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Controls Hardware Design Engineer
TEC Group Inc.
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
1 month ago
- AutoCAD Electrical
- AutoCAD
- PLC
- HMI
- NFPA
1 month ago
Madison Heights, MI
Summary
Our client designs, builds, and installs turnkey robotic gantry and process-cell systems for automotive, aerospace, and general industrial customers. We're seeking a Controls Hardware Engineer to design and document the electrical control systems behind these automation platforms, primarily using Siemens hardware and AutoCAD Electrical.
Responsibilities
- Design electrical control systems for custom robotic gantry and process-cell automation, from concept through build-ready documentation.
- Develop control panel layouts, schematics, and wiring diagrams in AutoCAD (AutoCAD Electrical).
- Specify and select Siemens hardware; PLCs, drives, HMIs, and networking components for each system build.
- Collaborate with mechanical, robotics, and software/controls engineering teams to ensure hardware designs align with overall machine function and program requirements.
- Support the bill of materials (BOM) process, ensuring component selections are accurate, available, and cost-appropriate.
- Review and incorporate customer electrical standards and specifications into design documentation.
- Troubleshoot electrical/hardware design issues during build, panel shop fabrication, and in-house checkout.
- Support project engineers and controls software engineers through design reviews and design changes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor or associate degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience in industrial controls hardware design.
- 3-5 years of experience designing automation controls systems using AutoCAD
- Experience with Siemens controls platforms (e.g., SIMATIC PLCs, Siemens drives/HMI) in an industrial automation environment.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical for control panel and schematic design.
- Working knowledge of NFPA 79 and/or relevant electrical/automation industry standards.
- Experience designing controls for robotic systems, gantries, or general-purpose industrial automation is strongly preferred.
- Automotive industry / GM program experience is a plus.
- EPLAN experience is a plus.
- Pneumatic understanding is a plus.
Work Environment
- Based on-site at Madison Heights, MI facility.
- Minimal travel required; this is primarily a design-floor role, not a field commissioning role.
Controls Hardware Design Engineer · TEC Group Inc.