Manufacturing Controls Engineer

Position

Manufacturing Controls Engineer – Eaton Aerospace Division, Beltsville, MD.

Base pay range: $ - $ per year.

The Manufacturing Controls Engineer is the leader of the Beltsville site digitization and product automation strategy. This role partners with Eaton’s Advanced Manufacturing group to implement new technologies, adapt current workflows, and lead technology sustainment activities to improve productivity, customer satisfaction, and business growth.

• Implement and support automation systems to improve process efficiency and product quality.
• Lead and assist with system fabrication, equipment selection, and programming for automated systems.
• Develop all technical documentation, including recommended spare parts and preventative maintenance schedules for equipment.
• Ensure automation systems are completed in a timely manner.
• Analyze electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic schematics, troubleshoot operational issues, and determine material specifications.
• Engage with vendors and technology suppliers to evaluate and select technology applicable to industrial manufacturing processes.
• Develop business cases, applications, and theory of operations and prepare justification for senior management.
• Adapt new technologies to legacy processes and machinery.
• Coordinate with business leadership on Industry 4.0 strategy deployment.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Manufacturing or Operations.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Position requires access to export‑controlled information; applicant must be a U.S. person (citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee).
• Relocation benefits are offered. Candidates must reside or be willing to relocate within 50 miles of Beltsville, MD, unless exempt (e.g., active‑Duty military).
• Preferred qualifications include: 3 years of experience with technical production processes, advanced degree in Engineering, aerospace experience, Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, experience preparing specifications and standards, machine integration experience, and desire to work in a fast‑paced environment.

• Excellent communicator and team builder.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, high attention to detail.
• Good understanding of Lean principles (Value Stream Mapping, Just‑In‑Time, Demand Flow, Single Piece Flow, 5S, Visual Management, Standard Work, TPM, CI, Kaizen, A3, 3P, Problem Solving, Sustainability, SPC).
• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Experience with PLC and CNC programming preferred.
• Proficient project management skills.
• Experience with equipment selection and procurement.
• Ability to resolve complex issues creatively and effectively.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all applicants. Employment decisions are based on job‑related reasons, regardless of protected status. Eaton offers a range of health, welfare, retirement, and leave benefits. For detailed benefit information, please visit Eaton Benefits Overview.

We are committed to providing second‑chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their history, consistent with applicable fair‑chance ordinances.

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