Lead PLC Engineer

Job Title: Lead PLC Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Job Description:

The PLC Engineering Lead demonstrates the capability of communicating, developing, executing program schedules, process developments, and analysis in various organizational settings regarding internal and external business goals. In this role you will utilize your experience to Lead team members, solve problems, develop & execute objectives while meeting company goals within the time lines specifically related to your assigned projects.

Essential Responsibilities

Develop technical manuals, drawings, models, training documents, preventative maintenance plans and troubleshoot guides for automated equipment and automated processes.

Support the integration and validation of the automated equipment operations

Coordinate Preventative Maintenance initiatives and communicate daily department activities.

Interface with a variety of automated equipment and drive controls solutions to eliminate defects improve cycle times, reduce machine downtime

Help support and develop equipment controls requirements and specifications.

Support design engineers qualifying complex automation controls solutions and applications.

Prepare and maintain documentation related to the operation of the automation equipment.

Support New Product Development automation needs.

A strong digital logic understanding

Understanding of PLC scan flow (inputs, Decisions, outputs)

Ability to work with logic that is full of Set/Reset (latch/unlatch) bits, NOT Finite State Machine.

Experience working on Servos, Robots, HMI's, PLC's, Vision cameras, TCP/IP, ProfibusDP, Profinet,

Qualifications/Requirements

B.S in Engineering or a Technical Practice with Curriculum in Computer Science or Electrical practices.

PLC development Experience with Allen Bradley, Siemans...

Experience with SCADA (Supervisory and data Acquisition Systems.

Proficient in Microsoft Applications, word, excel ect

HMI development with Ignition system software.