Electrical Controls Engineer

The ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER is an integral person in helping our customers vision for an automated storage solution from Movu US come to life. The core objective is to support Sales and Engineering during the pre-sale phase by answering questions on system integration. And to support project execution by designing testing troubleshooting and supporting product implementation and system integration.

Solutions: Fully automated storage solutions including pallet shuttles (atlas) tote shuttles (eScala) as well as automated mobile robots (iFollow) and ancillary systems such as conveyors and lifts.

Customers: End users are located throughout the United States and Canada. We work with many of the leading integrators as our Sales partners.

As our ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER you

• support Sales Engineering Project Management and Commissioning by sharing your expertise of the final installation and system integration
• support the creation of the functional description specifications regarding the installation of electrical equipment and the commissioning of controls
• draft documentation such as SOPs and contribute to creating manuals
• develop and design electrical cabinets
• create schematics and network diagrams
• design controls algorithms and safety systems
• program device communication of pallet conveyance and pallet inspection equipment
• test and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems and processes
• work closely with R&D
• source external vendors for materials
• lead engineering and automation teams through concept planning configuration and development
• contribute to the creation of risk assessment documents that identify hazards in a system
• optimize the system by offering simulation support
• support the Sales Engineering team with product testing
• contribute to the mechanical system layout drawings regarding all electrical and controls specifications including cable routing
• contribute to the development of test plans alongside the Commissioning Team
• make Full Load Amps calculations
• ensure UL listed components are selected and cabinet is assembled compliant to such standards
• be present on-site at First Power Up to make sure everything is operational after rack installation and to make sure everything is functional before our robots are commissioned
• be present on-site when commissioning is in final stages to prepare the Movu system for handover to the end-customer
• perform Site Acceptance Testing

Qualifications :

This lets us know youre up for the job

• Multiple years of experience with controls and electrical engineering of custom automation
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Automation Robotics Electrical Electro-Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering
• PLC and HMI Programming experience (we use Beckhoff but experience with Siemens Allen Bradley Rockwell etc. is just fine)
• Experience with automation controls monitoring systems safety area scanners and safety controllers
• Ability to install configure and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical system
• Comfortable using 2D (required) and 3D (nice to have) CAD software for design of electrical diagrams and schematics
• Experience with ePlan or comparable software would be the cherry on top
• Willing and able to travel to customer sites and if remote to our office an average of up to 50% usually no longer than 2 weeks at a time; throughout the United States and occasionally to Canada
• If remote occasional travel to our Romeoville IL office (average 3 days at a time; approx. 4-6 times per year besides onboarding & training)
• For onboarding and training if remote travel for training and onboarding to our Romeoville IL office and regardless of your location to our headquarters in Belgium (usually no more than 2 weeks at a time)
• We work closely with our European colleagues. The morning hours are the most important so we can connect with them while our business hours overlap across time zones. If you love starting your workday mid-morning or later you would hate it here. Most people start their workday at 8 am CST and some love to start even earlier so they can wrap up earlier at the end of the day.

Additional Information :

What do we offer you

1. 20 days PTO 5 days paid sick leave 11 US paid holidays
2. Medical (currently BlueCross BlueShield) Dental and Vision Insurance
3. Company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
4. Company Paid Life Insurance
5. Company Paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment
6. 401K with employer match currently 4%
7. Partial Tuition Reimbursement after 12 months
8. Gross Salary

EEO

Movu US provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. stow prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time