What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automation & Controls Engineering Intern position at OFS?
OFS has one of the longest and most respectable corporate lineages in American business, which goes back to Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone more than a century ago. We have a proven track record of being first in the industry with application specific fibers, optical connectors, ribbon cables, erbium doped fibers, Raman fiber lasers, fiber gratings and more. Our mission is to provide leading optical innovations and solutions by designing, manufacturing and supplying the best optical fibers, fiber cable and components and devices for our customers, with exceptional service that creates value for our shareholders, customers and employees. To do so, we must continue shaping the future of communications by applying the best minds to the challenges our customers will continually face.
We currently seek an Automation & Controls Engineering Intern in our division located in Somerset, NJ to help support critical production equipment. The Automation and Controls Engineering Intern will work closely with Production and Automation Engineering team to update the programing of safety PLCs to current revisions for older high power laser test stations to implement features available on newer stations.
Key Qualifications Include
Employees are expected to serve as role models for safe work practices and behaviors. This includes following established health and safety policies and procedures, maintaining a clean, organized work area, wearing, and properly storing all personal protective equipment (PPE), and actively engaging as a safety conscious worker with personal safety and wellness as a priority.
If you’d like to be part of an energetic, world leader in optic fiber solutions, please apply online at www.ofsoptics.com/careers.
Note: Only those candidates selected for the interview process will be contacted.
OFS, a Georgia based global company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.
We currently seek an Automation & Controls Engineering Intern in our division located in Somerset, NJ to help support critical production equipment. The Automation and Controls Engineering Intern will work closely with Production and Automation Engineering team to update the programing of safety PLCs to current revisions for older high power laser test stations to implement features available on newer stations.
Key Qualifications Include
- Currently working toward an Automations and Controls Engineering degree
- Lab Automation and computer skills
- Familiarity with Unitronics PLC safety controllers and ladder logic
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient with MS Office, Word, and Excel
- Maintain discretion when working with confidential and proprietary information
- Adherence to Company safety policies and procedures
- Conform to the OFS “Standards of Conduct” document
- Study existing PLC ladder logic on newer test stations, to understand laser test conditions and safety features and programing conventions
- Understand and document equipment differences between newer and older laser test stations
- Write PLC ladder logic to implement required safety features
- Work with Production and Engineering teams to test newly implemented PLC safety controller
- Document PLC code
- Provide a final report-out presentation on project results
Employees are expected to serve as role models for safe work practices and behaviors. This includes following established health and safety policies and procedures, maintaining a clean, organized work area, wearing, and properly storing all personal protective equipment (PPE), and actively engaging as a safety conscious worker with personal safety and wellness as a priority.
If you’d like to be part of an energetic, world leader in optic fiber solutions, please apply online at www.ofsoptics.com/careers.
Note: Only those candidates selected for the interview process will be contacted.
OFS, a Georgia based global company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.
