Industrial Controls Engineer/Principal Industrial Controls Engineer
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate (EEO, etc). Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Relocation assistance may be available
- Clearance required for start: No
- Clearance type: Secret
- Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Description: At Northrop Grumman ... (some paragraphs). Then "Industrial Controls, Electrical Engineer Description: ..." (the actual job description). Then "What's Great About This Job:" paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of tasks (starting with "Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the tasks outlined below:" then bullet list). Many bullet items.
- Then "The chosen candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; be able to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high visibility environment; and work well as part of a team."
- Then "This requisition may be filled as an Industrial Controls Engineer or a Principal Industrial Controls Engineer based on the qualifications listed below."
- Then Basic Qualifications For An Industrial Controls Engineer (level 2): list.
- Then Basic Qualifications for a Principal Industrial Controls Engineer (level 3): list.
- Then Preferred Qualifications For Both Levels: list.
- Then Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $131,400.00
- Secondary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00
- Then paragraph about salary range etc.
- Then benefits paragraph: "In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business."
- Also earlier: "Relocation assistance may be available" (maybe part of Benefits? but we can include in Benefits or a separate note). Also "Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time" maybe schedule? Travel is not schedule but could be in a "Travel" section but we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Travel could go under Schedule? Not exactly. Could be under About the role? Probably include in About the role as a note.
- Clearance: "CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret". This is a requirement (security clearance). Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Probably under Requirements.
- US Citizenship required.
We need to decide sections.
We have:
- About the role: could include description paragraph(s) about the role, what's great about this job, maybe relocation assistance, travel, clearance, citizenship.
- Responsibilities: the bullet list.
- Requirements: maybe basic qualifications? But we also have Qualifications section for preferred? The instructions: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications. Likely Requirements = basic qualifications (mandatory). Qualifications = preferred qualifications. Skills could be separate but we may not have explicit skills list besides those in qualifications. Could combine.
We need to avoid thin sections. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (basic qualifications), Qualifications (preferred), Benefits, Pay. Possibly Schedule not needed (no schedule info). Travel could be in About the role.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual salary ranges, so Pay section is valid.
We must not repeat job title.
We must preserve all substantive info. So we need to include relocation assistance, clearance type, travel percent, citizenship requirement, description paragraphs, responsibilities bullet list, basic qualifications for both levels, preferred qualifications, benefits, salary ranges, plus note about salary determination, overtime, shift differential, bonus, long term incentives, etc.
We also need to include the note about "This requisition may be filled as an Industrial Controls Engineer or a Principal Industrial Controls Engineer based on the qualifications listed below." That's part of Requirements/Qualifications context.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences.
Let's craft.
Structure:
About the role
... description paragraphs ...
Maybe include bullet list for key facts? But we can embed in. We need to include relocation assistance, clearance type, travel, citizenship. Let's extract description paragraphs: First paragraph: "At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history." Second: "Industrial Controls, Electrical Engineer Description: Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems is seeking an Electrical Controls Engineer for Advanced Manufacturing. This position focuses on automation control and robotic systems used in electronics and mechanical manufacturing, assembly, and packaging. Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, equipment, systems, and networks. Designs electrical equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes. Architect, implement, and harden the digital backbone that connects PLCs, HMIs, edge gateways, and data analytics across our global manufacturing footprint. The job blends classic control engineering with industrial networking, AI enabled optimization, edge computing, and DevSecOps to create resilient, observable, and secure automation ecosystems." Third: "What's Great About This Job: You will be part of the Manufacturing Automation and Controls team that is pursuing sector Automation and Industry 4.0/Digital Thread efforts. This includes interfacing with the teams developing the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and our Plant Connectivity and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) infrastructure. You will use your innovation and creativity to design automation solutions that will revolutionize manufacturing execution and have a sector level impact." We can combine these into About the role. Add note: Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance: Secret (not required for start). Travel: 10% of the time. US Citizenship required. Now Responsibilities: we have a long list after "Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the tasks outlined below:" then bullet items each starting with a capital letter and ending with period. We need to wrap each in
- ... etc.
We must preserve all bullet items exactly as given (maybe minor punctuation). Let's copy them.
List:
- Lead troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance activities on PLC, material handling equipment, and robotics
- Troubleshooting & editing Siemens Step 7 (Siemens PLC’s), OMRON, Beckhoff, and Allen Bradley controllers and (Tag) architecture
- Programming Improvements in FANUC Robotics hardware/software systems
- Execute modernizations, extensions, and modifications according to specifications and/or sketches of electrical drawings. If necessary, adjust PLC programming and utilize PLC to troubleshoot issues (IEC 61131-3)
- Reviews installation layouts, mechanical prints and electrical schematic drawings.
- Design of control/electrical panel layouts with tight integrations to custom equipment, conveyors and robotics.
- Performs in-house testing on control components and systems. Performs equipment tests at vendor site as needed.
- Assists with panel wiring and mechanical assembly to meet project schedules
- Provides manager and lead project engineer with timely status reports of projects.
- Identify and analyze errors and malfunctions as they relate to the items below: Intermittent/inconsistent electrical and mechanical failures on production equipment PLC’s, 24v control circuits, 480v 3phase systems, 4-20ma circuits, VFD’s, PC controllers, and fieldbus technology/control technology
- Developing and evaluating vendor equipment statement of work, quotes, design, installation, and facility testing to meet Mission Systems Automation and Enterprise Software Platform (PLM/ERP/MES/Mfg. Bus) requirements
- Review of machine vision systems (Equip. And Software) in multiple configurations in production environments for higher volume products to identify and implement automation opportunities
- Factory Support Maintain equipment-monitoring systems for machine uptime, efficiency, quality, process stability and capability.
- Recommend and implement controls, sensors, electromechanical and/or automation improvements for manufacturing & Machine Vision automation systems.
- Development, validation, and maintenance of automation and controls systems equipment, programming, and data transfer systems
- Creating new training materials and teaching new personnel on training materials
- Solving manufacturing problems related to sensors, robots, motion, vision, equipment, data in a timely manner
- Working with vendors, managing electrical Controls projects, and ensuring systems meet safety standards and regulations
- Supporting/Cross Training factory technicians and maintenance personnel with the troubleshooting and repair of process equipment.
Note: Some bullets have missing punctuation; we keep as is.
After that paragraph: "The chosen candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; be able to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high visibility environment; and work well as part of a team." This could be part of Requirements or Skills. We'll treat as Skills maybe.
Now Requirements (basic qualifications) for both levels. We have two sets: Industrial Controls Engineer (level 2) and Principal Industrial Controls Engineer (level 3). We need to include both. Could combine under Requirements with subheadings? But we only allowed headings as listed; we could embed paragraphs describing both.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the bullet list of basic qualifications for level 2 and level 3. They are quite similar except years of experience.
We could present as:
Requirements
Industrial Controls Engineer (Level 2): Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other related STEM area and at least 2+ years of relevant professional experience OR a Master's degree in a STEM area and at least 1 year of relevant professional experience.
- Experience with programming PLC’s per IEC 61131-3 (Examples: ladder logic, function block diagram and structured text) ... etc (list all items)