Electrical Controls Engineer

About Us

As a family-owned company, it's the people who continue to make STIHL a successful, world-class brand. Since revolutionizing the forestry industry in Germany with the first electric chainsaw in 1926, the STIHL name has remained synonymous with outstanding innovations, high-quality products and comprehensive service.


We are seeking an Electrical Controls Engineer to join the team. With competitive compensation, excellent benefits and exciting growth potential, it is a great time to join the STIHL team!


Why You'll Love Working at STIHL:

• • Competitive pay with multiple bonus opportunities and potential for annual merit increases
  • Excellent health benefits including Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Onsite Health & Wellness Center for employees and eligible family members
  • Company-paid Life Insurance and Short & Long-Term Disability
  • Robust retirement offerings including:
    • A fully vested Pension Plan after 5 years
    • A 401(k) with generous employer match
  • Paid time off including 11 Paid Holidays
  • A strong culture of stability, community, and innovation
  • Compensation: $97,000-$112,000 per year. Actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, and internal equity.

About You

You develop, improve, and support high-volume manufacturing production equipment and methods, aiming for zero defects by enhancing and creating industrial production systems and devices, including PLCs and vision-based monitoring technologies.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages multiple SCADA and PLC integration projects simultaneously with limited supervision within defined timelines.
• Supports all production departments with design, debugging, troubleshooting and continual improvement of production equipment and methods.
• Programs, configures and develops sequence of operation for PLC programs on new and existing production equipment
• Completes electrical, pneumatic, hardware and software control design for new and existing workstations, auto stations and light automation machines.
• Conducts analysis of and implements vision-based monitoring systems.
• Recommends, designs and implements techniques that enhance design performance, reduce cost and improve production processes and quality.
• Confers with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Help manage OT Security requirements
• All other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Specifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering (with PLC experience) is preferred or a related amount of years of experience.
• PLC & HMI Programming (Siemens PLC preferred)
• Development of Dashboards using SCADA software
• Pneumatic design and build
• Vision systems deployment
  • Programming of FANUC robots (preferred)