Automotive Controls Engineer

You can look forward to these exciting tasks

• Serve as a regional Controls and Automation subject matter expert supporting new equipment development, technical implementation, commissioning, startups, production handover, and complex technical escalations across multiple manufacturing locations
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve regional controls standards while ensuring alignment with Webasto global standards for PLCs, HMIs, automation systems, traceability, MES interfaces, machine safety, industrial networking, and controls cybersecurity
• Program, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs and HMI systems using platforms such as Siemens TIA Portal and WinCC, Allen-Bradley Studio 5000/RSLogix 5000, and FactoryTalk
• Integrate PLCs with industrial robots, vision systems, servo and motion systems, scanners, printers, safety devices, and other automated manufacturing technologies; support FANUC and ABB robotic systems and Cognex and Keyence vision systems
• Design and troubleshoot industrial networks and production system interfaces, including EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, managed switches, remote I/O, machine-to-machine communication, MES, traceability and Line Control Systems, and associated SQL-based applications
• Provide technical guidance to equipment suppliers throughout equipment design, build, testing, installation, and launch; participate in technical reviews and production trials while serving as the technical liaison between suppliers, Manufacturing Engineering, plant Controls teams, IT, Maintenance, and other cross-functional teams
• Maintain controls documentation, electrical drawings, network layouts, software backups, and revision histories while building plant capabilities through technical documentation, coaching, training, and knowledge transfer; travel domestically and internationally to support manufacturing locations and project launches as business needs require

This is what you bring to us

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field, with 5+ years of controls, automation, or manufacturing engineering experience in an automated manufacturing environment; automotive experience strongly preferred
• Strong hands-on experience programming, configuring, and troubleshooting both Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLC platforms, including Siemens TIA Portal and Allen-Bradley Studio 5000/RSLogix 5000, along with HMI development using platforms such as FactoryTalk and Siemens WinCC
• Strong industrial automation and system integration experience involving PLCs, HMIs, robotics, vision systems, servo and motion systems, and machine safety; experience with FANUC or ABB robotics and Cognex or Keyence vision systems preferred
• Experience with industrial networking and connected manufacturing systems, including EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, managed switches, remote I/O, MES, traceability or Line Control Systems, and working knowledge of SQL databases and queries
• Experience commissioning and launching automated manufacturing equipment with machine builders and suppliers, including the ability to interpret and maintain electrical and controls documentation, troubleshoot complex technical issues, coach plant technical teams, collaborate across Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, and Maintenance, and travel domestically and internationally based on project requirements