Senior Controls Engineer

Sharp Services, LLC; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp Services, LLC is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to design, program and qualify industrial and serialization control systems. The role involves PLC/HMI development, data configuration, and coordinating with clients, vendors and internal teams.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with Allen-Bradley, Siemens and B&R PLCs, plus strong IT/OT networking and vision system know-how. Responsibilities include installation, validation, and reporting to ensure compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in pharmaceutical packaging, electrical controls and serialization is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens and B&R PLCs and related software.

Responsibilities

• Design and qualification of control systems and serialization configurations.
• Create electrical schematics, control panel layouts and component selection.
• Mentor engineers and technicians, and interface with clients and vendors.
• Install, commission and support validation activities for equipment.
• Generate EPCIS/site data reports for analysis and compliance.
• Ensure data formats and standards across Sharp systems.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI development

Vision systems

Serialization

Industrial controls

IT/OT networking

VB scripting

SQL scripting

Data configuration

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley/Rockwell

Siemens

B&R PLCs

Job description

By combining our skills and efforts, at Sharp, we multiply what we can achieve. Teamwork is more than a concept here, it’s a core value. We create space for cross-functional teams to work together to solve complex challenges and we recognize and celebrate successful collaborations. Ready to be part of this?

The Senior Controls Engineer position supports the electrical engineering / serialization group with respect to the design, programming, documentation, qualification and configuration of control systems, serialization systems and master data configuration tasks.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Creates electrical schematics, control panel layouts and design/select the necessary components for industrial and automation controls and serialization automation systems and machinery. Has design expertise with respect to machine power requirements, industrial controls circuitry and integration as well as IT/OT networking.
• Designs, creates, implements and supports the qualification of programs and configurations for industrial and automation controls and serialization systems such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), Optical Character Verification/Recognition (OCV/OCR) Vision Systems, Barcode Graders/Verifiers and Frequency, Stepper and Servo Drives and Motor Controls.
• Familiarity with field instrumentation and machine safety designs and implementation.
• Provides technical guidance and mentorship for Engineers and Engineering Technicians.
• Interfaces directly with Sharp clients, Sharp vendors and other internal Sharp groups to implement systems designs such that all Sharp compliance, validation and data integrity requirements are met.
• Executes and manages equipment installation and commissioning activities and supports Sharp validation groups with respect to equipment qualification.
• Support both Engineers and Engineering Technicians with respect to the accuracy of product and serialization configurations and master data that has been entered into all Sharp systems from the Sharp EPCIS systems to the Sharp line level systems.
• Generate and provide reports based upon EPCIS and site level data to allow for analysis, decision-making, troubleshooting and compliance purposes.
• Ensure all entered data follows consistent formatting and standards, based upon existing Sharp procedures, to maintain uniformity and facilitate easy data retrieval and analysis.
• Supports a department head assigned roster of Sharp clients with respect to serialization technical and documentation requirements. Executes serialization and controls related tasks based upon the agreed and established technical and documentation requirements.
• Authors and/or reviews engineering and GMP documentation such as SOPs, Work Instructions, PLTs, MPRs, Master Data Configurations and Investigations related to industrial and automation controls and serialization automation systems and machinery.
• Able to design and utilize both VB (Visual Basic) and SQL scripting for vision tools execution and database tools for complaints and investigations.

PREFERRED / REQUIRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

10+ years of pharmaceutical packaging, electrical controls and serialization experience is preferred along with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or a combined equivalent of experience and education. Proficiency in Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens and B&R PLC's, Vision Systems, and other machine-control systems and their respective software applications.