Associate Process Automation Engineer Models (EE25020)

Job # EE25020

Job Title Associate Process Automation Engineer – Models

Office Location Roanoke, VA

Business Unit/Department Industrial Systems

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

General Role Description

Develop, verify, and implement algorithms and transfer functions that define the electro-mechanical operation of industrial machinery, primarily metal rolling mills

Role Accountabilities

• Develop algorithms and transfer functions that define the electro-mechanical operation of industrial machinery, primarily metal rolling mills
• Verify these algorithms and transfer functions using computer simulation of mechanical processes and/or analysis of empirical data from operating machinery
• Use verified mathematical algorithms and transfer functions to design and implement software which generates control system setup and operating parameters that enable advanced automatic computer based control of industrial machinery
• Provide regular, accurate, and considered commissioning status reports to parties deemed appropriate to the situation
• Collaborate with project engineering team to ensure inter-operation of software modules into overall project
• Conduct and/or support simulation to verify satisfy project requirements
• Conduct and/or support simulation to verify the Human Machine Interface satisfies project requirements
• Support client witness of unit and system test as needed
• Recommend improvements to test procedures to better identify where software does not meet all project requirements for assigned scope of work
• Support commissioning activities at client facilities required and authorized

General Employee Accountabilities

• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering with control automation coursework, computer engineering, materials science, physics or related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• Classes, labs, and projects with concentration in some combination of mathematical modeling, finite element analysis, or thermodynamics
• Personal computer hardware and software skill proficiency
• Co-op, internship, or other work experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of High-Level Programming Language, such as C and object-oriented programming using the Microsoft development environment
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, approximately 15%, sometimes with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in physics, material science, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering
• Research project or thesis in the areas of mathematical modeling, finite element analysis, or thermodynamics
• Work experience as research assistant, intern, or co-op in the above areas
• Work experience designing and/or maintaining hot or cold rolling control systems or metal strip processing line control systems
• Experience in international field engineering assignments

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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