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ACL Digital

Controls Hardware Designer

ACL Digital, Farmington HIlls, MI, United States


Responsibilities
Create electrical drawing packages for different types of equipment/machinery both from scratch and using customer standards and templates. Experience designing control panel layouts is a must.
Responsible for the completeness of hardware design prior to build, ensuring reduced debug project phases.
Ability to perform calculations for load, heat, and power including transfer loads for transformers
Familiar with ARC Flash calculations
Understand and strictly follow the standards and specifications for the design of controls hardware of the end user.
Must be able to read and understand electrical drawings, pneumatic drawings, and mechanical sequence of operations and use them to design the electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic prints as required.
Understand safety concepts and safety requirements to ensure proper implementation during the design phase. (NFPA79, UL508)
Provide accurate Bill of Materials as part of design, adhering to customer specification or documenting deviation acceptance from customer as required.
Support manufacturing during the startup and integration phase.
Generate machine lockout placards based on end-user specifications and best practice.
Aid the software designer in understanding hardware architecture and critical designs.
Requirements
Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical/engineering discipline is preferred, but equivalent experience will be considered
7+ years of relevant controls hardware design experience
Strong experience designing control panel layouts with either AutoCAD Electrical or Eplan is a must. Preference is to have experience in both
Prior experience leading small teams is a plus
PLC Programming experience is helpful but not required

Additional Details:
We are back on the search for another Controls Hardware Designer/Engineer. This is a long term strategic need for us and want someone that can eventually get hired onto our staff. Someone who has both AutoCAD Electrical and EPLAN experience is highly preferred. Should be able to do control panel layouts and design electrical schematics for automation controls systems from scratch without the assistance of an Engineer. Someone who is only drafting/detailing will not work. This is a 100% in office position. There is no option for remote/hybrid. No expenses.