Hybrid Manufacturing Industrial Controls Engineer

at Ford Motor Company

• Job title: Manufacturing Industrial Controls Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dearborn, United States

About the role

• Industrial Controls Engineer working on Plant Floor Systems at Ford, focusing on smart vehicles and efficiency improvements. Engage in implementation and integration of advanced scheduling systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction for controls equipment locations for safety, maintenance and production consideration for tool install and through launch. Verify all Ford safety standards are followed
• Analyze customer requirements and map to NGAVS systems design
• Develop process flow diagrams based on customer input
• Own for the integration of NGAVS with Ford Vehicle Operations tooling and process control systems
• Work with vendor controls engineers to install, test, and debug standard NGAVS logic and drivers
• Create custom PLC code for plant unique situations or modify standard templates and AOLs to address issues identified by others

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Computer Systems or Manufacturing or B.S. in Computer Science with emphasis on Manufacturing/Industrial Controls
• 1 – 3 years’ experience in industrial controls in an automotive environment, preferably with the Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLC family
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) with all levels of operating management
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office application suite
• Strong interpersonal skills to build close working relationship with customers
• Demonstrated ability to work as an effective team player.
• Demonstrated aptitude to learn and apply new technologies
• Manufacturing plant, especially Ford plant, experience is a big plus.
• Experience in networking, especially Ethernet/IP is a plus
• Experience with SmartEye vehicle identification, or Keyence, or Cognex scanners is a plus

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.