Your Job
Molex is seeking a Controls Engineer to join our talented team in Pinellas Park, Florida. The Controls Engineer will create value by producing easy to operate, safe, on-time equipment that will give Molex a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The Controls Engineer works independently across all departments and functional areas, focusing on improvement, support, and development of new and existing equipment control systems.
Our Team
Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.
What You Will Do
- Provides controls feasibility and equipment cost estimates. Specifies controls hardware and generates bills or material and creates schematics
- Manage, prioritize, and implement controls projects requested by management, engineering, quality, and production areas, focusing on continuous improvement.
- Proactively find and implement process improvement opportunities to resolve manufacturing equipment's design, safety, and process issues with existing and new equipment
- Assists in executing the machine debug, qualification, and installation
- Provide controls technical leadership, knowledge, and direction to maintenance support personnel as required.
- Ensure smooth transition of new products to the manufacturing facilities by participating in the New Process Development (NPD) process to understand and give direction on machine controls and product inspection/test issues.
- Research and develop new equipment and control technologies related to Molex manufacturing processes to continuously improve our manufacturing methods.
- Understands, supports, and contributes to complete projects according to internal product development procedures, TQM, and ISO-9000/IATF 16949 requirements. Embraces Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Associates degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology
- One (1) year or more Control Panel Design & PLC Programming Experience (Allen Bradley and Omron)
- One (1) year or more experience with Vision system (Cognex, Keyence, or equivalent)
- Experience in generating Industrial Electrical Schematics including Safety Guarding Standards
- Experience with troubleshooting, modification, and repair of electronic and electrical control systems
- Experience using CAD to communicate design, fabrication, and support of electronic/electrical control systems
- Experience troubleshooting, and modifying control system's ladder, script, or high-level programming code
What Will Put You Ahead
- Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering
- HMI Programming Experience (Redlion, Pro-Face)
- Experience with TwinCAT (Beckhoff) and Sysmac (Omron)
- Experience with the design of electronic and electrical control systems
- Experience in configuration and troubleshooting of PC operating systems, software, hardware, and network systems
- Experience designing and troubleshooting of servo, robotic, machine vision, and pneumatic systems
- Experience with the design of machine electrical and safety circuits using NFPA, ANSI and OSHA standards.
- Experience with high level software programming language (.Net or 'C++')
- Experience with statistical tools and methods
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf
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