Controls Engineer — Optical Fiber Equipment (ESOP)

ITAC; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

401k & ESOP

Life Insurance

Short & Long-Term Disability

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Professional Development

Wellness Program

Safety Incentive Program

24/7 Chaplain Care

Job summary

ITAC, a nationwide ENR-ranked design firm, seeks a Controls Engineer to join our team and lead multi-discipline projects on optical fiber manufacturing equipment. The position is on-site at the client site in Wilmington, NC.

You will specify, test, and integrate controls hardware and software, collaborate with design and manufacturing, and deliver robust automation solutions to improve product attributes, cost, and throughput.

Qualifications

• B.S. Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or similar with 2+ years manufacturing experience.
• Understanding of electrical theory and instrumentation including meters, oscilloscopes, function generators, power supplies.
• Control system programming capability (PLC, motion control, safety devices, high level languages).
• Demonstrated capability to integrate field devices for flow control, motion control, temperature control, and associated safety systems into an overall controls package.
• Familiarity with electrical system design including control panel layouts, component selection, and schematics.
• Strong experimental, instrumentation, control, and analytic skills to ensure data produced is valid and traceable.
• Self-starter with strong independent work ethic.
• Attention to detail with excellent organizational skill.
• Ability to work interactively with cross functional teams with ties to Research and Early-Stage Development and Manufacturing.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Use established fundamentals of electrical and controls engineering to identify concepts for control of manufacturing equipment; and design, build and test selected concepts as an individual and in teams to enable improved and new manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Specify, integrate, test, and validate controls hardware and software.
• Collaborate with equipment design, processing equipment deployment, and manufacturing receivers during later stages of technology development.

Skills

Electrical theory & instrumentation

PLC & motion control programming

Field device integration

Electrical panel design & schematics

Instrumentation & analytics

Independent work ethic

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Excellent communication

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or Similar

Job description

ITAC, a nationwide ENR-ranked design firm, seeks a Controls Engineer to join our team and lead multi-discipline projects on optical fiber manufacturing equipment. The position is on-site at the client site in Wilmington, NC.

You will specify, test, and integrate controls hardware and software, collaborate with design and manufacturing, and deliver robust automation solutions to improve product attributes, cost, and throughput.