Automation Engineering Team lead
Attabotics
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- Lead and manage the Automation & Controls team comprised of PLC programmers, computer engineers and electrical engineers. Includes planning, coaching, mentoring, and hiring
- Provide technical direction for the design and development of industrial automation systems for new products and changes to existing designs
- Be both a leader and hands-on contributor at all levels of design for PLCs, automation, certification, industrial control panels
- Lead or contribute to related Risk Assessments.
- Responsible for the detailed review of work generated by team members
- Review controls and electrical work for functionality, safety, reliability, cost of production, testability, and maintenance/service
- Work collaboratively with a cross functional team to take design concepts from R&D and make them a functioning, manufacturable, sustainable product.
- Drive design update and release activities through an Engineering Change process
- Employ Agile (Scrum, Kanban) tools and practices to manage team backlogs, workflow and deployments.
- Employ and manage software versioning tools such as GIT or SVN
- Contribute to department practices, procedures, and engineering best habits
What we need
- BSc Degree in Electrical, Mechatronics or Automation Engineering, or Computer Science, or a related field
- 8+ years’ experience in Electrical/Automation design demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility and leadership
- Experience leading, coordinating, planning, and mentoring team members
- Professional Engineer in good standing, as recognized by APEGA, or ability to register as a Professional Engineer shortly after starting position
- Experience in product development projects, deploying commercial designs into production
- Expert level knowledge of PLC programming using Ladder Diagram, Function Block Diagram and Structured Text languages (IEC61131-3)
- Expert knowledge of PLC hardware design and validation, PLC programming, Control panel layout & design, Low voltage power distribution systems
- Expert ability to read and develop site and panel electrical schematics
- Knowledge and experience working with industrial communication protocols such as EtherCAT, Profibus, Ethernet/IP, Modbus, etc.
- Experience with Beckhoff TwinCAT and ADS is preferred
- Ideally has experience in designing to, and obtaining field/type certifications through an NRTL such as UL/CSA/TUV
- Working knowledge of applicable machine safety codes and standards is preferred (eg. ISO13849)
- Experience with industrial machine design or configurable product design and specification, is an asset
- Experience with Agile project management and development processes, including CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous development)
- Experience with software version control repositories eg GIT, SVN
- You always work safely, and insist on the same from your team, colleagues, and suppliers
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