Principal/Sr Principal Controls Engineer 3/4

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Clearfield (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

Northrop Grumman, Space Systems, is currently seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Controls Engineer to support our Process Engineering team at the Clearfield Utah facility and SLC Copper Crossing Facility. The selected candidate will support the Case Value Stream.

Responsibilities Include:

• Integrate equipment for robotics, PLC’s, servo drives, and instrumentation.
• Program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) to control a variety of processes, machine tools, and robotics. Allen Bradley PLC and HMI programming experience preferred.
• Work with the Process Owner and Operation Personnel to test new/modified PLC/HMI programs prior to Implementation.
• Work with the process owner to optimize the control system with process improvements.
• Develop automated recipes to error proof the system and reduce operator variability for process specific parts.
• Integrate process data with Canary Historian / Thingworx / Kepware.
• Provide Line Stoppage Support for PLC controlled processes.
• Program variable frequency drives (VFD) for all types of motor control applications.
• CNC machine troubleshooting and programming.
• Work with Maintenance, Operations, and other Engineers to troubleshoot.
• Work as a team with the Electrical Design / Controls Engineers on upgrades / new controls systems.
• Support various control systems on plant (e.g. presses, autoclaves, mixers)—involving troubleshooting, re-programming, adding software enhancements, etc. in support of Operations.
• Manage upgrades to process related computers.
• Implement secure network connections to manufacturing equipment.
• Work closely with Infrastructure.
• Follow company software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to programming standards and best practice.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, or other closely related technical degree, plus 5+ years of experience in Controls Engineering.
• Position may be filled at a higher level requiring Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, or other closely related technical degree, plus 9+ years of experience in Controls Engineering.
• Strong desire to work with control processes.
• PLC systems and programming experience.
• A desire to support and improve Manufacturing processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Programming
• ThingWorx (JavaScript)
• LabView
• C#
• Ignition
• Allen Bradley Logix 5000 / Studio
• Allen Bradley FTVS HMI
• Beckhoff PLC
• Python
• FANUC robot programming
• Hardware
• Excellent knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC platform(s)
• Knowledge of basic sensors, contactors, relays, VFD, Servo, etc…
• Knowledge of Beckhoff PLC platform(s)
• Networking skills
• VLAN
• Firewall rules
• Troubleshooting