Controls Application Engineer

DESCRIPTION:

This technical professional reports to the Engineering Manager. Responsibilities: apply standard engineering techniques to design, develop and maintain instrumentation or controls systems.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Multi-disciplinary position responsible for design, operation, installation.
• Basic electrical understanding of valves, limit switches and general hardware.
• Automates manufacturing processes through use of instrumentation or controls systems
• Develops new or modifies existing systems, interfaces or embedded controls
• Participates in setup and commissioning or new equipment or upgrading of current equipment
• Troubleshoots and resolves malfunctions and makes recommendation of improvements
• Provide continuous improvement to controls systems throughout plant
• Support engineering and maintenance for advanced troubleshooting
• Operate, upgrade and maintain data acquisition system hardware
• Create Schematics for new instrumentation
• Write procedures to address both routine tasks as well as off nominal troubleshooting steps

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS:

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 2-5 years of professional experience with instrumentation and controls systems
• 2-5 years of professional experience with manufacturing in semi-conductor industry
• Experience in the following fields, robotics, automotive, communication systems or process type industrial systems
• Experience with one or more of the following electrical test equipment: oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies
• Experience in Python, SQL, HTML, Java, and MS Excel
• Experience with programmable logic controllers (PLC)
• Experience with OPC-UA Framework
• Ability to interpret a variety prints and technical drawings.
• 5 or more years of designing test and automated systems
• Knowledge of test equipment (DMM, Power supplies, thermal chambers, PXI, sensors etc.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS WHILE PERFORMING THE JOB:

• for extended periods of time, , walking, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, or bending to the floor; use hands to finger, handle or feel parts and materials; reach with hands and arms and overhead; and talk and/or hear instructions and equipment sounds.
• Occasionally .
• Lifting and/or moving items up to 40 pounds.
• Close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to differentiate shades and color to identify coating defects.
• Near acuity or accommodation required for reading instrumentation and documentation, dial and digital gauges, blueprints, and precision measuring instruments used in the inspection of coating operations.
• Ability to handle delicate parts.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF THE JOB:

• Regularly exposed to moving equipment, mechanical parts, ovens, and risk of burns.
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
• High noise levels from operating machines.
• The employee will be required to use personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent exposure to hazardous materials commonly used in a manufacturing environment (i.e., safety glasses and shoes, gloves, ear plugs/covers, mask, cleanroom suit).
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• Approximately 80/20 office and shop floor environment.
• Low noise levels in office environment.
• High noise levels while working near operating machines.
• Physical hazards while working near moving equipment and mechanical parts.
• Possible breathing of fumes, odors, dust, and mist.