Lead Controls Engineer - End-to-End Machine Controls

Adaptec Solutions LLC; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

11 paid holidays

Health plans

Dental and vision insurance

HSA/FSA accounts

401(k) match

Disability coverage

Life/AD&D insurance

Education assistance

Job summary

Adaptec Solutions LLC is seeking a Controls Engineer III to own controls design for complex machines and multi-station cells, leading from design through commissioning. You will define architectures, review device lists, and validate safety functions while mentoring junior engineers.

The role requires leading on-site debugging and commissioning, coordinating PLC/HMI programming across platforms, and traveling to customer sites about 25% of the time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• 4–7 years owning complex machine or cell controls.
• Experience with recovery, abnormal handling and cross-system integration.
• Leadership in on-site debug, commissioning and acceptance.
• Proficient on more than one PLC/HMI platform.
• Experience evaluating safety schemes and validating safety functions.
• Mentoring less experienced engineers; contributing reusable modules.

Responsibilities

• Own controls design for complex machines and integrated multi-station cells.
• Determine control architecture and review the device list.
• Evaluate the safety scheme; participate in hazard risk assessment and validate safety functions.
• Define PLC program structure and outline; advanced use of UDT and AOI.
• Own HMI concept and outline for a cell.
• Design network topology and addressing; integrate robots and third-party equipment.
• Determine power requirements and panel sizing; approve the electrical BOM.
• Lead sequence validation, manual and auto mode runs, and fault recovery.
• Run commissioning debug and electrical install validation.
• Assign and review Controls Engineer I and II work; serve as named reviewer on code and drawings.
• Estimate a machine or cell and participate in project risk assessment.
• Contribute reusable modules to the library and own a guide family or annex.
• Travel to customer sites to lead debug, commissioning and customer acceptance — approximately 25% of time.

Skills

Control systems design

PLC/HMI programming

Hazard risk assessment

Commissioning on-site

Mentoring engineers

Travel to customer sites

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

4–7 years owning complex machine or cell controls

Tools

Multiple PLC/HMI platforms

Electrical BOM review

Job description

Adaptec Solutions LLC is seeking a Controls Engineer III to own controls design for complex machines and multi-station cells, leading from design through commissioning. You will define architectures, review device lists, and validate safety functions while mentoring junior engineers.

The role requires leading on-site debugging and commissioning, coordinating PLC/HMI programming across platforms, and traveling to customer sites about 25% of the time.