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As a Senior Automation Controls Engineer at Rivian Automotive, LLC in Normal, Illinois, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our manufacturing automation processes. Your primary responsibilities will include assisting with the preparation of Requests for Quotation (RFQ) and reviewing vendor proposals for manufacturing automation equipment. You will actively participate in various controls equipment buy-offs at vendor sites and at Rivian's factory in Normal, IL, focusing on Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and safety compliance. In this position, you will contribute to the development of controls standards and specifications by providing feedback on lessons learned and identifying gaps from each project. This feedback will be instrumental in ensuring that future projects run more smoothly. You will be tasked with continuously improving production lines by reducing cycle times, minimizing downtime, and enhancing overall quality. Troubleshooting any controls-related downtime events on the production lines will be a priority, and you will be responsible for maintaining, modifying, and properly version controlling equipment programs, configuration files, and documentation as changes are implemented. Your technical expertise will be essential in managing various aspects of automation, including hardware, electrical systems, safety protocols, pneumatic systems, networks, PLCs, HMIs, Robots, SCADA, and MES. You will also be responsible for adding or removing network devices from the equipment and updating network switch configurations. Your role will involve troubleshooting, improving, and adding features to PLCs using Ladder Logic and/or Structured Text, with a strong emphasis on creating organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable code. Additionally, you will enhance HMIs to ensure they are user-friendly and intuitive for operating and troubleshooting equipment. You will implement and modify MES logic for production and performance management in the PLCs and HMIs, ensuring compliance with ANSI/RIA15.06/OSHA standards for reliable safety systems that safeguard robots, gantries, conveyors, and other high-volume manufacturing equipment. Assisting in the installation and commissioning of new production lines as they arrive at the factory will also be part of your responsibilities, along with training Production and Maintenance teams in the proper use of the equipment and troubleshooting from the HMI.
