Ryan S. Smith

29734 Mark Ave

Madison Heights, MI  48071

Cell: (248)250-3805

ryan.smith@fideliscontrols.com

•Objective•

A career in the Automotive Manufacturing Industry with a focus on Controls Engineering


•Profile•

Motivated, reliable, mechanical/electrical-oriented individual with over fifteen years of workplace experience. Versatile and dependable employee, with exemplary work ethic, and a background in a variety of technical fields.


•Education•

Oakland Community College

Associates of Applied Science in Electrical Trades Technology


•Professional Experience•

Fidelis Controls – Jan 2023 - Present

Controls Engineer/Owner

Forvia Highland Park

  • Production Support (Siemens PLC)

  • Poke Yoke PLC Programming & installation

    • IV3 Vision Sensors

    • IX Sensors

Forvia Chattanooga

  • Assembly Line move

    • Designed Electrical Schematics

    • Programmed Allen Bradley PLC

    • Wired Electrical Panel

    • Wired new Sensors

Nagel Controls

  • Create Electrical Schematics per customer specifications

SAS Motherson

  • Production Support

Auria Solutions

  • Emergency Support

    • Re-wired old machine for Dual Channel Safety

  • Safety Upgrades (Multiple Machines)

    • Create Electrical Schematics

    • Wire Panel

    • Wire Machine

    • Program PLC

    • Program Safety PLC

    • Program Safety Devices


HMS Products – Jan 2023 – March 2023

Controls Manager

  • Hire and lead a team of engineers

  • Develop controls designs, both hardware and software, that are compliant with customer specifications

  • Provide technical information and concept drawings

  • Establish controls standards for new designs or modifications to the controls of existing equipment

  • Assist in the Debugging of the controls functions after assembly


Detroit Manufacturing Systems – Feb 2021 – Jan 2023

Controls Engineering Manager

Direct and coordinates activities of the controls engineering group to obtain optimum efficiency and economy of operations and maximize profits by performing the assigned duties personally or through delegation to team members

  • Lead machine standards for incoming equipment

  • Managed Poke Projects and implementation working with plant engineering group

  • Coordinate and Balance workload with internal and external resources

  • Complete direct report reviews


Detroit Manufacturing Systems – Nov 2020 – Feb 2021

Controls Engineer

Understand and troubleshoot wide variety of existing equipment and machinery both legacy and new

  • PLC – Allen Bradley Studio 5000, SLC

  • Electrical/Mechanical/Pneumatic/Hydraulics

  • HMI – FactoryTalk Studio, PanelBuilder32

  • Robot Interface (Fanuc)

Manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously – Continuous Improvement, Poke Yokes

Cognex (Spreadsheet and Easybuilder) and Keyence Vision Systems

Keyence Barcode Scanners

Train and mentor maintenance personnel on routine controls and vision activities

Support all shifts in 24/7 production


Edscha Automotive – 2020

Lead Controls Engineer

Understand and troubleshoot wide variety of existing equipment and machinery both legacy and new

  • PLC – Allen Bradley Studio 5000, SLC, Siemens TIA Portal, Step 7

  • Electrical/Mechanical/Pneumatic/Hydraulics

  • HMI – FactoryTalk Studio, PanelBuilder32, and Siemens WinCC

  • Robot Interface (ABB)

  • Laser Plastic Welding Setup (LPKF)

  • Setting up pyrometers for Laser Welding

Manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously – Continuous Improvement, Poke Yokes

Cognex (Spreadsheet and Easybuilder) and Keyence Vision Systems

Keyence Barcode Scanners

Train and mentor maintenance personnel on routine controls and vision activities

Mentor junior controls engineers

Support all shifts in 24/7 production




Lee Industrial – 2019 – 2020

Controls Project Engineer

Understand and troubleshoot wide variety of existing equipment and machinery both legacy and new

  • PLC – Allen Bradley Studio 5000, SLC, Siemens TIA Portal

  • Electrical/Mechanical/Pneumatic/Hydraulics

  • HMI – FactoryTalk Studio, PanelBuilder32, and Siemens WinCC

  • Prosoft Software

Manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously

On Call support for 24/7 customers



Avancez LLC – 2018 – 2019

Lead Controls Engineer – First Shift

Understand and troubleshoot wide variety of existing equipment and machinery to ensure high uptime and reduce reject rate

  • PLC – Allen Bradley Studio 5000, Siemens TIA Portal

  • Electrical/Mechanical/Pneumatic/Hydraulics

  • HMI – EZAutomation, FactoryTalk, and Siemens WinCC

  • Fanuc Robots

  • Murr Cube IO Modules

Manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously

  • Monitor and delegate projects to off shift Controls Engineers

  • Continuous Improvement

Cognex Vision Systems

Support all shifts in 24/7 production (Just In Time/In Sequence)


HMS Products – 2004 – 2018

Controls Project Engineer – 2006 – 2018

Design and Program Press Room Automation Equipment:

On Site Start Up of Automation Equipment

  • Line up and project kick-off with customers

  • Review plant specifications and design machine controls accordingly

  • Create drawing packages

Create Bill of Materials and order project specific components

Line up and oversee project build in house

Machine/Equipment Knowledge

  • Control Logix

  • Guard Logix

  • IP67 Ethernet IO Modules

  • Indramat, AB Servos

  • Ethernet IP20 Point IO Modules



•Hardware Skills•

Motion Controllers:  Allen-Bradley, Rexroth, Siemens 

Robots: Fanuc, ABB

Variable Frequency Drives:  Allen-Bradley, SEW, Baldor, Siemens

Programmable Logic Controllers: Mitsubishi, Allen-Bradley, Beckhoff, Panasonic, Siemens

Industrial Networks: Ethernet/IP, EthernetTCP/IP, EthernetUDP, CC-Link, DeviceNet, ProfiBus, ProfiNet, CANOpen, EtherCat, ModbusTCP, ModbusRTU, Serial ASCII, ControlNet, IO-Link