Company Description

SEGULA Technologies Australia is an engineering service organisation dealing with large-scale projects within major industry sectors, including Transport, Defence, Aerospace, Energy, and Automotive.

At SEGULA Technologies, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects and help shape the future within an engineering company at the heart of innovation. From 3D printing, augmented reality, and connected systems to the factory of the future – new technologies are part of our 15,000+ ingenious collaborators' day-to-day lives worldwide.

For more information: https://australia.segulatechnologies.com/en/ 

Job Description

The System Engineer is responsible for the electrical, PLC and integration design and development of quality products using sound engineering judgement, to meet the communicated company/department goals. Responsible for the electrical, PLC, low level software, and control system integration of CNC Grinding Machines in the Machine Tool market. This includes design, development, and validation of quality products using sound engineering judgement and standards to meet the product requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Safety:

Ensure the working environment is safe at all times and activities conducted are safe and don't harm oneself or others.Maintain Safety compliance with the relevant legislation and regulations for safe working practices and functional compliance.Eliminate risks in the working environment by conducting housekeeping, conducting risk assessments and working the line manager to eliminate or at least mitigate the hazards.Report incidents such as near miss, accident or equipment damage using the reporting system.

Design Assignments & Delivery:

Liaise with Branches, Customers and Operations during the preliminary design stage to accurately determine the customer requirements from a technical perspective.Prepare up-to-date and accurate Bills of materials in a timely manner.Provide technical support for manufacturing, applications and service engineers.Implement the engineering & technical standards required in the different product lifecycle phases.Prepare the detailed time estimation and financial analyses in support of projects.Develop and work to clear specifications based on the business requirements and analysis.Electrical design of machine control and automation equipment for cost effectiveness, ease of manufacture and optimum reliability.This includes component selection, electrical design and drafting (EPLAN), BOM management, and testing/troubleshooting.Development, commissioning and maintenance of PLC and low-level software to optimise machine function and special projects.Apply the requirements of the European CE Directives/Regulation throughout the product development process.

Data Management:

Prepare necessary support documentation for project, to aid the installation of product using technical and process standards.Follow appropriate business system workflows to ensure data integrity and provide continuous improvement.Follow appropriate business system workflows to ensure resources are used in an optimised fashion.

Design Quality Management:

Accept accountability for the technical accuracy of calculations and completion of programs.Liaise with engineering team during the design stage to ensure design concepts are best practice and allocate layout, detail and design drafting phases.Review and recommend changes to standard practice.Oversee systems for storage and retrieval of both CAD, project data and source control.Apply the requirements of the European CE Directives/Regulation throughout the product development process.

Lean Design & Continuous Improvement:

Conduct cost-benefit analysis on all continuous improvement projects to aid justification in departmental objectives.Initiate improvement projects based on data analysis and extensive research.

QualificationsProven technical competency in specific engineering discipline.Proven comprehension of design principles and their application to machine tool design.Proven ability to autonomously manage small to medium projects, prioritizing tasks and delivering within agreed time frame.Demonstrated ability to liaise and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders, root cause analysis and problem solving.Demonstrate a practical application of data collection and analysis.Preferred experience in working with robots at integration and programming level with servo drive tuning and closed loop control fundamentals.Strong experience with safety PLC programming and proven skills in Microsoft Office applications to a medium level particularly MS Excel.Proven skills in EPLAN or equivalent ECAD environment (EPLAN experience preferred) and in PLC environments, GIT (or similar source control systems), C#, electrical test and analysis hardware (multimeters, oscilloscopes).Proven experience in meeting Functional Safety standards or some form of regulatory experience and Machinery Directive (CE) is preferred. 

Additional Information

Should you feel that this position is a suitable fit for you and you have the requisite skills and experience to thrive in this role, we invite you to apply online today and take the next step in your professional journey!