Electrical Engineer - Controls

About KAMP Automation

We build custom automated machines to increase throughput, drive labor reallocation, and improve quality for manufacturing companies spanning from SMBs to Fortune 500 Enterprises. Our clients partner with us to achieve their business objectives and automate their manufacturing processes. We do that by building them machines featuring our novel concepts, manufacturing excellence, and proficiency with cutting-edge automation technologies.

The Role

KAMP Automation is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineer for our Headquarters in Owatonna, Minnesota, to contribute to the design and development of turn-key automated equipment utilizing state-of-the-art robotics, machine vision, PLCs, and other industrial technologies.

The Electrical Engineer will work to develop equipment, software, and process concepts along with several Automation Engineering peers. Candidate will create a robust system architecture to support the concept and layout electrical/pneumatic schematics. Once the electrical panel is built, he/she will program all controls components such as robots, PLCs, HMIs, conveyors, safety devices, and other hardware from power-on, debug, process fine tuning, and validation.

The Electrical Engineer will work independently and with cross-functional teams throughout the entire lifecycle of the project. Candidate will work closely with Sales, Project Management, and Mechanical Engineering to bring systems from initial design, through prototype development and finally into full production.

Responsibilities

• Participate in initial equipment conceptual development and carefully balance product specifications, process control requirements, layout complexity, cost, quality and lead-time limits.
• Lay out new industrial electrical control panels which are NFPA79/NEC/UL508A/CE compliant, and create electrical and pneumatic schematics.
• Architect, write, and debug PLC programs with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable and reusable. PLC code will interact with subsystems such as conveyors, robots, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), LabView, machine vision, and 3rd party equipment.
• Implement (ANSI/RIA15.06/OSHA compliant) control reliable safety systems for safeguarding robots, conveyors, and other manufacturing equipment.
• Generate aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting.
• Manage electrical cabinet builds, field wiring, and pneumatic plumbing.
• Select and size electrical and electromechanical components.
• Introduce automated processes into production, and train Customer Maintenance and Production Teams to support after deployment into production.
• Create machine interactions with plant-wide Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to communicate machine status and process variables.

Requirements

• Experience with process integration and electromechanical / mechatronic systems
• Knowledge of Electrical Standards (NFPA79, National Electric code, UL508A).
• Knowledge of Safety standards (ANSI/RIA15.06, OSHA).
• Knowledge of PackML and IEC 61131 is a plus
• PLCs (Beckhoff, Allen Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix and RSLogix 5000, Omron)
• Safety PLCs (Allen Bradley ControlLogix, SmartGuard, Beckhoff)
• Human Machine Interface (HMI / GUI - LabVIEW, AB PanelView, FactoryTalk, Ignition)
• Industrial Ethernet (EtherCAT, Ethernet IP, Safety rated networks) communications between machine PLCs and database systems
• Experience in programming PLCs. Must have a well-defined methodology for maintaining code structure and organization. Ability to program state machines for complex processes which involve multi-station parallel processing, pick and place automation, data acquisition. Proven ability to design fault-tolerant systems with error handling and recovery.
• Select appropriate circuit protectors, wire and cable, sensors, safety hardware, PLC hardware, remote I/O, and robots.
• Create detailed electrical and pneumatic schematics in CAD
• Exposure to a wide variety of production machinery, industrial sensors, and equipment
• Experience programming Cartesian, SCARA and Articulated robots is highly desired (Fanuc, Staubli, Kuka, Motoman, Omron, Epson)
• Experience with Machine Vision systems 2D and 3D (Cognex, Keyence, Omron, Fanuc)
• Experience creating technical specifications for automated manufacturing equipment is a plus
• Experience transitioning products and processes from prototype to production desired
• Knowledge of production quality metrics is a plus
• Ability to use 3D CAD packages such as SolidWorks is a plus

Qualifications

• BS Electrical Engineering (or equivalent, e.g. Majors in Controls and Computer Control Systems, Mechatronic Engineering, Automation Engineering, Computer Engineering, etc.)
• 1-5 years of experience as a hands-on Controls Engineer or Applications Engineer working on Industrial Automation Control Systems.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $80,000 - $100,000