Controls Engineer - Facilities

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · San Antonio, TX

Controls Engineer for industrial machining equipment and robotic assemblies, focusing on maintenance, troubleshooting, and improvement of control systems. Responsibilities include programming PLCs/HMIs, supporting vision systems and robotics, and participating in new equipment launches.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide Controls Engineering support for industrial machines including but not limited to CNC machining centers using Siemens S7/TIA/Starter/WinCCflex, Fanuc Ladder 3, Fanuc R-30i robots, Kuka KR C4/5 robots, Cognix Insight/Dataman, and Bosch/Rexroth controllers.
  2. Modify / Program PLC/HMI/PMC and NC based machines.
  3. Provide Controls Engineering support on vision systems, robotics, and data management.
  4. Participate in the specification, installation, and launch of new equipment from a controls perspective.
  5. Work with maintenance to assist in machine troubleshooting, repair, and training maintenance technicians as necessary.

Skills

Required

  • Siemens S7/TIA/Starter/WinCCflex
  • Fanuc Ladder 3
  • Fanuc R-30i robots
  • Kuka KR C4/5 robots
  • Cognix Insight/Dataman
  • Bosch/Rexroth controllers
  • PLC/HMI/PMC and NC programming
  • vision systems
  • robotics
  • data management
  • Allen Bradley
  • Modicon
  • Siemens
  • Fanuc
  • Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
  • logic programming
  • VFD
  • servo motor amplifier/NC
  • IP Networking
  • ladder diagrams
  • schematics (Electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic)

Nice to have

  • oscilloscopes
  • soldering
  • thermal imaging cameras