Control System Engineer

Midwest Engineered Systems Inc. (MWES), an innovator and leader in complex systems integration, has been providing custom design and automation solutions for over 30 years.

A company dedicated to customer satisfaction and successful solutions, MWES continues to expand its capabilities and has become a valued supplier to many loyal customers.

MWES technical expertise includes a vast knowledge base serving customers in many industries.

MWES, is expanding into the Raleigh Durham area. We are currently recruiting for CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERS . This is a full time, direct hire position.

MWES offers competitive wages and a complete benefit package.

Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of an Associate’s Degree in a related field, such as electrical or control systems engineering, automation technology and 5 years of experience;

or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 5 years of experience in control systems activities; including familiarity with hardware design, and programming PLC, HMI, and Robots from scratch.

This person should also have experience using or applying various industrial or automation equipment, such as robots, electric motors, servo motors, conveyors, working knowledge of current programmable controllers and related technologies and knowledge of common control and computer architecture, networking, and interfacing with higher level computer systems.

Must be willing to travel to Wisconsin for the first several months for training.

Summary

Under supervision of the Control Systems Manager, the Control Systems Engineer analyzes customer requirements and specifications, performs electrical design of controls and power distribution, writes and tests PLC and HMI programs, and tests control hardware and systems.

Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity when applying engineering principals to service custom machine projects. Work as a member of the service team and coordinates work with others, while achieving on-time completion of the project within budgetary constraints.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties in order to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to manufacturing staff.
• Program, test and troubleshoot all controls components such as PLC, safety devices, HMI, servo drives, process hardware and robots from power-on to debug, and finally to process fine tuning and validation.
• Provide Service Manager (SM) with timely status reports of assignments.
• Responsible for researching service and spare part proposals including part numbers, pricing, and shipping details through ERP system.
• Generate accurate customer quotes to include parts, labor and travel as requested
• Maintain and manage the inside sales effort and assist with the paperwork for service and system projects.
• Acts as the primary interface with the customer for the contract during the life of a project including review progress and changes in contracts with the project manager
• Ability to travel up to 25% annually. Travels as required to complete project tasks.
• Maintains a strong company presence and positive working relationship with customers, subcontractors, vendors and co-workers to accomplish smooth system start-ups.

Midwest Engineered Systems Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Upon hire, employees are required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc.

will not sponsor applicants for work visas.