Opportunities

Wright Technical Services is recruiting a Robotic Controls Engineer for one of our top automation clients. This individual will be tasked with creating functional programs for industrial robotic systems, overseeing design and development, identifying and recommending improvement processes, interfacing with industrial equipment, and maintaining their existing products.

Responsibilities

• Install and configure HMI
• Create and configure boot disks with existing project tools
• Adhere to company software standards and procedures
• Download and troubleshoot software for basic ABB or Fanuc robot systems
• Update build tools that assist in automating robot project software deployment
• Maintain and update customer project files
• Bring projects to closure while meeting time and budget requirements
• Work “hands-on” with industrial robotic systems (ABB, Fanuc)
• Proactively gather requirements directly from users & salespeople
• Form strategies to solve complex, ill-defined problems
• Keep job knowledge current through continual studying of the latest development methodologies and technologies
• Maintain sufficient personal organization to enable effective multi-tasking and strong attention to detail
• Create build tools that assist in automating robot project software deployment
• Provide training and support for other company departments
• Maintain, upgrade and retrofit existing systems

Requirements

• 3 to 8 years of experience working with industrial robots (ABB, Fanuc), and automation equipment
• Direct experience with ABB or Fanuc robot platforms and their programming languages (Rapid, TP, Karel, etc.)
• Industrial robotics domain knowledge (welding, cutting and other fabrication processes)
• Experience with robot programming including the ability to plan and write programming code utilizing offline simulation tools and teach pendant programming
• Experience with Allen Bradley PLC programming. Guardlogix experience is desired.
• Self-motivated and capable of balancing speed and accuracy to achieve efficiency
• Understanding of robot kinematics
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and manage multiple conflicting priorities and deadlines
• Ability to communicate complex procedures to other colleagues
• Ability to work independently with little supervision, ability to work well under pressure
• Solid technical writing skills