Sr. Solution Design Engineer

KION Group • Wauwatosa, WI

1d • Remote

About The Position

Dematic is hiring a Senior Solution Design Controls Engineer that understands convey/sort applications among portfolio customers to join our Customer Service Solution Development team in estimating solutions for our customers. This role involves understanding the design of complex systems that integrate electrical controls hardware, programming, and software to estimate complete controls solutions for customers. The engineer will complete complex material specifications, read and comprehend schematics and PLC programs, and provide recommendations for productivity improvement, cost reduction, and customer satisfaction. They will also participate in providing estimates for semi-complex projects, perform technical interchange and knowledge transfer, and explain complex problems to team members to ensure proper controls solutions for customer requests. The role requires identifying and resolving complex problems, providing guidance to professional staff, and traveling up to 20% within the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Engineering
• 8 years or more of successful experience in related field (controls engineering and material handling)
• Experience in designing and commissioning automated material handling systems, including electrical design, PLC, HMI, and drives.
• Experience with estimating projects (hours required, resources required, etc.)
• Proficient in Rockwell Automation PLC programming languages with the RSLogix software.
• Good understanding of serial and ethernet based communications and protocols.
• Material Handling Equipment experience with a focus on conveyance and sortation systems, including PLC hardware upgrades, VFD upgrades, Dematic Flexsort, and industrial networking along with the ability to concept solutions and generate estimates to support Sales requests.
• Proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Able to interpret important areas of standard professional level controls work that typically requires processing and interpreting, more complex, less clearly defined issues.
• Demonstrated ability to determine requirements from customers while selling our ideas
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness and demonstrated ability to stay current with the latest material handling concepts
• Demonstrated ability to manage numerous opportunities and deadlines
• Ability to reliably forecast and report on the status of projects

Responsibilities

• Understand the design of complex systems that integrate electrical controls hardware, programming and software to estimate complete controls solutions for customers.
• Complete complex material specification, able to read and comprehend schematics and PLC programs and appropriate follow-up of technical details.
• Complete recommendations for ideas related to productivity improvement, cost reduction and improvement in customer satisfaction.
• Participate in providing estimates for semi-complex projects to the solution development team.
• Perform complex technical interchange and knowledge transfer for both processes and application of products to system design.
• Perform full range of standard work for the professional field.
• Explain and discuss complex, unusual problems to other team members to provide proper controls solutions for customer requests.
• Identify and resolve more complex problems and apply problem-solving skills in order to deal with most situations.
• Provide general guidance or training support for professional staff.

What This Job Offers

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