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NLB Services · 2 years ago

Controls Hardware Design Engineer

Farmington Hills, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

NLB Services is a company looking for a Controls Hardware Design Engineer to create electrical drawing packages and ensure the completeness of hardware design prior to build. The role involves performing calculations for load, heat, and power, as well as supporting manufacturing during the startup and integration phase.

AnalyticsConsultingRecruiting

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Create electrical drawing packages for different types of equipment/machinery both from scratch and using customer standards and templates. Experience designing control panel layouts is a must

Responsible for the completeness of hardware design prior to build, ensuring reduced debug project phases

Ability to perform calculations for load, heat, and power including transfer loads for transformers

Familiar with ARC Flash calculations

Understand and strictly follow the standards and specifications for the design of controls hardware of the end user

Must be able to read and understand electrical drawings, pneumatic drawings, and mechanical sequence of operations and use them to design the electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic prints as required

Understand safety concepts and safety requirements to ensure proper implementation during the design phase. (NFPA79, UL508) Provide accurate Bill of Materials as part of design, adhering to customer specification or documenting deviation acceptance from customer as required

Support manufacturing during the startup and integration phase

Generate machine lockout placards based on end-user specifications and best practice

Aid the software designer in understanding hardware architecture and critical designs

Qualification

Controls hardware designControl panel layoutsAutoCAD ElectricalEplanPLC ProgrammingElectrical drawingsSafety conceptsTeam leadership

Required

Create electrical drawing packages for different types of equipment/machinery both from scratch and using customer standards and templates

Experience designing control panel layouts is a must

Responsible for the completeness of hardware design prior to build, ensuring reduced debug project phases

Ability to perform calculations for load, heat, and power including transfer loads for transformers

Familiar with ARC Flash calculations

Understand and strictly follow the standards and specifications for the design of controls hardware of the end user

Must be able to read and understand electrical drawings, pneumatic drawings, and mechanical sequence of operations and use them to design the electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic prints as required

Understand safety concepts and safety requirements to ensure proper implementation during the design phase. (NFPA79, UL508)

Provide accurate Bill of Materials as part of design, adhering to customer specification or documenting deviation acceptance from customer as required

Support manufacturing during the startup and integration phase

Generate machine lockout placards based on end-user specifications and best practice

Aid the software designer in understanding hardware architecture and critical designs

7+ years of relevant controls hardware design experience

Strong experience designing control panel layouts with either AutoCAD Electrical or Eplan is a must

Preference is to have experience in both AutoCAD Electrical and Eplan

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical/engineering discipline is preferred, but equivalent experience will be considered

Preferred

Prior experience leading small teams is a plus

PLC Programming experience is helpful but not required

Company

NLB Services

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NLB Services is a fast growing consulting, analytics and digital transformation company.

Founded in 2007

Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.nlbservices.com/

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