Senior Controls Engineer

Stoneridge, Inc., is an independent designer and manufacturer of highly engineered electrical and electronic components, modules and systems for the automotive, medium and heavy-duty truck, agricultural and off-highway vehicle markets. The Company conducts its business into two segments: Electronics and Control Devices. The core products of the Electronics reportable segment include vehicle electrical power and distribution systems, and electronic instrumentation and information display products. The core products of the Control Devices reportable segment include electronic and electrical switch products, control actuation devices and sensors.

Open to El Paso, TX location as well.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Controls Engineer position is responsible for the development and delivery, in coordination with manufacturing engineers, of the required manufacturing equipment and systems for manual to highly automated assembly and test equipment. The predominant product lines that the Engineer will be responsible for are mechatronics/actuator and control devices (connectors/sensors/switches). Actuator product line requires the Controls Engineer to work heavily with with PCBA (Melexis hall, allegro, etc.) calibration & programming. They will also be working with different versions of Automotive embedded system communication (CAN/LIN/Etc.)

This engineer will interact with M&E vendors to define electrical and controls requirements, Traceability requirements, and Testing sequences and requirements for new manufacturing equipment and systems. They will also interact with the receiving manufacturing plant during installation and project start-up. The engineer should be able to work both independently as well as in a team based environment.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understand Process Flow Diagram and PFMEA and necessary controls for all new products
  • Including traceability and permission requirements
• Understand regional electrical safety requirements and integration into equipment
• Develops M&E specifications to include electrical/programming/hardware requirements
• Coordinate with manufacturing engineer the vendor machine qualification, transfer to plant, and installation at plant
• Complete delivery of all required electrical system and documentation
  • Programming software/test equipment algorithms
  • Electrical safe work practice documents (Lockout, Laser safety requirements)
  • Verification of all controls requirements at vendor and on manufacturing plant
    • Test programs
    • Master/reject test programs
  • Define and Integrate traceability and permissions requirements and verify at plant prior to PPAP
  • Support Pilot Run Events (or equivalent) for customers at plant.
  • Support development of product test equipment for proto-type builds of new product.
  • Cell readiness M&E hand off to process engineering when performance has reached agreed levels

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical field, Electrical Engineering preferred
• 5+ years controls design and launching assembly / test equipment priot to production

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Hands on technical experience and problem solving capability
• Demonstrated understanding of mechanical/electrical concepts
• Understanding of PLC controls/Labview/Visual Basic techniques
• Good communication skills / team experience
• Project Management experience
• Proficient in MS Office products
• Automotive embedded system (CAN/LIN/Etc.) communication experience is a benefit.
• Previous work with PCBA (Melexis/Allegro/Etc.) programming and calibration is a benefit.

TRAVEL & OFFICE WORK REQUIREMENTS:

• Travel Requirments:
  • Up to 25-75% of overall work schedule can require travel to support launch programs – vendor visits, plant visits, technical reviews.
    • Normal work schedule requires travel about 25-33% of the time
    • Time period during machine qualification, installation, and start up may require travel 50-75% of the time
  • Office Work Requirments: (When not traveling for work)
    • Require working from Office or lab ~33% of the time
    • Flexibility in working from home office ~33% of the time
    
    

Stoneridge is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by the applicable laws in the countries we operate. Stoneridge also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.