Sr. Automation Engineer, General Assembly

Lucid Motors - Casa Grande, AZ

- Senior

Casa Grande, AZ

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

As a Sr. Automation Engineer at Lucid Motors, you will support the General Assembly department in developing factory level, and line/machine level controls standards and specification for application by internal equipment development team and external partners. You will maintain detailed electrical drawings for entire assembly lines and verify they are up to date. Your role will involve architecting, writing, and debugging PLC ladder logic with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable. The PLC code will interact with subsystems such as conveyors, robots, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), LabView, machine vision, and 3rd party equipment. You will also implement control reliable safety systems for safeguarding robots, gantries, conveyors, and other high volume manufacturing equipment, and generate aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain detailed electrical drawings for entire assembly lines and verify they are up to date
• Architect, write and debug PLC ladder logic with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable and reusable
• Implement control reliable safety systems for safeguarding robots, gantries, conveyors, and other high volume manufacturing equipment
• Generate aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting
• Select and size electrical and electromechanical components such as servos
• Enforce application of Lucid Motors standards, Manage external integrators during specification, design review, design approval
• Train Maintenance and Production teams to support automated equipment after deployment into production
• Maintain and debug machine interactions with plant-wide Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to communicate product acceptability, machine status, and process variables
• Debug and optimize automated processes to maximize cycle time, improve availability and yield
• Assist the development of the maintenance technical team members in becoming better troubleshooters
• Provide input to new equipment controls in development for Phase two and beyond

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5+ years of experience as a hands-on Controls Engineer or Robotics Engineer working on automation and/or electromechanical systems
• Proficiency with process integration and electromechanical / mechatronic systems
• In-depth knowledge of Safety standards (ANSI/RIA15.06, OSHA)
• Advanced proficiency programming industrial equipment: Siemens program functionality and troubleshooting
• Ladder logic PLCs (Allen Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix and RS-Logix 5000)
• Safety PLCs (Allen Bradley Contro-Logix, Smart-Guard, Omron, Pilz)
• Human Machine Interface (HMI / GUI - AB Panel view, FactoryTalk, LabView, Ignition)
• Field bus Networks (AB Device Net, Ethernet IP, Safety rated field bus networks)
• Serial communication (RS-232) between PLCs and instruments
• Ethernet communications between machine PLCs and database systems
• Demonstrated excellence in programming PLCs with a well-defined methodology for maintaining code structure and organization
• Ability to program state machines for complex processes which involve multi-station parallel processing, pick and place automation, data acquisition, and PID control
• Proven ability to design fault-tolerant systems with error handling and recovery
• Proficiency selecting appropriate circuit protectors, wire and cable, sensors, safety hardware, PLC hardware, remote I/O, VFD and servo systems
• Proficiency creating detailed electrical and fluid schematics in CAD (AutoCAD Electrical preferred)
• Proficiency programming and tuning variable frequency drives