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Senior Electrical Controls Engineer

Ed Wallach Search Group
Eufaula, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/25/2025

Location : Eufaula, AL

Security Clearance : US Citizen / Green Card OK

JOB SUMMARY

Designs, develops, constructs, and tests electrical control systems for manufacturing equipment and machinery.

Responsible for the electrical design, programmable logic controller (PLC) and Motion Control programming and testing.

Responsible for daily technical oversight and guidance to the manufacturing engineering team.

Requires working on theproduction floor troubleshooting process issues, adjusting process parameters, and documenting procedures. Partners with R&D, Quality, and Production to develop assembly, testing and design reviews on electronic control heads.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provides direction for electrical controls engineering standards throughout the manufacturing process. Produces project documentation that includes prints and engineering files, supplier communications and Engineering Change Orders (ECO's).
  • Maintains electrical control systems on production equipment. Designs, develops, and tests all aspects of electrical components, equipment and machinery. Reads schematics and layouts and supports best design protocol and analysis. Contributes to the team with a proven knowledge applicable to one or more of the following fields : analog and digital sensors, PLC Controls, software design and development, and pneumatic controls.
  • Provides production support to maintain quality and production output to budgets. Troubleshoots and designs solutions to improve equipment reliability.
  • Collaborates with Operations, R&D, Quality, and outside suppliers through new product development stages of new products, process methods, assembly plans.
  • Manages a range of smaller to complex projects from concept, design, and through completion. Develops timelines and ensure project success by maintaining timeline targets, budget responsibilities and quality requirements.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Education : Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (BSEE), electrical engineering technologies (EET) or equivalent.

Experience : Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in developing, programming, and testing electrical controls systems.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

  • PLC and Motion Control programming, testing, and debugging experience. Primarily Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLC's utilizing EtherNet / IP, IO-Link, ModBus TCP and discrete I / O. Preferred experience in developing HMI, PLC and Vision System programs from start to completion.
  • Advanced skills in electrical engineering design tools to include Power Distribution, Testing, and Data Collection equipment.
  • Advanced knowledge of and skills in designing, building, evaluating, and testing of industrial electronic and / or electrical circuits and components.
  • Advanced electrical design and layout experience including power distribution, I / O devices, sensors, etc. Preferred experience with Keyence Vision and Turck HMI's, IAI Linear Actuators, and Fanuc 6-axis robots.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex design programming and testing of electrical controls systems.
  • Advanced understanding of mechanics and basic mechanical skills.
  • Technical writing, procedures and manuals and experience in reading and drawing schematics.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with customers, vendors, other engineers, machinists, assemblers, wiremen, technicians and supervisors.
  • High degree of flexibility and willingness to work on a wide variety of projects and tasks.
  • Demonstrated creativity with strong analytical and technical expertise.
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