Sr Controls Engineer Job Lafayette area,Colorado USA,Engineering

Top 3 Technical Skills Required for the Role

Industrial automation integration – Strong experience connecting PLC-based manufacturing equipment, especially Rockwell/Allen‑Bradley systems, to SCADA/MES/data platforms such as Ignition, including PLC communications, tag structures, OPC UA, industrial networking, and real‑time data acquisition.

Ignition platform and manufacturing data systems – Hands‑on expertise with Ignition for device connectivity, tag management, database integration, scripting, and dashboard/data pipeline development; experience enabling site‑wide manufacturing visibility, including OEE and equipment performance reporting, would be important.

Data visualization and reporting – Advanced capability in Power BI and SQL/database‑connected reporting, including building, publishing, and maintaining automated dashboards that refresh from manufacturing data sources such as Ignition; ability to model operational data for actionable KPIs is key.

Education Required

Bachelor of science degree in engineering field or computer science.

Years of Experience Required

3‑5 years.

Work Hours & Location

40 hours per week; onsite.

Product Line

Boulder production, primarily Liga Sure product lines.

Job Summary

This role will support manufacturing data integration and reporting within a clean‑room medical device manufacturing environment. The role is focused on connecting PLC and non‑PLC based production equipment to the Ignition server and underlying databases to enable reliable collection of machine and process data. This work will support site‑wide OEE, equipment performance, and operational dashboards used to improve visibility, decision‑making, and manufacturing performance.

The person in this role will also help support Power BI dashboard development and maintenance to ensure accurate, automated, and actionable reporting across the site.

Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities

Connect PLC/Allen‑Bradley‑based and other production equipment to the Ignition platform and related databases.
Troubleshoot communication, connectivity, and data flow issues between manufacturing equipment, Ignition, and reporting tools.
Configure, validate, and maintain tags, data points, and data structures used for operational reporting and analytics.
Support development and enhancement of site‑wide OEE, equipment performance, and manufacturing dashboards.
Assist with Power BI reports that pull data from Ignition and related resources, including publishing, maintenance, and scheduled refresh.
Partner with engineering, operations, and other stakeholders to translate manufacturing data and reporting needs into practical dashboard solutions.
Help ensure production data is accurate, consistent, and accessible to support performance monitoring and continuous improvement in a regulated manufacturing setting.

A Day in the Life

The Sr Controls Engineer is a member of cross‑functional teams combining the skills of Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Information Technology, and Operations. This position will support the design, development and validation of architectures that support the transmission of digital information used for the advancement of Smart Digital Factory initiatives within the company. These activities will contribute to best‑in‑class quality, efficiency, testability, and serviceability for Surgical Devices products.

Responsibilities

Include

Modify existing Allen‑Bradley PLC‑based manufacturing test equipment to support data integration with the Ignition platform.
Design and implement data communication architectures within an Industry 4.0 environment.
Follow best practices for validation and verification of Non‑Product Software (NPS).
Act as a contributing software development engineer in the creation of systems for the purposes of data transmission, storage, and visualization.
Help define and create techniques for testing performance and quality in data transmission architectures.
Contribute to code and design reviews of NPS.
Develop and execute engineering verification and validation protocols for software‑controlled systems.
Stay abreast of advances in latest technologies related to SCADA systems and streaming data architectures.
Perform any…