Automation Controls Engineer

RETHINK MANUFACTURINGThe only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers’ unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next.Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we’d love to speak with you.ABOUT THE ROLEAs an Automation Controls Engineer, you will be designing and developing automated solutions, choosing parts, and programming our robotic systems. Automation Controls Engineers are able to communicate effectively with all project stakeholders including customers, leadership, our sales teams, program management, research and development engineers, and delivery team engineers that bring customer solutions to life.We have a passion for bringing together cross-functional teams to creatively solve problems. We value working closely with different groups throughout project lifecycles and believe that creating and validating user requirements at the system and subsystem level is essential for success.WHAT YOU WILL BE DOINGHelping to architect the process and controls that will control our machinesReading and contributing to electrical schematics that define and document our systemsParticipating in mechanical and electrical design reviews to provide feedback on the systems you will be controllingProgramming the paths for the robots and motion systems that make up our automationAnalyzing customer needs, turning those into system requirements, and incorporating them into the software of the systemProgramming Beckhoff PLCs using the TwinCat3 IDEDeveloping real-time code using IEC 61131-3 Structured TextDeveloping non-real-time code using Python and object-oriented design patternsTravel 25% to 30%WHAT WE WANT TO SEEBS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalentBeckhoff PLC programmingStructured Text (61131-3)Python programmingObject-oriented programming conceptsGit software version controlSQL RDBRobot programmingIndustrial AutomationStepper and servo motor motion control and tuningFamiliarity with Linux and command line toolsIT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HADSome exposure with web technologies (ie JavaScript, React, REST, GraphQL).Experience using industrial robots such as FanucExperience with vision systems (i.e. Keyence or Cognex)Experience with SCADA systemsWHO YOU AREYou are customer obsessedYou believe in the power of a team, diversity of thought, and unity of actionYou always act with integrity, keep your commitments, and practice transparencyYou think boldly, lead with courage, and demand the highest standardsYou drive for results and act like an owner#LI-DNIBE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRYWe’re looking for people who believe they can personally help modernize a global industry and want to work alongside passionate teammates who share their vision. As a global company working toward a common goal, we have a highly collaborative and inclusive approach to work, striking a balance between celebrating team success and focusing on individual growth.We exist to transform the way things are made. Join us on the journey.Bright Machines was named a “

Technology Pioneer

” by the World Economic Forum, one of “

America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies

” by Forbes, and an Inc. “

Best in Business

” winner.

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