Controls Software Designer

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Controls Software Designer

Summary
The controls software design engineer is an experienced and disciplined position focused on all aspects of control software design including PLC, HMI, Servo, VFD and commissioning. The position is responsible for executing design with an approach that is efficient and complete. Design tasks are assigned by the design leader with a timeline and budgeted hours that are expected to be met. The company has a well-defined design process that includes phase gates and checklists that are required to be followed without exception. The controls software design engineer is expected to perform the job with a continuous awareness of the effect their work on all other disciplines in the engineering and build of the systems. Good communication and cooperation with peers and management is a persistent requirement for this position.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Requires Knowledge of Electrical and Pneumatic systems.
• Engineering Degree, Formal Technical Training, Electrical or Pipefitter Journeyman
• Control Systems experience
• Ability to design electrical & pneumatic systems using AutoCAD or equivalent.
• Ability to Construct system Bill of Materials.
• Ability to develop software applications for
• PLC Systems
• HMI Systems
• Servo & CNC programs
• Fieldbus Commissioning
• Ability to read, comprehend, and follow/implement specific customer standards relating to controls
design.
• Ability to commission / debug automation systems.
• Ability to interface with mechanical Design, shop trades and customers.
• Ability to communicate professionally.
• Must be able to use the Microsoft suite of products. i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Assists in helping monitor project delivery dates, changes and standards with both in-house and outsourced
designs.
• Ensures engineering compliance and company awareness with all customer specifications.
• Works directly with hardware designers/follow-up team and project management providing software
support and single point of contact for deliverables to and from the software group.
• Develops standardized software tools and designs.
• Understands and follows safety & environmental regulations and identifies safety/environmental concerns.
• Adheres to the Quality System and participates in continuous improvement.
Supervisory Responsibilities

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Confidentiality
This position performs a variety of highly specialized and confidential financial and administrative duties in support of an organizational unit having multiple departments or a single function of similar scope of service.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university; or two to four years related experience and/or training;
or equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred Bachelor's degree (EE, CS).
Language Skills
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and CAD annotations and tolerances.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure
manuals.
Computer Skills
• Proficient in Microsoft applications including Outlook, Word, “MS Excel”, PowerPoint.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and
permutations.
Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; and use hands to finger,
handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or
move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.