Controls Engineer
Birmingham
Permanent
HydraForce, operating from our purpose-built facility in Birmingham, UK, is a global designer and manufacturer of motion control systems and the world’s leading manufacturer of hydraulic cartridge valves and custom hydraulic integrated circuits, as well as electronic controls for a variety of off-highway industries
Key Responsibilities for Controls Engineer
- Develop and manage programming standards and methodology for manufacturing & testing control systems.
- Design, Develop, Document and Deliver internal training programs for LabView and PLC control systems, to ensure sufficient technical competence across the business to support production.
- Design and develop programs for LabView and PLC control systems to sequentially test and evaluate component performance.
- Design and develop control systems for production testing equipment for existing and new product, working with the designs engineers.
- Working with the automation teams, both internal and external, on the development of automated test solutions.
- Produce required relevant internal documentation to company standards on a timely basis, ensuring accuracy is maintained.
- Liaise with suppliers to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, material’s and parts, and evaluate products according to specifications and quality standards
- Design and develop electro-hydraulic control systems for hydraulic machinery and equipment.
- Develop system architectures incorporating hydraulic, electrical, electronic and software components.
- Produce and review control system specifications, schematics, wiring diagrams and system documentation.
- Select and specify appropriate sensors, valves, controllers, PLCs, HMIs and associated control hardware.
- Develop, modify and troubleshoot PLC, embedded or machine-control software.
- Support software version control, testing and documentation.
- Diagnose software and control-system faults during development, commissioning and production.
Testing & Commissioning
- Design, build, test and commission control systems and hydraulic equipment.
- Develop and execute system test plans.
- Conduct functional, performance and validation testing.
- Troubleshoot complex electrical, electronic, software and hydraulic issues.
- Analyse test data and implement corrective actions where required.
Product Development
- Work closely with Mechanical, Hydraulic, Electrical, Software and Manufacturing Engineers on new product development.
- Translate customer and application requirements into practical engineering solutions.
- Support the development of prototypes and proof-of-concept systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve product performance, efficiency, reliability and manufacturability.
- Provide engineering support to manufacturing and production teams.
- Investigate and resolve technical issues affecting production.
- Develop test procedures and production test equipment where required.
Qualifications
Essential for Controls Engineer
- Degree, HND/HNC or equivalent qualification in Control Systems Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in controls, automation or systems engineering within an engineering/manufacturing environment.
- LabVIEW Developer or PLC programmer advantageous
- Strong understanding of hydraulic, electro-hydraulic or automated systems.
- Experience developing and troubleshooting control systems.
- Experience with PLCs, controllers or embedded control systems.
- Ability to read and understand electrical and hydraulic schematics.
- Strong fault-finding and analytical/problem-solving skills.
- Experience taking engineering projects from concept through to testing and implementation.
- Good understanding of sensors, actuators, valves and control hardware.
Desirable for Controls Engineer
- Experience within mobile hydraulics, industrial hydraulics, off-highway, construction, agricultural, automotive, manufacturing or heavy engineering.
- Experience with LabVIEW / PLC programming and HMI development.
- Experience with embedded C/C++ or other programming languages.
- Experience with electro-hydraulic proportional and servo control systems.
- Experience with data acquisition, power BI, instrumentation and system diagnostics
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Controls Engineer in Birmingham employer: HydraForce Hydraulics Ltd
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