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VRAI · 13 hours ago

Senior Controls Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$110K/yr - $150K/yr

5+ years exp

VRAI is looking to bring on a highly skilled Controls Engineer to join their Automation and Advanced Factory Systems team. The role involves designing controls and software for next generation equipment and collaborating with engineers to create multidisciplinary control systems for equipment expansion.

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Responsibilities

Design electrical control panels and document assemblies and systems, including component selection, mechanical layout, cabling, and packaging

Write control system code for various PLCs, Controllers, Vision systems, Motor controls, and PC’s to enable start-up, operation, and troubleshooting of new and existing equipment

Troubleshoot industrial control/electrical systems, including power supplies, controllers, sensors, PLCs, and other devices

Working on multidisciplinary teams to solve complicated problems, design and plan upgrades, and retrofits to improve tool reliability and process capabilities

Qualification

Control systems designPLC programmingVision system programming3D/2D CADIndustrial control regulations

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Mechanical, or Mechatronic Engineering or similar engineering discipline with 5+ years of hands-on engineering work, including designing, testing, deploying, and troubleshooting control systems in an industrial manufacturing environment; working with electrical systems from three-phase AC power to low-voltage DC board-level signals

Hands-on experience designing and building Control Boxes using hand and power tools, and 3D/2D CAD (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, DraftSight). Able to make, read, and edit control schematics and P&ID drawings

PLC and controls ladder logic and/or structured text programming experience in one or all of these systems: Automation Direct, Allen Bradley, Siemens, CodeSys. Experience in robotic programming, preferably with Epson, Universal, and Kuka. Also, PC based controls experience, such as Python, Arduino, and ACS

Vision system programming experience using Keyance, Cognex, or other vision system tools

Understanding of industrial control equipment regulations including NFPA 79, UL 508, and related standards