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Electrical Control System Designer (Intermediate / Senior

Electrical Control System Designer (Intermediate / Senior

ALTEN CanadaCambridge, ON, Canada
26 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Location : Cambridge, ON (First 2 months onsite, then hybrid)

Job Description :

  • Work with mechanical designers during mechanical design process to design a control system that will enable the machine to perform its intended function safely and reliably.
  • Formulate and produce complete electrical design package, which includes detailed electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematics, cable routing diagrams, panel layouts, bills of materials and material requisitions
  • Work with other members of the Controls Engineering Department and other groups to continuously improve methods of integrating controls technology, with the goals being enhanced safety, enhanced functionality and reduced cost.
  • Specify all electrical and controls-related hardware and software and produce requisitions for material purchases.
  • Integrate third party equipment and electronic component entry into electrical design packages. Examples include serial and network communications, hardware handshaking, opto-isolation, electrical and ultrasonic welding applications, vision systems, motion control products, transducers and signal conditioners.
  • Verify that electrical design package is complete, accurate and safe based on sound design practices and accepted standards, and that the I / O drawings meet program requirements prior to issue to shop floor.
  • Provide customers with training specific to their current project (i.e. electrical hardware, machine operation, programming principles, program functionality and program structure).

Requirement :

  • At least Five years experience in electrical control systems design , preferably in the industrial automation field. A working knowledge of ePlan 2024 and AutoCAD
  • Industry standards that applied to automation : national electric code Gene, UL, CSA, CE (Europe), UL 508A, National Fire Protection Agency
  • Functional safety : ISO 13849-1 very specific details on risk assessment
  • Pneumatic knowledge