What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Process Automation Engineer Models (EE25020) position at TMEIC Corporation Americas?
Job # EE25020
Job Title Associate Process Automation Engineer – Models
Office Location Roanoke, VA
Business Unit/Department Industrial Systems
Sales Territory, if applicable N/A
General Role Description
Develop, verify, and implement algorithms and transfer functions that define the electro-mechanical operation of industrial machinery, primarily metal rolling mills
Role Accountabilities
- Develop algorithms and transfer functions that define the electro-mechanical operation of industrial machinery, primarily metal rolling mills
- Verify these algorithms and transfer functions using computer simulation of mechanical processes and/or analysis of empirical data from operating machinery
- Use verified mathematical algorithms and transfer functions to design and implement software which generates control system setup and operating parameters that enable advanced automatic computer based control of industrial machinery
- Provide regular, accurate, and considered commissioning status reports to parties deemed appropriate to the situation
- Collaborate with project engineering team to ensure inter-operation of software modules into overall project
- Conduct and/or support simulation to verify satisfy project requirements
- Conduct and/or support simulation to verify the Human Machine Interface satisfies project requirements
- Support client witness of unit and system test as needed
- Recommend improvements to test procedures to better identify where software does not meet all project requirements for assigned scope of work
- Support commissioning activities at client facilities required and authorized
General Employee Accountabilities
- Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
- Give manager best advice
- Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
- Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
- Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
- Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
- Recommend viable improvements proactively
- Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering with control automation coursework, computer engineering, materials science, physics or related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
- Classes, labs, and projects with concentration in some combination of mathematical modeling, finite element analysis, or thermodynamics
- Personal computer hardware and software skill proficiency
- Co-op, internship, or other work experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of High-Level Programming Language, such as C and object-oriented programming using the Microsoft development environment
- Demonstrated problem solving skills
- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, approximately 15%, sometimes with limited notice
Preferred Qualifications
- MS in physics, material science, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering
- Research project or thesis in the areas of mathematical modeling, finite element analysis, or thermodynamics
- Work experience as research assistant, intern, or co-op in the above areas
- Work experience designing and/or maintaining hot or cold rolling control systems or metal strip processing line control systems
- Experience in international field engineering assignments
Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.
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