Engineer Sr, Controls

Posted 15 Days Ago
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East Pittsburgh, PA
Senior level
Semiconductor • Renewable Energy
The Role
The Sr. Controls Engineer is responsible for maintaining and supporting production data acquisition systems, troubleshooting production equipment, managing automation projects, and developing programming solutions for SCADA/HMI/PLC systems. They will also conduct research for upgrades and maintain database backups.
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At Eos, we believe in great chemistry. The combination of core elements into an amazing product and the mixture of skills into a unified team. We seek the best talent to just us in our mission to bring affordable, sustainable, clean energy to all. Come change the world with us.

Summary

A Sr. Controls Engineer is required to maintain and support current data acquisition systems across the production floor. They are responsible for assisting operations, manufacturing engineering and/or maintenance at any given time on troubleshooting and recovering any down production equipment. This position is required to self-manage projects on system or equipment upgrades with other departments and report status to Manager on weekly/daily basis.

Responsibilities

  • Effectively Troubleshoot Electrical, PLC/HMI and networking issues when equipment is down for production.

  • Self-managing multiple medium-to-large scale automation projects simultaneously in a timely manner. Report status on weekly basis.

  • Participate in designing, development and maintaining company automation standard in SCADA/HMI/PLC programming.

  • Develop full scale electrical/networking diagram for large scale project in AutoCAD or SolidWorks. Develop technical documentation such as Technical User Manual and Detailed Designed Specification documents.

  • Continuous research with automation vendor on sensors, controls and testing equipment for potential projects and upgrades on existing automation systems.

  • Maintain, update and backup SQL and Historian database for Enterprise operation on weekly basis.

  • Design, develop, test and maintain automation solutions in electrical and software across various process areas.

  • Responsible in troubleshooting a live Energy Cube (1000 volt DC) electrical connection and components issues with multimeter.

  • Troubleshoot and upgrade AC-DC Inverters and/or DC Power Supplies for Energy Cube Testing.

  • Be able to work on PLC/HMI/SCADA/Server/Electrical applications at anytime, sometimes remotely (Night, Weekend, or holiday) aligned with production downtime.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Excellent communication and technical documentation skills.

  • Able to design, develop, test and maintain large scale automation solutions.

  • Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience with PLC and HMI or SCADA programming.

  • Minimum 5 years of Robotic Arm programming experience interfacing with PLC, preferred Fanuc programming skills.

  • Minimum 5 years of experience with Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, RS485 and CIP Safety protocols.

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in hands-on 24VDC, 120VAC, 480VAC troubleshooting. 

  • Comfortable of troubleshooting 1000VDC electrical circuitry and components.

  • Proficient experience in Allen Bradley (Rockwell Automation) PLC/HMI/SCADA, Fanuc Robot Arms, MES, Historian Server and SQL Database solution experiences.

  • Certificate in Lean-Six-Sigma and High level language programming experience such as C++ will be a plus. 

  • Proficient of LOTO procedure and GAMP 5 Guidelines.

  • Good understanding in NEC, IBC and NFPA.

  • Good communication and documentation skills with MS Office product in URS, FRS, DDS and FAT Process.

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechatronic Engineering required

  • Minimum 8 years of related experience required

Travel

  • Local and overnight travel within North America may be required less than 10% of the time.

Working Conditions

Office Environment - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

May be required to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

 

Factory - The worker may be subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, vibration, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to temperature changes or exposure to chemicals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, odors, dust, mists, and gases. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

 

Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes

 

Machinery operation requires the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, work boots, and lab coats.

May be required to exert up to 40 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Top Skills

Autocad
C++
Ethernet/Ip
Fanuc
Hmi
Modbus Tcp
Plc
Rs485
Scada
Solidworks
SQL
The Company
HQ: Edison, NJ
239 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

Since our founding in 2008, Eos Energy Enterprises has been on a mission to accelerate the shift to clean energy with positively ingenious solutions that transform how the world stores power. Our breakthrough Znyth® aqueous zinc battery was designed to overcome the limitations of conventional lithium-ion technology. Safe, scalable, efficient, sustainable—and manufactured in the U.S.—it’s the core of our innovative systems that today provide utility, industrial, and commercial customers with a proven, reliable energy storage alternative.

But that’s just the start of how we plan to make a positive impact. Forging our ambition, originality, and resourcefulness into something that’s ever more ingenious, that resets how great is defined and forever alters the way things work, is what we strive to do each day. It’s how we imagine, make, and hone clean energy storage solutions that defy convention to not only get the job done, but to do it better.

Join us. With ingenuity, we can build a more positive future powered by abundant and affordable clean energy. Visit eose.com to learn more.

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