Electrical Controls Engineer - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Full Time Professional West St. Paul, MN, US

16 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $95,000.00 To $ Annually

LTS Lohmann Therapy Systems is a global leader in transdermal and oral thin-film drug delivery technologies. Our teams have pioneered breakthroughs such as the first contraceptive patch, nicotine patch, oral active ingredient film, and Parkinson’s patch. When you join LTS, you become part of a team that continues to shape the future of patient care and bring life-changing therapies to market.

At LTS, our purpose drives everything we do:
We CARE. We CREATE. We DELIVER
. We’re committed to fostering an employee experience that reflects our innovation - supportive, collaborative, and empowering. Across our New Jersey and Minnesota locations, you’ll work alongside knowledgeable experts on diverse projects in an environment where every day is different and your contributions truly matter

LTS is seeking an experienced Electrical/Controls Engineer to design, improve, and sustain automated manufacturing and packaging systems in a highly regulated environment. In this hands-on role, you’ll combine controls design and troubleshooting with equipment start‑up, qualification support, and cross-functional collaboration to improve safety, reliability, quality, and performance.

Location: West St. Paul, Minnesota
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.

-4:30 p.m.
Work setting: On-site manufacturing and office environment

• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and maintain control systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging, converting, inspection, and material‑handling equipment.
• Program and support PLCs, HMIs, servo drives, motion controllers, VFDs, safety PLCs, machine vision systems, sensors, barcode and serialization interfaces, and industrial networks.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, start‑up, and ongoing commercial production and R&D operations.
• Partner with Process Engineering, Automation, Maintenance, Quality, Validation, Operations, IT/OT, and vendors to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable equipment performance.
• Develop and review automation requirements and documentation, including URS, functional and design specifications, I/O lists, control narratives, alarm matrices, sequences of operation, and change controls.
• Review vendor proposals, electrical schematics, panel layouts, technical drawings, FAT/SAT protocols, and software design documentation.
• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning, IQ/OQ/PQ, revalidation, and change‑control activities for new equipment, line upgrades, and automation improvements.
• Diagnose machine faults, process deviations, vision and registration issues, sensor and network failures, electrical‑control problems, and data‑collection issues.
• Create and maintain controlled documentation, including SOPs, troubleshooting guides, training materials, preventive‑maintenance support documents, and validation deliverables.
• Drive improvements in uptime, throughput, yield, quality, changeover efficiency, operator usability, and cost performance.
• Support equipment‑data integration with manufacturing systems, historians, recipe management, and audit‑trail and data‑integrity requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and hands‑on training to Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 3…