Senior Systems Engineer - Receive Center - Houston, Tx

Target Target · Retail · Houston, TX

Senior Systems Engineer role focused on ensuring high equipment availability and optimizing system performance for material handling equipment, including robotics and AS/RS, within a supply chain facility. Responsibilities include preventive/predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, system controls logic, and training. Requires expertise in industrial electrical, mechanical, and control systems, with experience in PLCs and HMIs.

What you'd actually do

  1. ensures high equipment availability and optimizes system performance
  2. use preventive and predictive maintenance processes, rapidly troubleshoot equipment breakdowns, and quickly restore equipment to service
  3. work with other Target engineers and operational partners to optimize the performance and flow of the material handling equipment
  4. lead building automation, continuous improvement, and new installation initiatives
  5. serve as an escalated support resource during downtime events, ensuring proper processes and training procedures are implemented as part of root cause analysis

Skills

Required

  • Two or four-year Degree in Electrical or Controls Engineering or equivalent degree / experience
  • Available to work all days and shifts (24 hours a day, 7 days a week operation, including holidays)
  • Industrial electrical hands-on experience and troubleshooting, including 480V 3-phase, 110 VAC, and 24VDC systems
  • Experience with installing and maintaining many types of software and hardware
  • Strong organization and problem solving skills with a drive for results and the ability to handle multiple tasks and teams
  • Automated conveyor systems and controls
  • Work order management
  • Preventive/predictive maintenance procedures
  • Blueprint and schematic reading
  • Industrial Electrical
  • HMI interfaces and programming
  • Industrial Controls
  • Industrial Electronics
  • Programmable Logic Control (PLC) programs
  • Server based controls
  • National Electrical Code (NEC)