Advanced Automation Controls Engineer

Are you looking to apply your experience in a high-impact position doing positive work for humanity? If so we’d like to talk to you!

The goal at Meissner is to be more than simply good; it is to be extraordinary. Extraordinary performance comes from extraordinary people.

Meissner as a group is passionate about helping our clients manufacture lifesaving and life‑enhancing drugs, therapies and vaccines. We develop, manufacture, supply and service advanced microfiltration products and single‑use systems worldwide.

We know that when you are passionate about what you do it’s more than just a job.

Meissner is focused on the development of the whole individual and we have programs and tools in place to help us stay at our best mentally and align with our commitment to support the growth and development of the whole individual. Meissner has inaugurated a Learning and Development department to solely focus on cultivating our team. When you grow we grow.

The Advanced Automation / Controls Engineer leads the entire controls engineering scope independently for small‑to‑medium projects ensuring continuity, maintainability and long‑term support within the single‑engineer model in Class 7 clean rooms and cGMP environments while elevating safety, reliability, robustness and serviceability; delegates tasks to technicians and junior engineers as appropriate; provides initial first‑line support at startup and transitions first‑line support to Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance (remaining as second‑line support).

• Project leadership: plan scope, schedule, budget, risks and dependencies in the company‑standard project / task management system; deliver on time and within budget; coordinate with cross‑functional stakeholders and suppliers.
• Design and documentation: author and review P&IDs; electrical schematics; pneumatic diagrams; panel / device layouts; BOMs; and process flow diagrams; ensure documentation quality for serviceability and knowledge retention.
• Build: lead enclosure / panel and field wiring plans; direct technicians; ensure compliance with NEC, UL, CE and strong documentation practices.
• Integration:

• Configure operator interfaces, relays / contractors, transducers, pneumatics, motors / drives.
• Networking: set up and configure advanced segmented local networks and establish remote connectivity using routers.
• PLC / HMI: develop maintainable ladder logic architectures and HMI UX; robust signal conditioning; PID and sequencing for multiple variables; integrate via discrete, analog, serial and Ethernet interfaces; implement advanced motion control (servo drives / axes).
• SCADA: design and implement SCADA integrations including security, alarming, data logging / visualization, reports, scripting and basic web services where needed.
• Test / debug: define and execute test plans; lead root‑cause analysis; implement corrective actions and document lessons learned.
• Validation / documentation: support cGMP validation (IQ / OQ / PQ) led by Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality; ensure comprehensive records and traceability.
• Support and continuous improvement: provide initial first‑line support after equipment goes into service to achieve reliable operation; transition first‑line support to Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance and remain second‑line support; support legacy controls systems commensurate with role level; drive reliability and uptime improvements; contribute to standards and design‑for‑maintenance / safety enhancements; mentor junior engineers and technicians.

This is an on‑site role based out of our headquarters in Camarillo, CA.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience:
  
  6 years related controls / automation experience with prior industry exposure preferred.
• Codes / standards: working knowledge of NEC, UL, CE; familiarity with hazardous‑area design / compliance (Class I Div 1 / Div 2 intrinsically safe circuits, explosion‑proof enclosures).
• CAD: proficient in AutoCAD (Mechanical or Electrical); maintains…