Senior Controls Manufacturing Engineer

Eaton Corporation; Town of Orchard Park (NY); On-site; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation's Orchard Park, NY facility is seeking a Senior Controls Manufacturing Engineer to design and maintain electrical and semi- automated manufacturing systems, troubleshoot equipment, and ensure safety and quality standards in aerospace applications.

The role includes PLC/HMI programming and implementation, system commissioning, and collaboration with cross- functional teams to meet rigorous requirements. Experience with Rockwell and MES SCADA is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an accredited institution.
• 3 years in PLC programming/troubleshooting and HMI configuration experience.
• Residential requirement: must reside within 50 miles of Orchard Park, NY.

Responsibilities

• Provide production support and troubleshoot control systems; determine root cause and repair equipment.
• Ensure safety policies and standards are followed in production.
• Support lean six sigma and continuous improvement activities.
• Coordinate procurements for electrical materials and equipment.
• Design, develop, and implement PLC and HMI solutions using Rockwell applications.
• Develop and maintain electrical drawings and wiring diagrams.
• Perform system commissioning and start-up; maintain preventive maintenance programs.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI configuration

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Rockwell PLC

SCADA for MES

AutoCAD Electrical

SQL

LabVIEW

Job description

What you’ll do:

Eaton’s IS AER MSD division is currently seeking a Senior Controls Manufacturing Engineer. This role is based at our Orchard Park, NY facility.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Job Summary

Key contributor to the overall success of the production operation. The Sr Manufacturing Engineer-Controls role will design and maintain electrical and semi automated manufacturing systems, troubleshoot equipment, ensure compliance with safety and quality standards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet rigorous Aerospace industry requirements. This includes PLC/HMI programming and implementation.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide Production support as needed. Troubleshoot, determine root cause and repair production equipment as it pertains to control systems in conjunction with Maintenance.


• Ensure Eaton safety policies/standards are practiced in production through proper control systems.


• Support continuous improvement activities through factory cost out, Rapid Improvement Events and other lean six sigma tools.


• Support Engineering change orders, design reviews and update processes where needed.


• Identify CAPEX items including large scale, multi dept/cell items, complete process through local and division approval and implementation.


• Design, develop, and implement PLC and HMI solutions using Rockwell applications.


• Define, request and coordinate the purchase of electrical materials components, equipment and support services for the construction, assembly and conditioning of prototype parts, equipment, and safety systems.


• Design and develop SCADA systems for MES.


• Develop and maintain electrical circuit drawings, various wiring diagrams, power system schematics to document system design.


• Develop and maintain documentation for control systems


• Perform system commissioning and start-up


• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance programs for control systems


• Perform system upgrades and modifications to existing equipment.


• Provide technical support and training for control systems to the ME team and operations which includes proper setup, function and control of equipment.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications

• Bachelors in Electrical technology, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical engineering degree from an accredited institution


• 3 years in PLC programming/troubleshooting and HMI configuration experience and system development


• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Orchard Park, NY to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.


• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.


• “This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.”

Preferred Qualifications

• Labview programming


• Universal Robots/Fanuc/ABB etc.) experience


• 5 years in PLC programming/troubleshooting with Allen Bradley


• SQL


• Visual Basic, C#, and/or Python experience


• AutoCAD Electrical


• SolidWorks


• High Pressure Gas System Experience


• Robotic Welding Experience


• Test and Measurement Experience


• Ethernet/IP, Modbus RTU, and Serial Communication experience

Position Criteria

• PLC/HMI design and development


• SCADA system design and implementation, control system troubleshooting, electrical schematic and diagram dev, Panel layout and construction, Preventative maintenance program development, safety system implementation and support, data acquisition

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