Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Lead engineers (le) at schneider electric are highly motivated and pragmatic individuals who demonstrate excellent communication and relationship skills coupled with deep technical knowledge of the customer process as well as the schneider electric and aveva offersThey can understand complex industrial problems and can overcome diverse obstacles to design, develop and realize creative and effective solutions.
This position involves designing and developing smart factory applications by integrating schneider electric and aveva software packagesThe le will digitize lean manufacturing processes to enable data-driven performance improvements in customers’ discrete manufacturing environmentsThe main software packages will include aveva’s discrete lean management (“dlm”), insight, and node-red, which is visual iot programmingOther packages from aveva and schneider electric suite may also be leveraged depending on the customer, such as historian, manufacturing execution system (mes), teamwork, and hmi/scada packagesIt is not expected that the candidate has expertise in all these packages on day one.
The ideal candidate will have significant lean manufacturing domain expertise and experienceThe le will work directly with the customer throughout their digital transformation journey to help them improve productivity and analyze performanceThey may join the sales team as a consultant to help design a solution tailored to each customer’s needsThe le will gather all required data and develop the applications in-houseFinally, the le will travel to the customer site to commission the system and train the usersApplication engineers (ae) may assist with any of these tasks depending on the project-specific needsThe le will work alongside a project manager throughout the process.
As experts, applicants for this position exhibit the following strengths:
Excellent communication skills, gaining customer trust, and collaborating with other engineers
Discrete lean manufacturing domain expertise
Systems integration expertise
Technical expertise of manufacturing execution systems (mes)
Technical expertise of hmi/scada systems (aveva products preferred)
Commissioning and testing proficiency
Familiarity with plc programming
Responsibilities:
Work in conjunction with sales to consult with the customer and gather requirements
Design a solution within the confines of the schneider electric & aveva smart factory offer.
Develop aveva discrete lean management (“dlm”) applications including the 4 core modules
Andon – production issues
Performance – labor and equipment effectiveness
Work instructions – digital work instructions and training
Work order management – digital work order management and reporting
Develop other applications as requiredThese could include but are not limited to:
Node-red iot programming
Aveva historian (wonderware historian)
Aveva insight
Aveva teamwork
Aveva edge (formerly indusoft)
Aveva mes
Schneider electric ecostruxure augmented operation advisor
Schneider electric ecostruxure secure connect advisor
Oversee application development by application engineers as needed
Server setup and software configuration onsite
Troubleshoot communications to devices
Commission the system onsite
Train operators on the use of the system and monitor for opportunities to improve
Version control software
Attend internal and customer design meetings
Collaborate and succeed within a diverse team
Use qa/qc tools and processes
Qualifications:
Bs in engineering, computer science or equivalent
Experience in implementing digital lean tools for discrete manufacturing environments
Knowledgeable in the implementation of lean tools such as six sigma, kaizen, kanban, kpi`s, etc
Experience in designing and implementing hmi or scada applications, preferably with aveva edge (indusoft)
Experience in designing and implementing mes applications, preferably with aveva mes
Experience in node-red programming or other iot languages or protocols preferred
Experience configuring and troubleshooting industry standard communication protocols such as opc and modbus tcp/ip
Knowledgeable in computer networking architectures, topologies, and hardware
Proficient in the use of microsoft operating systems and software applications
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Team oriented, self-motivated, and results driven
Strong problem solving and detective skills
Knowledgeable in microsoft sql server
Knowledgeable in computer programming languages (c#, vb, c++)
Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high quality solutions
Ability to multi-task and handle conflicting priorities
Willingness to travel to customer sites up to 50% if needed
This position requires presence at customer sites, and as such, candidate must be able to obtain necessary clearance and/or credentials to travel abroad and comply with customer requirements for executing work on their siteThe types of credentials that might be required include, but are not limited to, passports, homeland security clearance, drug and alcohol, background, and credit checks, etc.
Please note that while the core of the team is in alpharetta, ga, we also welcome telecommuters working remotely.
Primary location
: us-georgia-alpharetta
Schedule
: full-time
Unposting date
: ongoing
