Sr. Controls Engineers
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About The Position
As a Senior Controls Engineer at Rivian Automotive, LLC, you will play a crucial role in the development and implementation of automation equipment for our electric vehicle factory in Normal, Illinois. Your responsibilities will include assisting with the preparation of Requests for Quotation (RFQ) and reviewing vendor proposals for automation equipment ranging from single work cells to entire production shops. You will participate in various controls equipment buy-offs at vendor sites and at Rivian's factory, ensuring that Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), and safety protocols are adhered to. In this position, you will be tasked with developing controls standards and specifications by providing feedback on lessons learned and identifying gaps from each project. This will help ensure that future projects run more smoothly. You will also focus on 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 hardware, electrical, safety, pneumatic, network, PLC, HMI, Robot, SCADA, and MES systems. You will add or remove network devices from the equipment and update network switch configurations as necessary. Additionally, you will troubleshoot, improve, and add features to PLCs using Ladder Logic and/or Structured Text, ensuring that the code is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable. Enhancing HMIs to make them more user-friendly and intuitive will also be part of your responsibilities. 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 control reliable safety systems for safeguarding robots, gantries, conveyors, and other high-volume manufacturing equipment. Finally, you will assist in the installation and commissioning of new production lines as they arrive at the factory and supervise other automation controls engineers.
