Automation Controls Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 3+ years supporting installation, electrical checkout, startup, and commissioning of mold cell inspection systems. 3+ years assisting with startup, programming, teaching, debugging, and optimization of Epson six-axis robots used for part handling and inspection. 3+ years assisting with setup, programming, and troubleshooting of Sepro Success 7 press unloading robots, including part removal sequences, handoffs, permissives, and recovery routines. 3+ years ideally of metal processing experience preferred. Similar experience will be considered. Experience Reviewing, modifying, and troubleshooting PLC programs, HMI screens, I/O mapping, alarms, recipes, data exchange, and equipment handshakes. Integrate controls with Epson robots, Sepro robots, vision or inspection systems, safety devices, and Arburg injection molding machine interfaces. Diagnose electrical and controls issues using schematics, network diagnostics, PLC logic, I/O status, and structured root cause analysis. Provide hands-on support during cell launch, production trials, validation runs, and early production ramp-up.