Controls Project Engineer

Job Summary:

Our client in Auburn Hills, MI is looking for a Controls Project Engineer. This is a Contract positions.

Controls Project Engineer works closely with customers, project management, purchasing, and manufacturing to execute the controls content on assigned projects. Tasks will include or require delegating the following: gather system requirements, create specifications, drawing packages, and PLC and DAQ software. They utilize their technical skills to design, develop, and validate advanced powertrain test systems including combustion engine, transmission, e-motor, battery, inverter test systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Author hardware and system documentation including specifications, schematics, DAQ definition, BOMs, sequence of operations, etc.
• Develop custom hardware solutions in both team and lone environments
• Identify hardware tools and techniques that will benefit the project
• Research and identify potential system components
• Manage hardware and system documentation
• Support the controls design team for a variety of projects encompassing several aspects of powertrain and vehicle/component development from the conceptphase through detail design, manufacturing, and commissioning.
• Communicate with customers to determine design requirements and specifications for a project and participate in regular design reviews to ensure those requirements are being met.
• Conduct projects with a high level of professionalism while meeting and/or exceeding our clients’ technical and timing expectations within the predefined project budget limits.
• Produce a final deliverable drawing package made to customer specifications and industry standards
• Troubleshoot and fix design and manufacturing issues with the Project Manager and Manufacturing Team.
• Be able to back up engineering decisions using data and engineering analysis.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in EE or CE (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5 years of controls design experience including: Electrical, Pneumatics and Fluids
• Interface with customers, engineers, and technical project managers to develop hardware requirements, schedules and budgets
• Experience designing analog and digital I/O circuitry
• Debugging skills including utilization of logic analyzers, DMMs, oscilloscopes, etc.
• AutoCAD Electrical experience
• Knowledge of LISP a bonus
• Microsoft Excel advanced user
• xLOOKUP, conditional formatting, charts, data validation,
• Knowledge of NEC (specifically chapter 2, 3 & 7), NFPA 79 & UL 508A
• Wire gauges & fuse/circuit breaker sizing
• Grounding & bonding

How You Will Be Successful:

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “First”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Free training on all Altair products