R&D Technician - Controls

Vulcan Elements is manufacturing American rare-earth permanent magnets for a secure, resilient future. With a focus on national security and economic resiliency, we serve critical industries such as defense, aerospace, and automotive powering a high-technology future. Vulcan Elements is building a team of ambitious professionals committed to Mission Focus, Technical Excellence and Transparency. 
 
As an R&D Controls Technician you will be responsible for a variety of tasks focused on both hardware and software sides of industrial process control systems.  This may include troubleshooting, modification, design/build and integration of both facility and processing equipment control systems.  You will maintain a safe and organized working environment while working closely with project owners and technical/engineering teams to accomplish company objectives. 
 
Responsibilities 

• Interface closely with engineers and technicians to integrate, repair, modify and install equipment and facility control systems 

• Troubleshoot, edit, and write PLC programs of varying complexity 

• Integrate new and existing PLC systems into a plant wide SCADA network 

• Troubleshoot, edit and build machine HMIs and status dashboards 

Responsibilities and tasks outlined are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the business 

Qualifications 

• Minimum 3 years of experience working with PLCs in an industrial environment 

• Minimum 2 years of experience working with ladder logic 

• Familiarity with Inductive Automation’s Ignition SCADA software 

• Basic soldering and wiring 

• Minimum 1 year of experience building PLC hardware panels 

• Basic to advanced PLC and mechanical troubleshooting 

• Read and understand electrical schematics
  
  Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with basic power tools 

• Experience designing and building HMIs 

• Basic CAD and/or digital schematic experience 

• Basic networking infrastructure install experience