Summary: The Automation / Controls Engineer programs and optimizes manufacturing equipment and control systems, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while leading standardization activities. Highlights: 1. Program manufacturing equipment (PLC, HMI, Cameras, Robots) 2. Lead controls and MES standardization activities 3. Research and introduce new process and automation technologies Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid\-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2\.1 billion. The Automation / Controls Engineer will program manufacturing equipment and introduce controls while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, ergonomics, cost\-efficiency, and productivity. Optimizes manufacturing equipment and control systems, validates and debugs equipment and controls, provides documentation and trainings for equipment and processes. Leads controls and MES standardization activities in the plant. About Your Job:* Programming of manufacturing equipment on site (PLC, HMI, Cameras and vision systems, Robots, etc.) under consideration of safety regulations, quality standards, ergonomics, cycle time, line layout, number of operators, cost, etc. * Debugging and validating new equipment in the plant from controls and MES side * Lead controls and MES standardization activities in the plant and train the plant team members on controls * Create and maintain electrical schematics, pneumatic diagrams, and logic diagrams for new and existing equipment * Support the creation of the necessary manufacturing documentation for the equipment (process flow chart, line layout, PFMEA, line specification, cycle time analysis/line balancing, equipment documentation, etc.) * MES integration for new manufacturing equipment on site * Research, develop and introduce new process and automation technologies and equipment and collaborate with the global APD\&A team and cross functional teams * Support the plant with process optimization activities related to controls and MES * Other duties as assigned About You:* Bachelor’s degree in electronics/mechatronics engineering or comparable * 5\+ years of working experience * Deep knowledge and experience of equipment/machine electrical design and controls * Team player with strong analytical skills and high attention to detail * Proactive self\-developer, passionate about technology, eager to make a change * Flexible and willing to work with cross\-functional teams * Great communication skills * Spanish and English language. — , . \#LI\-KRL