Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, or controls engineering, or other closely related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
2+ years of general manufacturing machine or process design experience required to assure full project accountability from concept through project completion.
Valid driver's license.
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the development of automated control systems.
Knowledge of drafting standards.
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Knowledge of selection, programming, implementing, and troubleshooting PLCs and user interface touch screens.
Ability to identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Ability to determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Strong mathematical skills, including:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to choose the right mathematical methods for formulas to solve problems.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.