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Controls Engineer

Job Summary:
Conveniently located in Mount Pleasant, Racine Railroad Products is a Wisconsin family-owned business, proud to provide innovative equipment and tools to the most prominent rail customers in the world. Our Maintenance-of-Way equipment is designed to ensure our customers receive the benefit of improved safety, performance, and reliability.

The Controls Engineer will be responsible for the development and maintenance of control system design and software used in electrohydraulic control systems on Mobile Equipment. Software development includes subsystems and complete software stacks. Controls Engineer can work primarily as a remote worker. Travel to factory and/or customer site as required to complete project work assigned.

Essential Duties:

• Review customer design requirements to ensure product success.
• Generate ideas and screen suggestions for feasible ideas to generate conceptual control system designs that meet the requirements of the design criteria.
• Designs, implements, and communicates an operational Controls/Software plan drive towards project completion.

• Manage the concept development process, evaluate suggestions for feasibility and alignment with design criteria
• Develop/participate in the creation of control system design to meet the requirements of the project design criteria.
• Perform and review the required analytical work.

• Develop/participate in the creation of software required to utilize the control system designed to meet the requirements of the project design criteria.
• Participate in the process the process of initial release and revision of control system design and programming.
• Assist Manufacturing with first production runs of the project.
• Provide the required information for development of technical publication of manuals and sales brochures

• Overnight travel as needed for in-field evaluation/demonstration of project prototype and/or production design.
• Revise and maintain software stacks for delivered machines as assigned, on an on-going basis in coordination with product life cycle.

• Participate in managing, reviewing and improving Software & Controls department practices and procedures.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• Ability to research new technologies for suitability and adaptability to mobile equipment environment.
• Ability to work independently and with teams.
• Ability to work effectively remotely. Experience in control system programming required.
• Experience in control system design with electrically controlled hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, and CAN bus communication systems.
• Driven to explore new technologies and how to adapt them to railroad industry. Familiar with business travel.
• Hands on capability in shop and field environments.
• Effective communicator in oral and written form.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous rail industry or off-highway equipment experience.
• Experience with Parker IQAN Controls programming software.
• Familiarity with CAD &PDM software such as SolidWorks, AutoCAD, PDM Enterprise and SolidWorks Manage.
• Familiarity with engineering processes (Engineering Notices, Engineering Release Orders, Engineering Change Orders, and etc.).
• Experience with Machine Vision systems.
• Experience with machine learning technologies, Neural Networks, or other AI related software.
• Experience with both Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Familiar with Programming language MATLAB, Labview, C+, C#, python, Java.

Benefits

Racine Railroad Products offers a wide range of benefits which includes:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance plans
• Health Savings Account with quarterly match
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Company-wide bonus program
• Education & professional education opportunities
• Generous Vacation, Holiday & PTO plan
• Annual company sponsored events

Racine Railroad Products, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you would like to learn more about Racine Railroad Products, please visit our website at https://www.racinerailroad.com.