Entry Level Engineer/Developer
RoviSys
About the Role
RoviSys provides innovative solutions for clients by designing, implementing, and configuring automation systems, and/or writing custom systems. We support our customers onsite and from our offices located throughout North America, using new and exciting technology to improve clients’ sustainability, profitability, efficiency, and overall success.
Key Responsibilities
As an Entry Level Engineer/Developer, your duties may include:
- Designing and developing automation systems.
- Designing and developing electrical control systems that interface with process manufacturing equipment and sensors.
- Architecting solutions using appropriate technologies from database to AI to User Interface tools.
- Providing clients with real-time, actionable information about their processes.
- Developing quality code in accordance with established RoviSys and client standards.
- Working in a team environment with engineers and designers from RoviSys, partners, and clients.
- Growing into a position leading a team of engineers and technicians to provide automation and information solutions.
Career Paths & Duties
Systems
- Success Factors:
- Understanding of Process or Manufacturing Systems.
- Co-op Experience.
- Electrical or Process Knowledge.
- Technologies Used:
- DCS, PLCs, Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, Schneider, Inductive, Aveva.
- Duties:
- Designing and developing automation systems.
- Traveling to client plants to assess and document existing systems and connected equipment.
- Using P&ID, Equipment Lists, I/O Lists, and Process Descriptions to define control schemes for clients.
- Networking customer systems, controllers, HMI PCs, field-mounted instruments, and process skids to provide fully integrated control systems.
Information Systems
- Success Factors:
- Ability to understand Information System architectures.
- Technologies Used:
- Relational Databases and Historians (MS SQL Server, Oracle, OSIsoft, etc.).
- Python, VBA/VBscript/C# syntax, Linux shell scripting (Bash, make), PowerShell scripting.
- Duties:
- Designing and implementing industry software applications to aggregate manufacturing systems information and provide reports to support business decisions.
- Manually configuring technical solutions and identifying optimization opportunities by leveraging scripting and automation to increase process efficiency.
- Installing and commissioning systems connected to plant floor devices onsite, and supporting operations personnel through effective use and maintenance of deployed solutions.
- Scripting and light programming.
Industrial IT
- Success Factors:
- Passion for networking.
- Virtualization.
- Cybersecurity in a manufacturing or office setting.
- Technologies Used:
- Virtualization, Networking.
- Cybersecurity, Windows, Wireless.
- Duties:
- Mapping and designing Network Architectures.
- Configuring and testing Infrastructure components.
- Installing and commissioning equipment at customer sites, per design.
- Communicating with customers and project teams to define needs and design/implement solutions.
Qualifications
- Preferred: Degree in a Technical Field, related to Engineering, Controls, or Systems.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task and handle multiple concurrent projects.
- Passionate about problem solving and developing solutions.
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
Pertinent Experience
- Relevant Co-op experience.
- Manufacturing process knowledge.