Electrical Controls Engineer

Company Description

The warehouse of the future is equipped with our iFollow autonomous robots instead of forklifts and our Atlas 2D pallet shuttles or eScala tote shuttles that allow for high-density storage (no wasted space!) and scalable solutions.

As part of stow Group and over the span of more than 40 years, we’ve grown into a company with 10 manufacturing facilities, 19 commercial offices, and the know-how of around 2000 employees serving customers in 40 countries.

Early 2021, we opened our US Office and have already grown to around 50 people. It's exciting times to be at Movu!

What’s in it for you

• Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO Platinum Plan or Gold Plan with HSA including company contribution – low employee contribution, great plans!
• 20 days PTO plus Sick Leave
• 11 Public Holidays
• Flexibility
• Up to 4% 401(k) match
• Opportunities for career development as we’re expanding rapidly in the North American market
• Partial tuition reimbursement after 12 months
• Working with Roberto, our Engineering Manager (yep, he’s awesome!)

Job Description

Core Objective

The ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER is an integral person in helping our customer’s vision for an automated storage solution from Movu US come to life. The core objectives are 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), automated mobile robots (ifollow), as well as our picking robot (eligo) 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 you’re up for the job - Technical

• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience with controls and electrical engineering of custom automation
• Bachelor’s or Master’s 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

This lets us know you’re up for the job - Practical

• You live either in commutable distance to our Romeoville, IL office, or close to a major airport; preferably somewhere in EST or CST
• Willing and able to travel to customer sites at an average of 50%, usually no longer than 2 weeks at a time; throughout the United States and occasionally to Canada; the travel percentage is expected to reduce to 30% over time as we grow the team
• For onboarding and training, travel 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 earlier so they can wrap up earlier at the end of the day.

Additional Information

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.