Automation Controls Engineer at Flextronics International USA, Inc in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

Job Posting Start Date 05-10-2024 Job Posting End Date 07-10-2024

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add an Automation Controls Engineer located in Austin TX.

Reporting to the Automation Engineering Manager . The Automation Controls Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining control systems in manufacturing equipment.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

•  Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining control systems in manufacturing equipment.


•  Build and design for standardized automation cells and for custom automated solutions from scratch for manufacturing.


•   Designing, configuring, deploying, and maintaining PLC software and wiring.


• Programming controls for mechanical factory automation equipment (robots, machine vision, servos, pneumatics, etc.)


• Programming PLC's (Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley, Siemens, Beckhoff, Omron, Etc.), HMIs, and Motion Controllers


• Electrical Design: Machine Power/Controls Design, Drafting, Communication Architecture


• Troubleshoot automated processes or equipment when errors occur.


• Develop manufacturing processes by designing and modifying equipment for building and assembling electrical components.


• Work with vendors and plant maintenance to ensure all automation equipment has appropriate spare parts, and a robust PM / Maintenance plan. 


• Perform the work listed in the standard operating procedures as well as work assigned by upper management.


• Communicate and interface with engineers, designers, and operations managers.


• Deploying systems at customer facilities and performing service work. Travel within the US up to 15%.

Here is some of what you’ll need:

• BS (and/or MS) Degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or equivalent.


• 4+ years of relevant work experience.


• Design of fail-safe electrical circuits using both safety logic controllers and safety-rated relays.


• Robotics programming, at least one of these UR/ABB/Omron/Yamaha.


• PLC Structured Text, and/or Ladder logic programming and experience with software such as GXworks3, Studio 5000, TIA Portal, TwinCat3.


•  Industrial HMI design and familiarity with HMI programs such as GTworks3, or FactoryTalk.


•  Industrial software integration of mechanical assemblies, electrical systems, sensors, pneumatics/hydraulics, including how to safely checkout these interdisciplinary systems prior to production implementation.


• Ability to use AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar software program to create schematics or drawings.


• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with internal and external functional teams verbally, in writing, and via presentations.

Here are a few examples of what you’ll get for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision


• Life Insurance


• Matching 401K


• PTO


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Employee discounts at local retailers

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Job Category

Production Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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