Controls Staff Engineer

About the role

Engineers in the Manufacturing Technology & Engineering division work in a vibrant and dynamic environment. Our engineers travel extensively throughout North America, primarily on the East Coast of the US, to various manufacturing facilities. Engineers work on assigned projects in support of the engineering portfolios of all our divisions. Corning NY is home base. Some projects will be completed locally. Frequently, our engineers work within manufacturing facilities through process engineering, equipment design and installation, measurements systems, and software applications for manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate PC and PLC process and automation controls into robust manufacturing environment
• Develop and improve capability of manufacturing systems for seamless part tracking, measurements, process control and data analysis. (SCADA)
• Integrate with project managers, vendors and division engineering to develop and implement control systems with state-of-the-art manufacturing capacity
• Dramatically advance productivity gains through control software and hardware design implementations
• Collect and interpret control project needs from a variety of sources
• Actively participate in all phases of the project including design, fabrication, off-line integration and testing, installation, production start-up support, training of plant personnel, and technology transfer
• Independently follow construction of equipment in vendors’ facilities
• Development and deploy process and automation controls on global scale
• Design complete systems to control stability of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, mechanical, motion, chemical, robotics, power, molecular structure, multi-state physics, and electromechanical systems
• Test validity of solutions that use traditional and advanced control
• Develop documentation including requirements, design, test plan, and user guide
• Report on project activities on a pre-determined basis. Ensure results meet the customer’s requirements as well as applicable national and international equipment safety standards
• Mentor and promote controls development best practices
• Ensure coding standard compliance through Peer Code Reviews
• Enhance centralized software libraries
• Prepare, present technical updates in public forums

Requirements

• BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering
• 5-10 years of experience in Industrial Controls
• Mechanical Systems Level Expertise (MES/SCADA and all layers to the machine)
• Software/Controls programming experience with PLC’s, HMI’s (hardware/software), SCADA especially Rockwell, Siemens, and Omron
• Experience with HMI and SCADA systems primarily FT View, Optix, Ignition, iFix
• Well versed in electrical engineering principles
• Understanding of PID and advanced control implementation
• Capability to design, develop and deliver fully integrated machine and motion control, automation, and process machine systems to manufacturing
• Able to effectively leverage external machine builders and system integrators to design, develop, and deploy integrated manufacturing systems to global manufacturing facilities
• Understanding of electrical panel layout, schematic design, ladder logic programming, and system testing and troubleshooting. Basic drafting skills
• Familiarity of logic-based programming. PLC and IEC base programming structure including ladder logic, function blocks, structured text, and sequential flowchart desirable.
• Familiar with Machine Safety Design principles per ISO 13849 -1&2
• Individuals must be capable of executing project assignments, in a cross-functional team based environment
• Rigor in experimental execution and analysis
• Experience designing and implementing industrial communication technologies (Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, Profinet)

Qualifications

• Available for significant travel, primarily domestic, to multiple locations to support business needs. International travel could be required as well