Automation Controls Engineer

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Goken America is an Engineering Services and Product Development company founded in 2004. At Goken America we strive to expand and deliver upon our company motto of “Creating Something Different”. We are continually striving to strengthen our organization, and are always seeking talented individuals who have a strong desire to work in an environment where they can make a difference.

Our “Vision” is to empower our associates to affect change wherever change is needed. Our “Mission” is that in building trust we foster greatness in our people, excellence in our clients and impact in our communities.

Goken America provides an excellent benefits package, one month of paid time off per year and a very competitive compensation plan. In addition, when applicable, we will also provide relocation assistance, temporary housing, visa support and other fringe benefits.

• Provide detailed electrical design and automation programming for assigned projects.
• Support establishing functional requirements for new devices and systems.
• Creates estimates and budgets, ensure part and system procurement, oversee the fabrication of electrical equipment, manage vendors and contractors, deliver complete and up-to-date technical documentation. Coordinates installation and startup of projects ranging from minor adjustments to existing machinery to significant expansion projects.
• Interacts with the operators and maintenance staff and learning every aspect of the procedure by hands-on use of the machinery & procedures.
• Provide technical support for issue solving and analysis as well as technical experience for the upkeep, modification, and installation of machinery & equipment used in the production process.
• Involved in all project management activities, such as financial justification, design, vendors/procurement, installation, start-up, qualification, machine acceptance, training for operations & maintenance.
• Travel as required.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 4 years of industrial electrical design experience in manufacturing
• Experience with electrical design standards and able to complete controls systems designs using standard CAD design tools and SEE electric experience Preferred.
• Experience with Rockwell PLC programming standards & programming software, including GRAFCET, Ladder Logic, and Structured Text.  Specific experience with Siemens is a plus.
• Experience with Variable Frequency drives and Motion Control technologies.  Specific experience with Avtron and Rockwell, is a plus.
• Experience with HMI PanelView Knowledge of FactoryTalkView ME Studio would be very helpful.
• configuration, programming, and communication. Specific experience with Rockwell is a plus.
• Experience with controls systems network interfaces and various protocols for communications between devices including computer system databases.  
• Experience in Project Team Leadership or Project Management is preferred, but not required.
• Vision System configuration and interface for width measurement applications and defect detection applications is preferred, but not required.  Specific experience with Cognex, Keyence, Adept, Bytewise, Gocator is a plus.
• Robotic experience, configuration or knowledge is preferred, but not required.  Specific experience with Fanuc, Yaskawa is a plus.

Goken America (“Goken”) is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other applicable protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is, in simple terms, a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity. Please inform Goken’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.