What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Solution Design Engineer position at Dematic?
Dematic is hiring a Senior Solution Design Controls Engineer that understands convey/sort applications among portfolio customers to join our Customer Service Solution Development team in estimating solutions for our customers.
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What We are Looking For:
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What You Will do in This Role:
- Understands the design of complex systems that integrate electrical controls hardware, programming and software to estimate complete controls solutions for customers.
- Completes complex material specification, able to read and comprehend schematics and PLC programs and appropriate follow-up of technical details.
- Completes recommendations for ideas related to productivity improvement, cost reduction and improvement in customer satisfaction.
- Participates in providing estimates for semi-complex projects to the solution development team.
- Performs complex technical interchange and knowledge transfer for both processes and application of products to system design.
- Performs full range of standard work for the professional field.
- Explains and discusses complex, unusual problems to other team members to provide proper controls solutions for customer requests.
- Identifies and resolves more complex problems and applies problem-solving skills in order to deal with most situations.
- Provides general guidance or training support for professional staff.
- Travels 10% (max 20%) to different Customer and Dematic locations across the United States.
What We are Looking For:
- Bachelor's in Engineering
- 8 years or more of successful experience in related field (controls engineering and material handling)
- Experience in designing and commissioning automated material handling systems, including electrical design, PLC, HMI, and drives.
- Experience with estimating projects (hours required, resources required, etc.)
- Proficient in Rockwell Automation PLC programming languages with the RSLogix software.
- Good understanding of serial and ethernet based communications and protocols.
- Material Handling Equipment experience with a focus on conveyance and sortation systems, including PLC hardware upgrades, VFD upgrades, Dematic Flexsort, and industrial networking along with the ability to concept solutions and generate estimates to support Sales requests.
- Proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, etc.)
- Able to interpret important areas of standard professional level controls work that typically requires processing and interpreting, more complex, less clearly defined issues.
- Demonstrated ability to determine requirements from customers while selling our ideas
- Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness and demonstrated ability to stay current with the latest material handling concepts
- Demonstrated ability to manage numerous opportunities and deadlines
- Ability to reliably forecast and report on the status of projects