We are Austria's leading manufacturer of AUTOMATION SYSTEMS.

 

With more than 2,300 employees worldwide and a sales network in over 70 countries, we are one of the largest and most successful privately owned companies in the industry. Our first-class control, drive, industrial PC and visualization solutions continue to set new standards for industrial automation.

 

To strengthen our team, we are currently seeking the following:

B&R Industrial Automation is a leading developer and manufacturer of CONTROL SYSTEMS for INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION. The company was founded in 1979 in Eggelsberg, Austria and specializes in a complete range of innovative Programmable Automation Controllers, Industrial PCs, I/O, Motion, Visualization, Software, and Safety products.. In 1987 the North American subsidiary, B&R Industrial Automation Corp., was founded in Roswell, GA and is responsible for all North American sales activities as well as supporting our customers by applying standard B&R hardware and developing machine specific software on machine control applications. B&R North America is also supported by our regional offices in Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, Mississauga Canada and our Automation Partners, a distribution network made of independent companies with an exclusive B&R sales territory. They offer a full range of automation products, local market knowledge, technical expertise and managerial support to B&R customers. All in all, B&R ranks among the largest privately owned automation manufacturers in the world and has over 2,300 employees worldwide and more than 162 sales offices in 68 countries.

 

B&R is looking for highly-qualified, motivated application engineers to join our team in Milwaukee, WI.

 

Job Description

B&R offers an excellent opportunity to work for an international company with a great working environment.  You will be part of a fun, dynamic team and work closely with our Austrian headquarters, partners, customers and B&R colleagues, as well as enjoy a mixture of travel and office time. We offer on-the-job training to help you learn vital technology, appropriate terminology, processes, and tools to succeed in developing machine automation and software applications. During this time you will setup, program, modify, and maintain a variety of PLC Controls, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), and motion control applications, for example. Programming languages include C, Basic, Ladder and other structured text environments.

 

At B&R you will learn how things are really made!

 

After your initial training you will learn how to implement applications under the supervision of experienced engineers and eventually will have the necessary skills to begin designing concepts for new applications, supervising trainees, managing projects, and training of less experienced engineers. You will advance your engineering skills by working with an exciting variety of real-life applications and gain knowledge in the interdisciplinary fields of mechanical and electrical systems.

Then, you will be able to take all you have learned and provide our customers with state-of-the-art automation solutions. Your hands-on projects will include optimizing existing systems and integrating new solutions involving PLCs, industrial computers, process instrumentation, project management and other control devices. This position is responsible for materials specification, design of electrical schematics and equipment schedules, as well as developing and commissioning customer-specific software solutions using PLC and HMI/EOI programming.  You will also perform service calls on direct projects or other engineers’ projects as needed.  

 

Job Requirements

 

• Bachelor's degree (BS) from four-year college or university in Computer Science (CS), Computer Engineering (CMPE), Electrical Engineering (EE) or Mechanical Engineering (ME)

• Application development experience in a high-level language, preferred ‘C’

• Interest and/or exposure in the following areas are preferred:

   - Motion control systems

   - IEC 61131 programming languages (ladder diagram, structured text)

   - In depth knowledge of Windows operating systems

   - Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET

   - Real-time operating systems and programming in real-time environments

• Great interest in PC- and PLC-hardware applications, mechanical and electrical systems and physics

• Excellent communication skills and strong customer-service ethics

• Desire to work in an international team environment

• Creativity and ability to make decisions

 

This position entails some travel to customer locations throughout the United States. A valid passport will be required for occasional international travel opportunities.

Join The Team

You can expect an intense training period during which you will be prepared extensively for this position. Performance-oriented pay and a corresponding opportunity for individual development are guaranteed in our dynamically growing, privately owned company.

Interested? Send us your resumé today.

B&R Industrial Automation Corp.
1250 Northmeadow Parkway, S-100
Roswell, GA 30076

Phone: +1 (770)772-0400
Fax: +1 (770)772-0243
e-mail: jobs.us@br-automation.com