What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controls Engineer position at altentechnologyusa?
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000 experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000 engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead studies and plans for integration and/or refurbishment of current Assembly Production Information and Control systems across North American. This includes network design and implementation with servers, PCs, and other hardware; PC to Server programming, troubleshooting and implementation; PLC to PC/Server programming, troubleshooting and implementation; Assembly Logistics traffic management and system integration
- Lead studies and develop plans to resolve chronic issues in Assembly Production Information, Control and Logistics systems.
- Develop strategic business plans aligning with department hoshin for Assembly Production Information, Control and Logistics systems.
- Study past project and/or operation performance to determine areas of improvement, perform root cause analysis, and implement kaizens to improve performance.
- Plan Kaizen and Refurbishment projects for North America Assembly Production Information, Control and Logistics systems in coordination with NAM and FAE Site teams.
- Support FAE (Final Assembly Engineering) planning and regional teams with model change implementation, Hoshin initiatives, innovation, and team member development.
What you bring
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Industrial or Electrical Engineering
- 5 years working in Assembly Production Engineering or manufacturing preparation
- 4 years working with Toyopuc PLCs
- 5 years’ experience working with AIS/QIS systems including VLAN configuration and Hirschmann network switches
- 5 years working with Client Assembly Production Information and Control systems.
- 2 years working in an information systems position with direct support to the production environment
- 5 years working with Oracle Database / SQL Server database operation
- 5 years programming with C , C#, Java, HTML or Python
- Ability to travel up to 25% to all NAM’s including travel overseas
What you may bring
- 3 years’ experience logistics AGV traffic management systems
ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.
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