SCADA Engineer

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Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

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Job Summary: The SCADA Engineer is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of the SCADA system at Panasonic’s Kansas Battery Manufacturing Facility.  Additionally, the Engineer documents system infrastructure and methods to ensure workflows are established and managed.  Furthermore, the Engineer helps with improving the SCADA solutions platform to ensure business performance is reached at its highest level.

Essential Duties:

• Collaborate with clients, project managers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and define system specifications.
• Development and support implementation of SCADA Solutions Platform and system integration solutions projects
• Develop Human-Machine Interface (HMI) screens for intuitive monitoring and control of industrial processes.
• Configure and program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLM) for seamless integration with SCADA systems.
• Updates and maintains operating and system standards, policies, and procedures
• Applies technical knowledge to develop clear and standard work instructions
• Installation of SCADA related hardware and network components
• Design and Develop SCADA/HMI framework and solutions
• Write scripts or code to customize SCADA software for specific applications
• Create and maintain tags
• Database programming and design
• Design control panel layouts and wiring diagrams
• Perform regular maintenance to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Keep software and firmware up to date to address security vulnerabilities and improve performance.
• Conduct testing and debugging of SCADA systems to ensure reliability and accuracy of data acquisition and control.
• Thorough and complete testing and validation of SCADA network deployments and installations
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Effectively works with implementation partners and development teams to efficiently translate business requirements into functional capabilities
• Collaborates with business partners to define and deliver capabilities in alignment with business and IT strategy
• Performs other duties as assigned

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees’, wearing PPE is a possibility and includes equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator. Respirator fit test will be required based on functional area.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

• Preferred: Master’s Degree

Essential Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience with SCADA design, programming, and commissioning in Ignition
• Thorough understanding of tags, alarm pipelines, gateway servers, edge line servers, transaction groups, recipe management, UDTs, Ignition templates and historizing data 
• Python scripting
• Networking principals as they apply to SCADA
• Understanding of ladder logic
• Experience programming, installing, and troubleshooting PLC systems, preferably Mitsubishi or Omron
• Experience working with Proface HMIs
• Knowledge of Modbus, Ethercat, Ethernet IP, Profinet, MQTT, OPC UA and SQL
• Understanding of electrical hardware, drawings, sequence control and software design
• Ability to cooperate and work with related departments including overseas
• Flexibility to solve issues with first principles thinking
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Agile Project Management
• Background working in a high-volume manufacturing environment
• Management of complex SCADA design and deployment projects
• Solid Works Electrical
• Successful completion of Inductive University 
• Control wiring design
• Resilient, self-motived and able to work well under pressure
• Alignment to Panasonic’s seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)

Physical Demands

Physical Activities: Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to:

• Sit: 25%
• Walk: 30%
• Stand: 25%
• Lift: 20%

Required Lifting and Carrying: Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%)

For this position the required frequency is:

• Up to 10 lbs.: Frequent
• Up to 20 lbs.: Frequent
• Up to 35 lbs.: Frequent
• Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Frequent

Benefits & Perks - What's In It For You:

Panasonic Energy prioritizes total well-being and offers comprehensive benefits options to support physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health:

• Highly inclusive and class-leading healthcare options to include family planning, mental health, and pet insurance
• Employee assistance programs that support total well-being with complimentary session offered each and every month
• Company-matched and fully vested 401K retirement program that starts immediately from date of enrollment
• Annual bonus program, High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition
• Simplified access to self-guided and representative-supported short and long-term financial wellness and retirement planning
• Educational Assistance & Reimbursement Program
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and associated employee resource groups that promote representation and belonging
• Leadership, career, and mentorship development programs opportunities at all levels across the organization
• Collaborative and motivating culture routed in continuous personal and professional growth and much more.

Where You'll Be:

For our onsite roles, Panasonic Energy is committed to fostering an ideal working environment that goes beyond the conventional. We understand the significance of moments that matter in your onsite experience, and we prioritize creating a workspace that not only promotes productivity but also ensures a fulfilling and positive work atmosphere. Join us at Panasonic Energy, where your onsite presence is valued, and we strive to make each moment count in your professional journey.

Who We Are:

Meet Panasonic Energy! At Panasonic Energy, you'll do work that matters as we are dedicated to transforming the world through the acceleration of sustainable energy. By producing safe, high-quality lithium-ion batteries, you become part of a team that plays a crucial role in creating technologies that move us.

This is an exciting time to join us as we expand our operations to De Soto, Kansas and build the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory. We will provide you with the opportunity to experience career growth in more ways than one.

As an innovative thinker, you'll thrive here, as we continually push the boundaries of lithium-ion battery technology and production capabilities to enhance efficiency and performance in EVs.

Being part of Panasonic Energy means positively contributing to society, aligning with our commitment to building a better world through sustainable energy solutions.

We care about what you care about, fostering an environment where your contributions make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation. Join us and be part of a team that values your work, encourages innovation, and actively contributes to a positive societal impact.

In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.

We Take Opportunity Seriously:

At Panasonic Energy, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer.

We understand that your career search may look different than others and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, submit your application!

Supplemental Information:

Pre-employment drug testing is required.

Panasonic Energy of North America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.

Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy of North America.

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