# Controls Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Ypsilanti, MI
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $72,480 - $121,440, $84,480 - $141,360, $96,720 - $162,120
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

The Controls Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining systems to automate and optimize industrial processes for Battery Products at Ford Motor Company. This role requires a combination of electrical, mechanical, and software skills to ensure efficient and reliable production operations.

## Responsibilities

- Support manufacturing process engineering activities during new product launches or capacity expansions.

- Apply engineering principles to drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost, and productivity.

- Analyze process bottleneck root causes and engage in constraint management and process optimizations.

- Participate in root cause analysis of machine issues with production and maintenance teams.

- Lead development of interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D methodology and structured problem-solving tools.

- Update program backups for machinery and automation.

- Program new installations of automation, machinery, material handling, and robots.

- Assist in training manufacturing personnel and plant electricians.

- Maintain familiarity with OA, CPN/MPN networks, and communication protocols for connecting to wireless and wired networks.

- Manage installation and maintenance of virus protection software for controls network PCs, perform PC backup disc images, and installation of communication and firmware and controls software.

- Work in a rotating shift environment, including overtime and weekends as needed.

- Manage multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously with guidance on priority to meet established deadlines.

## Qualifications

- High School Diploma or GED required; Associate's or Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, or a related technical field preferred.

- 1 or more years of experience working in a manufacturing environment; 3 or more years of experience preferred.

- Electrical background preferred.

- Familiarity with the Standard Manual version of the FAST template.

- Ability to program with Siemens TIA Portal.

- Validated ability to troubleshoot equipment and continuously evaluate for process improvements.

- Experience with conveyor system programming.

- Solid understanding of networking, including DH+, Ethernet, and remote IO.

- Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience.

- Familiarity with Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, Value Stream Mapping.

- Understanding of 8D, FMEA, and DMAIC processes.

- Familiarity with TQM and Kaizen methods.

- One or more years of experience with MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook).

## Benefits

- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare, and more

- Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases

- Tuition assistance

- Established and active employee resource groups

- Paid time off for individual and team community service

- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day

- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

## Salary

The salary range for this position is:

- Salary grade 6: $72,480 - $121,440

- Salary grade 7: $84,480 - $141,360

- Salary grade 8: $96,720 - $162,120

## Skills

### Required
- electrical
- mechanical
- software
- Siemens TIA Portal
- conveyor system programming
- networking
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma

### Nice to have
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, or a related technical field
- 3 or more years of experience working in a manufacturing environment
- electrical background
- Familiarity with the Standard Manual version of the FAST template
- validated ability to troubleshoot equipment
- Experience with conveyor system programming
- Solid understanding of networking
- Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, Value Stream Mapping
- Understanding of 8D, FMEA, and DMAIC processes
- Familiarity with TQM and Kaizen methods
- One or more years of experience with MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)

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