PLC Engineer

Key skills  

PLC and Programming

• Should be able to understand and draw the electrical schematics for electro-hydraulic control system
• Experience with IEC61131-3 programming languages for multiple PLC platforms, Schneider’s SCADAPACK and SOFT PLC is must
  – Ladder Programming
  – FBD (Functional Block Diagram)
  – SFC (Sequential Function Chart)
  – ST (Structured Text)

Experience in NI product and LabVIEW development for

• Selecting appropriate NI hardware as per product requirement
• Data acquisition applications using NI DAQ
• Communication protocols (Serial, Ethernet)
•  Database and Report generation toolkits

Embedded C/C++ programming on microcontrollers, and microcontrollers including coding of interfaces to external systems

• Setting up and developing against different toolchain(s) including but not limited to GCC, CCS, Libero, Vivado etc.
• Bootloader configuration and debugging, JTAG, SWO.

Communication interfaces such as SPI/I2C/SCI/CAN/UART

Control algorithms for power supplies and motor drivers

• Understanding of how to work around processing, memory, I/O, timing,  and other limitations
• Using basic laboratory instruments efficiently for test and analysis during development (oscilloscope, function generator, logic analyser etc).
• Using common debugging tools to troubleshoot embedded code and implement corrections
• Designing tests including regression tests and unit testing
• Troubleshooting prototype and production tools at Electromechanical Systems level

Preferable: Experience with embedded Linux operating systems and development environment, using Buildroot, Yocto or other tools.