Senior Automation​/Controls Engineer

Senior Automation/Controls Engineer - Meissner

Are you a highly skilled Senior Automation / Controls Engineer with a passion for designing and developing innovative automated systems that improve manufacturing processes? Our industry‑leading company is seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Automation / Controls Engineer to join our team and help us maintain and improve our automated systems.

• Program leadership: scope ambiguous projects; build detailed execution plans in the company‑standard project/task management system; manage budget, schedule, and risk; communicate effectively with stakeholders, suppliers, and customers.
• Architecture and design: author, review, and approve comprehensive documentation (P&IDs; electrical schematics; pneumatic diagrams; panel/device layouts; BOMs; process flow diagrams); establish maintainable design patterns and standards.
• Build oversight: define build strategies; oversee panel/field installation by technicians; ensure compliance with NEC, UL, CE and hazardous‑area requirements.
• Integration:
  • Engineer safety systems to required performance levels; implement complex multi‑axis servo motion control including robotic systems (Cartesian, SCARA, collaborative robots/cobots).
  • Networking: configure segmented, secure local networks and manage routing/remote connectivity.
  • PLC/HMI: deliver maintainable architectures with modular code, robust fault handling, and advanced PID/motion coordination across multiple subsystems; demonstrate cross‑platform adaptability.
  • SCADA: architect scalable SCADA solutions including role‑based security, distributed alarming, data models, scripting, reporting, web services and integrations with enterprise systems.
  • Test/debug: define verification strategies; lead complex troubleshooting; implement corrective and preventive actions; document lessons learned for reuse.
• Validation/documentation: support formal cGMP validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) led by Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality; ensure full requirements traceability, test coverage, and release documentation.
• 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; lead support and modernization of legacy controls systems equal or below experience level; plan lifecycle updates and obsolescence mitigation; ensure smooth handover to operations; drive standards, templates, and best practices; mentor engineers and technicians.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree (or similar) in a relevant discipline; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience:
  
  10+ years related controls/automation experience with strong prior industry exposure.
• Codes/standards: advanced proficiency with NEC, UL, CE; hazardous‑area design/compliance (Class I Div 1/Div 2, intrinsically safe circuits, explosion‑proof enclosures); leads audits/reviews.
• CAD: advanced AutoCAD proficiency; enforces drawing and revision‑control standards.
• PLC/HMI: expert ladder logic and HMI development; architectural and modular code design; cross‑platform adaptability; demonstrated capability to support legacy systems equal or below experience level.
• Motion: advanced multi‑axis servo motion control. Robotics: demonstrated experience integrating Cartesian, SCARA, and collaborative robots/cobots with appropriate safety practices.
• Networking: design secure industrial networks; managed switch configuration; routing and remote access patterns.
• SCADA: strong SCADA architecture and integration in regulated environments.
• Scripting/data: advanced Python and SQL; database table design; data integrity and reporting strategies.
• Demonstrated: commissioning of numerous unique systems of high complexity (large IO counts, tightly coupled PID loops, motion/robotics coordination, distributed systems); documented improvements in reliability, throughput, and robustness; exemplary safety and cGMP record.
• Soft skills:
  
  leadership presence; strategic communication; cross‑functional influence; project governance; mentoring…