Controls Engineer

About Nexon Automation

We create value through technology and deliver customer-focused engineering services for leading companies in the automotive industry.

Join our talented team and grow professionally while gaining experience with advanced robotics state-of-the-art vision systems Internet of Things (IoT)-based applications and emerging processes and practices in manufacturing.

How do you add value to the role
The Controls Engineer develops and commissions electrical and automated control systems for industrial machinery based on customer specifications and in accordance with engineering principles international standards and industry best practices. The position involves implementing complex control algorithms for the design and development of control software identification systems and signal processing applications.

Requirements
-Education: Bachelors Degree in Engineering or a related Science discipline.
-Languages: Advanced English.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years integrating industrial automation applicacions.
• Experience developing moderately complex control applications.
• Demonstrated participation in machinery commissioning and start-up activities.

Knowledge

- Programming and troubleshooting of Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs.

• Proficiency in TIA Portal STEP 7 Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk.
• Development and modification of HMI systems.
• Troubleshooting of PROFINET PROFIBUS EtherNet/IP and industrial communication networks.
• Reading and interpretation of electrical and pneumatic schematics as well as automation sequences.
• Knowledge of industrial vision systems preferably Keyence Cognex or equivalent solutions.

Main Responsibilities

• Executes specialized technical services for internal and external customers either locally remotely or on-site. The objective is to ensure that assigned control systems operate efficiently and in compliance with industry and quality standards.

• Designs industrial control architectures by selecting the appropriate communication protocols networking equipment and programming languages required to program configure and integrate industrial automation systems.

• Identifies potential failure modes and implements preventive and corrective actions integrated into the design of electrical and control systems. Performs risk and safety assessments. Validates commissions and tests the equipment and systems assigned to the project.

• Analyze PLC logic sequences interlocks alarms networks signals and the physical operating conditions of the process.

• Identify the root causes of recurring failures production losses micro-stoppages quality issues and unstable process behavior.

• Develop technical hypotheses execute controlled tests and validate identified root causes using objective evidence.

• Develop and implement modifications to PLC programs HMI applications communication systems automatic sequences recipes alarms and peripheral systems.

• Design and implement improvement projects for existing equipment to increase process availability reliability maintainability and overall performance.

• Optimize cycle times operating sequences fault recovery routines manual and automatic operating modes and equipment interaction.

• Integrate and troubleshoot PLCs HMIs robots machine vision systems variable frequency drives (VFDs) servo systems sensors safety devices conveyors and peripheral equipment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits package
• Growth and development plan

Thank you for your interest in this position.