AUTOKINITON is a leading North American supplier of chassis and Body-in-White structural automotive components and assemblies. Our 100% vertical integration capabilities allow us to offer our customers end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics. At AUTOKINITON, we are building a better foundation for every vehicle on the road!

To help us drive excellence, you’ll get to:

• Maintain or improve upon all hardware required for controls systems located on facility floor.
• Complete design of electrical control systems including creation of electrical schematics using AutoCAD for new and retrofit welding and assembly equipment.
• Understand, support, and program complete PLC and HMI programs located in equipment on the facility floor.
• Understand and support motor drive configuration for servo, variable frequency, and DC systems.
• Understand and support robotic programming located in equipment on the facility floor (ABB S4, Motoman MRC XRC NX100, Fanuc RJ2 RJ3)
• Assist other Engineers in specifying ancillary robotic welding equipment including weld guns, torches, cabling, dress out, tool changers, tip dressers, and torch cleaners.
• Use computer-based engineering software and equipment: PLC and HMI based programs, PC based programs, CAD based programs.
• Evaluate and apply new technology as required.
• Direct activities to ensure that manufacturing, construction, installation, and operational testing conform to functional specifications and customer requirements.
• Test suspect control or electrical devices for failures.
• This role is part of our Engineering Team and reports to the Engineering Manager.

SUCCESS FACTORS:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or five years plus related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five (5) years' experience as a Controls Engineer in an automotive manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of HMI, Motoman, ABB, and Fanuc programming and troubleshooting skills.
• Adaptive to a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

If this position aligns with your current/next career goals, apply, continue to build your career, and make valuable contributions to our Milan Engineering Team!