Senior ICS and Networking Engineer

What we need 

We are looking for a Senior ICS and Networking Engineer to join our Industrial Automation team within our Industrial Controls organization. This position will report to the Manager, Industrial Controls Engineering and will play an important part in driving the execution of the PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) development and implementation. The ideal candidate is customer driven and proactive fetching information and discuss with the end user. 

What we do 

The Industrial Automation team is part of the Industrial Controls organization which develops products for our warehouse automation systems. With a proven track record in industrial control specification, design implementation, standard engineering practices and documentation; their mission is to research new platforms, utilize advanced hardware, and push the limits of technology to build a world-class automation platform that minimizes development time, reduces commissioning time, and eliminates unplanned downtime.  

What you’ll do  

• Collaborate daily with IT teams as OT lead liaison while working cross-functionally to design OT network – you will need to have a deep understanding of our network topology and design to do this effectively. 

• Travel onsite to gain understanding of system, understanding of network, and understanding of industrial controls devices being supported 

• Tier4 support for OT network issues 

• Elaborate, define, and plan technical work from well-defined objectives, validating requirements with internal and external stakeholders. 

• Lead the execution of test strategies, execute test plan, generate test reports, and demonstrate compliance with requirements.  

• Lead improvement initiatives, review and approve technical solutions within existing architectures. 

• Provide new control system functionalities and modify existing solutions which includes PLC and HMI. 

• Collaborate with Release management and perform PLC and HMI updates for the customer, on-site or remotely. 

• 50% Travel Required - Various customer locations (Canada and United States).   

What you’ll need 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering or Automation Engineer or Computer science or in a related discipline. 

• Knowledge of Power Systems to design drive controls. 

• Experience with AC/DC Drive Control Architecture. 

• Minimum 8 years of experience in automated systems engineering- Design & Implementation of Industrial Control systems using PLCs, HMIs, and Drives. 

• Minimum 8 years of Programming PLCs, HMIs, and related equipment for Industrial Control Systems. 

• Advanced experience programming Rockwell PLC’s (ControlLogix, GuardLogix). 

• Strong understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking including but not limited to VLANs, QoS, Subnets, Routing, IGMP snooping, PTP, NAT, STP, RPI 

• Strong understanding of the Ethernet/IP protocol and building a resilient OT network that supports it 

• Experience with Stratix, Cisco, and Hirschmann switches preferred.  Specifically, configuration through the console. 

• Advanced knowledge of Industrial networks.  

• Experience developing and programming Human Machine Interface (Ignition 8, FactoryTalk ME/SE). 

• Experience working with electrical drawings to perform cross functional review of networking topology for new and existing equipment 

• Strong background in troubleshooting complex automated system. 

• Experience troubleshooting network configuration issues in a complex environment  

• Having experience of organizing a team and prioritizing tasks. 

• Experience with Wireshark preferred 

Our Environment 

• Up to 50% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations. 

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.