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Tesla Sr. Controls Engineer United States, Texas, Austin 60898078
06.04.2025
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What You’ll Do What You’ll Bring
- Ramp manufacturing lines including mechanical automation equipment, robots, design of electromechanical systems, PLCs, motion controls, vison systems
- Optimize HMI design for efficient operation
- Program state machines for complex processes which involve multi-station parallel processing, pick and place automation, data acquisition, and PID control
- Manage Safety standards (ANSI/RIA15.06, OSHA), implementing controls reliable safety systems for safeguarding robots, gantries, conveyors, and other high volume manufacturing equipment
- Define and manage a methodology for maintaining PLC code structure and back ups
- Design robust, stable, fault-tolerant systems with error handling and recovery
- Train technicians on the maintenance and repair of your controls systems
- Manage electrical cabinet builds, field wiring, pneumatic and fluid plumbing
- Interface with the Tesla Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to communicate product acceptability, machine status, and process variables
- Spearhead your own continuous improvement efforts in the endeavor to create the most reliable and efficient cell manifesting plant ever
- Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience as a hands-on mechanical/manufacturing controls Engineer working on automation and/or electromechanical systems
- Advanced proficiency in programming industrial equipment in all IEC 61131-3 languages with a focus on structured text and ladder logic
- Experience with Allen Bradley, Beckhoff, Omron, Siemens, B&R, and/or Mitsubishi
- Safety PLCs (Allen Bradley, Omron, Pilz, Siemens, B&R, etc.)
- Human Machine Interface (HMI / GUI - AB Panelview, Ignition, TIA/WinCC, B&R, etc.)
- Field bus Networks (EtherCAT, ProfiNet, ProfiBus, Modbus, Powerlink, RS232, etc.) and OPC UA
- Ethernet communications between PLCs, SCADA, MES, and other systems
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