Senior Controls Engineer

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Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

Your Role:

The Senior Controls Engineer will provide process controls engineering support for EMD Electronics globally. The successful candidate will become a member of the Technology Solutions team within Process Development Engineering. Technology development services will be distributed among large capital projects, process improvements in existing plants, and general process controls systems engineering. The typical job starts in early process development phases and ends with the start-up of the new facilities on site.

The principal accountabilities include the design and application of logic controls in chemical process development and manufacturing plants. The full package includes e.g. instrumentation, software engineering and coding, and control systems architecture and hardware design under consideration of plant safety and cyber security aspects.

You are able to grasp complex interrelations and to translate quality and system dynamics requirements into innovative and robust technical solutions. You are keen to contribute in medium-sized interdisciplinary, global teams of specialists and you use your process industries background for the design of control architectures in collabo­ration with process engineers. You are curious and motivated to be part of worldwide, cross functional teams in development, project management and operational functions.

The preferred locations for this role are Allentown, PA; Carlsbad, CA; or Tempe, AZ.

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in automation, electrical engineering or related fields
• 3+ years of professional experience in process industries
• Proficiency in DCS infrastructure design, software engineering including coding of logic controllers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. in automation, electrical engineering or related fields
• Experience in plant automation programming (DCS/PLC/SCADA) and IT security
• Knowledge in advanced process control technologies and experience in its applications in process industries
• Acumen in process systems engineering
• Experience in Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP 5)
• Experience in application of Process Analytical Technologies or Robotics
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Position requires up to 20% travel, both domestic and international

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!

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