Sr. Controls Engineer

PTI - Packaging Technologies & Inspection; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PTI Corporation in Hawthorne, NY, seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the controls team within PTI’s R&D department, driving the development of precision, non-destructive inspection technologies for packaging applications.

You will lead projects covering pneumatic sensing, automation, and HMI-driven user interfaces, mentoring engineers and coordinating with software and mechanical teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in controls engineering or related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead the controls team on projects ranging from pneumatic and sensory measurement to complex automation.
• Collaborate with software and mechanical engineering teams for integrated solutions.
• Develop, document, train, and release testing of PLC/HMI software and hardware.

Skills

Automation

Robotics

Teamwork

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant field

Tools

Beckhoff

SAIA

Allen-Bradley

Job description

*Voted Best Place to work in Westchester!

The Company: PTI Corporation

PTI - Packaging Technologies & Inspection is headquartered in Hawthorne, New York, a Westchester County community close to New York City. We are a team of engineers, scientists and professionals serving the packaging industry as a leading equipment manufacturer of package inspection equipment for the pharmaceutical, medical devices, food, and container industries.

PTI’s management and R & D team focus has been on developing inspection technologies for the packaging industry that perform with a high degree of precision and reliability, and simplify testing and validation processes in the pharmaceutical, medical device, food and container industries.

PTI’s inspection technologies are non-destructive, non-subjective and provide companies with solutions to improve their quality and process control, while reducing product waste and cost.

As we continue our successful journey, we are looking to add more talented, innovative and dedicated engineers to our team. So, if you are someone who enjoys work because of the sense of accomplishment that it gives you, and if you want to be part of a high impact team working for a global company that is the leader in the Container Closure Integrity testing industry, then contact us, because working at PTI is not just a job….it’s a passion!

The Team: PTI R&D Department

This position is as a team member of PTI’s R&D Department, which is responsible for designing and developing the most sophisticated non-destructive container closure system inspection technologies in the world.

The Role: Senior Controls Engineer

Description:

Are you a dynamic thinker? Do you gravitate towards sensory technologies and their application? Do you have a strong understanding of both electro-mechanical engineering and software? Do you like interaction design?

If you answered the above questions affirmatively, you may be a fit for this position. PTI is seeking someone deeply interested in leading the controls team in projects ranging from basic pneumatic and sensory measurement to complex automation projects. The role is in constant collaboration within the controls team as well as between software and mechanical engineering.

PTI is an equipment manufacturer that engages in both bench-top inspection solutions as well as large scale automated systems. The primary technical focus of the position is to ensure the measurement accuracy of the system, reliable operation through controls systems design, and developing efficient user interactions with the equipment through HMI’s and other graphical means. The primary leadership focus is on leading both controls and research engineers in their projects and assignments and professional development as part of PTI’s Leadership Team.

The role is positioned on PTI’s R&D team, focused on leading a team responsible for the development of new applications and custom engineering to help support the food, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries with leading edge engineering and a focus on critical packaging applications.

The employee will be responsible for leading the team in designing, selecting, and implementing components and developing the logic for PTI’s proprietary technologies as well as programming, documenting, training and release testing of finalized technologies to the various industries PTI supports.

Keywords:

• PLC/HMI Programming (Beckhoff, SAIA, Allen-Bradley) (structured text, instruction list, ladder logic and function block)
• Automation
• Robotic Controls and Theory (Staubli, Yaskawa)
• Wiring Design (AC and DC circuits)
• Quality
• GMP/GDP
• Teamwork
• Critical Thinking & Effective decision making

Requirements:

• · 10+ years of job experience
• · Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant field
• · Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employer visa sponsorship

ALL qualified applicants will receive consideration. PTI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.