Industrial Automation Engineer

The ideal Industrial Automation Engineer is experienced in the design, build, implementation and sustaining of automated production equipment. This position will own the design of the supervisory control and communications for our subsurface compression system. Throughout the product development process, the Industrial Automation Engineer will maintain the design and configuration of system controls, while making improvements as needed to address safety, reliability and operational efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Architect, write, and debug PLC code with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable.

- Work with cross-functional teams to integrate control algorithms into existing systems.

- Collaborate with electrical engineers to ensure compatibility between control algorithms and hardware.

Skills, Experience, Education, and Abilities:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.

- 5+ years of experience in Industrial Automation.

- Experience with Allen Bradley PLC systems and programming.

- Experience with Beckhoff automation systems and programming preferred.

- Experience with control communication protocols, e.g. CAN, MODBUS, TCP/IP.

- Proficient in one or more modern computer programming languages, e.g. C/C++/Python.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Intangibles Sought:

- Must have the initiative to take ownership and drive results.

- Must have fundamental curiosity as to how things work.

- Drive to constantly learn new things and apply them to development and improvement of analysis methods.

- Determination to investigate and understand root cause of problems.

- Ability to communicate problems, analysis and results clearly to a general engineering audience of various specializations.

- Be open to new ideas and input from others in a collegial, team environment.

- Strong organizational skills.

- High integrity, commitment and honesty.

- Readiness to do whatever task is necessary to move the product/team/company forward.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Physical Demands / Work Environment:

Most time will be spent in an office environment or shop floor. Personal protective equipment is required in designated areas. Minimal travel will be required to support products in the field.