Structured Text PLC Programmer/Controls Engineer, Greater New York

Job Description

PLC Programming/Controls Engineer, Greater New York City Area

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Are you energized by automation? Do you get enthusiastic about complex problems? Are you able to create innovative and precise programming solutions? Are you able to travel globally, with approximately 10% of the work year overnight?

If you can answer these questions affirmatively, you should join our client’s team. They are located in Hawthorne, NY, and are a worldwide manufacturer of leading-edge inspection equipment and an engineering solutions provider. These technologies serve the food, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. The solutions/machines challenge seal and container integrity non-destructively in-line and offline.

What’s in it for you? In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package (benefits include family medical, FSA, short & long term disability, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and Maternity/Paternity leave, a safe harbor 401K (offers 4% to your 5% contribution), vacation starts with 2 weeks, with the run-up to 3-weeks vacation over 5 years service, and 4 weeks vacation over 10 years service), the position offers perks and an opportunity to work in the following culture:

40 hour work weeks, 8-5 (Office cleared out by 6 PM)

Any weekend work gets the employee a comp day

Summer hours

Lunch and learns

Social events

A lounge that is often holding ping pong tournaments

A highly collaborative work environment

An intelligent team of employees

Global mindset, global travel

A motivated, creative, and technically intelligent professional is being sought to provide programming skills for sensory technology applications. It is expected that 80% of the time you will be programming PLCs and other control systems. The client is only interested in candidates who experience satisfaction in developing robust PLC-based solutions.

Candidates must meet these minimum requirements:

Must have legal permission to work in the U.S. and have a valid passport.

Degree from a two-year secondary education program.

Project management experience.

PLC programming “from scratch” capability.

Working with robots and/or vision systems.

Experience with selecting and integrating sensors and actuators.

Expertise using various protocols to integrate/network between control systems.

Experience with project release, installation, and commissioning.

Working well with a team of controls engineers and/or mentoring.

The best candidates will meet the minimum requirements and may have the following talents:

Multi-lingual

B.S. or Advanced degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Knowledge of data integrity and experience with 21CFR part 11

Experience with Servo motors, Stepper motors, HMI

Experience with control systems from SAIA Burgess Controls, Beckhoff, Allen Bradley, and Automation Direct

Experience with robotic systems from Staubli and Yaskawa

Experience with vision systems from Cognex and Keyence

Experience with Festo pneumatic smart controllers and Schneider Lexium Drives

Programming for a capital equipment business

Writing structured, well documented, “bug-free”, PLC code in any of the five International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) standard languages (Ladder Diagram (LD), Instruction List (IL), Function Block Diagram (FBD), Structured Text (ST), and Sequential Function Chart (SFC))

Experience with software version control & management

Upon joining the team, you could provide a comprehensive solution to your customer. The solution will conform to ASTM and other regulatory standards. The solution may have required the development of a test method, the design, and manufacture of a machine, and the validation that the equipment achieves the intended purpose.