methods.
- Set up and maintain industrial bar code printers.
- Design and implement vision control systems, using knowledge of vision cameras and their programming software; evaluate equipment for quality and delivery improvements.
- Use FIS plant monitoring software to review equipment cycle times and follow up on project installations.
- Reprogram equipment for engineering changes and improvements.
- Update program backups for machinery and automation.
- Program new installations of automation, machinery, material handling systems, and robots.
- Participate in team reviews of risk assessments and evaluations of equipment safety.
- Assist in training manufacturing personnel and plant electricians.
- Read and modify electrical prints and schematics using AutoCAD.
- Maintain familiarity with OA and CPN/MPN networks and communication protocols for wired and wireless connections.
- Manage installation and maintenance of virus protection software for controls network PCs; perform PC backup disk images and install communications, firmware, and controls software.
- Work overtime and weekends as needed.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
- Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
- Tuition assistance.
- Employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
