Automation Engineer II

Job Description

Job Description

General Summary: Experienced level professional engineer responsible for Controls Engineering support and process improvement work for high volume manufacturing lines using standardized procedures. Ensures products and/or designs are reliable manufacturable, and/or cost effective.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Provide production support for manufacturing lines from the PLC to the device level. Production support includes ensuring accurate traceability data collection, troubleshooting, scrap and LAT reduction, and improved process reliability.VA/VE activities.

Support business unit objectives by prioritizing projects, designing interfaces for new equipment and making decisions that affect the long-term production process.

Provide vendor management and supervision.

Manage machine controls for small projects.

May provide work to project technicians.

Create and maintain documents and/or databases with team support. Projects typically meet the immediate needs for the business unit. Such activities vary from clerical, to editorial, to creative, e.g. creation/revision of APQP documentation, MI, PI, SOP, maintenance of equipment configuration documents, etc.

Provide mentoring and training to technicians.

Customer Team Member:

Work with team members to resolve customer issues related to quality and design, resolve issues relative to the process and equipment and implement the required changes to production lines.

Work with Product Engineering to implement changes due to product changes.

Simultaneous Engineering Team Member:

As part of a team, review and make recommendations to improve product design and processes, using various analytical methods and tools (Design for Assembly, Manufacturing and Experiments).

Work with the core team (Product, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supplier Development Engineering) on new product development and implementation.

Review design changes and verify these changes do not adversely affect the process.

Assists experienced engineers with engineering analyses.

May refer to complex problems not covered by company standards and/or documentation to the supervisor or senior-level engineer for help or a decision.

Routine actions unsupervised with more direction on non-routine tasks.

Job Specifications:

Basic knowledge of electrical/electronic systems.

Basic level programming of PLC, HMI, motion control systems and robots. Basic knowledge of computer systems. Able to create electrical drawings using CAD software. Excellent oral and written communication skills and organizational skills. Able to solve moderate-to-complex engineering problems addressed with significant autonomy. Some project management. German language skills a plus.

Education: Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.

Experience:

Entry-level position. 3-4 years of experience (internship/co-op included).

Experience with the following preferred :

Siemens S7/TIA Portal PLC & HMI, I/O,

Can modify existing programs in S7 and TIA Portal.

Create and modify HMI screens.

Is proficient in Gefasoft

Familiar with Neurocheck and Cognex

Motion Control

Motors and Drives

Networks and Communications

Machine Vision

Robots

Allen-Bradley

Physical Requirements:

Must have hand dexterity at moderate speed with accuracy for half of each day. Requires steady, active effort and continuous walking. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Must be able to work in all areas of the plant.

As with all positions, will have responsibility for the following:

Safety and Environmental:

Safety Meetings

Safety Inspections

Incident Investigations and Corrective Actions

Protective Equipment

Safety/Environmental Regulations and Practices

Waste and Wastewater Management

Operations and Maintenance of Equipment

Pollution Prevention

Regulatory Updates

Quality:

Promotion of product quality and attainment of customer satisfaction by supporting plant quality objectives.

Lean:

Supports and actively participates in continuous improvement activities and applies Lean principles in efforts to reduce variation in our products and our processes.

ZF-Lifetec Mesa Operations screening process includes a substance abuse screening test, ATF lifetime background check, and verification of eligibility for employment.

U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident Status Required.

ZF LIFETEC is a global leader in passive safety system solutions. Learn more about our business, products and innovation culture driven by a team committed to our mission of saving lives.

Company Description

ZF LIFETEC is a global leader in passive safety system solutions. Learn more about our business, products and innovation culture driven by a team committed to our mission of saving lives.