Valeo US

Valeo US

Controls Engineer

Smyrna, TN · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
RoboticsPLCResearchCollaborationActuators

About the role

  • Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility.
  • Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions.
  • Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share.

Responsibilities

  • You will modify and optimize existing PLC programs using IEC 61131-3 languages, with a focus on Ladder Diagram, for complex processes such as multi-station parallel processing and pick-and-place automation
  • You will high-speed motion control, using Keyence and/or Cognex and Variable Frequency Drives
  • You will create process standards that permit duplication of testing systems at different Valeo sites
  • You will work on cycle-time reduction to solve bottlenecks, bring savings and optimize investments
  • You will design and implement sophisticated in-house control architectures integrating multiple PLCs, sensors, actuators, and other automation components
  • You will perform benchmarking and market analysis in order to remain aware of last evolutions, trends and integrate them in its mid-term actions
  • Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener,
  • We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide.

Requirements

  • You have 4+ years of PLC programming experience, preferably using Allen-Brandley, of Fanuc, ABB, or Kuka robotic systems
  • You have experience programming PLCs in a high-speed industrial environment

Compensation

  • You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.

Benefits

  • You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.
  • You will utilize Allen-Bradley PLCs to program and troubleshoot automated robotic and vision systems
  • You will oversee the ramp-up of manufacturing lines, including mechanical automation equipment, robotics, electromechanical systems, PLCs, motion control, and vision systems
  • You preferably have an Associates degree in Electronics, Electrical, or Mechatronic Engineering, but experience in lieu of education will be considered
  • You preferably have experience using Variable Frequency Drivers (VFDs) and Vision Systems (Keyence or Cognex)

Company info

  • one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
  • a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
  • more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
  • a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
  • Being part of our team, you will join:
  • We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.
  • As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility.

This listing is sourced directly from Valeo US's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.