Control System Designer
VEGA Americas manufactures, distributes, and services process instrumentation to measure level, density, weight, and pressure. Our products have been making industrial processes safer and more efficient for over 60 years.
As a co-op, you will work as part of an engineering team assisting in both design and production support activities. As you develop as an engineer, you will be working on detailing, drafting, testing, problem solving and the design of our products. Activities typically include some of the following:
You’ll find VEGA Americas commits itself to the highest quality standards and respect for the individual needs of employees, customers, vendors, and shareholders. Don’t take it from us alone, VEGA has been awarded a Cincinnati Enquirer’s Top Workplace Award for the past 8 years!
The Control System Designer specifies, designs, and documents panels housing these devices and manages vendor relations to ensure smooth fulfillment of sales orders. Additionally, they work with inside/outside sales and field service team members to support our efforts to sell, commission and troubleshoot these systems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support assigned control system sales projects from definition to installation and customer acceptance (if required). Communicate with customers and the VEGA sales team to define system requirements and ensure sales projects are executed to customer expectations
- Where appropriate, develop functional specification and sequence of operations documents to support the control system design and third-party software development
- Review customer project specifications to ensure VEGA systems are compliant
- Design and develop control systems using VEGA and third-party electrical components.
- Provide technical support to field service technicians in the area of control systems and control system components
- Establish and maintain relationships with strategic third-party vendors (panel shops, integrators, etc.)
- Define and manage internal control system projects for trade show demos or training purposes
- Maintain and troubleshoot lab equipment
- Occasional travel required (<25%)
REQUIREMENTS
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree AND two to four years experience designing control systems in industrial markets.
- Ability to read and understand P&ID’s in order to define application requirements.
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics.
- Strong knowledge of electrical principles, concepts and techniques.
- Good understanding of basic PLC programming concepts (i.e. ladder logic, addressing, etc.)
- Familiarity with basic industrial communication protocols (HART, Modbus, Ethernet IP, etc.)
VEGA Americas, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy that we will not discriminate against any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, or veteran status.