Electrical Controls Engineer jobs in Illinois

Interested in growing your electrical engineering career with a leading designer, manufacturer and integrator that specializes in high-speed food production equipment and packaging lines?

If you are looking for a full spectrum electrical controls engineering role which offers the opportunity to work in a challenging, diverse, and complex setting, this electrical engineering opportunity could be for you.

Your day-to-day tasks will include leading the development and engineering of custom food production equipment to customer specifications.

Our client is a growing and privately held Chicago area custom food production equipment manufacturer. They're known as a leader in their industry and are looking for an experienced electrical engineer who is ready to grow with them and take on new and challenging custom food production equipment and packaging lines.

Client Overview

• A leading designer, manufacturer, and integrator of food production and robotic equipment
• Known for being the experts supplying a broad-based range of food production systems and robotic equipment
• A local company with more than 100 years of experience designing, producing, and installing food production equipment and robotic packaging systems for clients worldwide

Position Overview

• Develop electrical systems and controls for custom food production equipment and robotic packaging systems
• Create electrical equipment designs for machine controls using servo motor and PLC platforms
• Prepare detail design reviews and documentation for projects
• Design, develop and program PLC, HMI and MMI programs from scratch
• Lead debug and final check out teams for electrical systems

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering required
• More than 2 years electrical design engineering experience in industrial machinery or automation system manufacturing industries
• Proficiency programming PLCs from scratch
• Proficiency and knowledge of servo motors
• Ability to work with customers
• Strong interpersonal as well as verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel as needed approximately 15%-20% of the time

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without restrictions

Be assured that resumes will be kept strictly confidential until we speak about a specific opportunity and agree to send it to a client of ours. If your experience matches our client's requirements, we will contact you immediately.