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We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.\nIn this role, you will:\nPerform and direct the design, development, and installation of complex engineering projects.\n\nProvide engineering innovations that will improve process control and product quality.\n\nLead troubleshooting efforts and manage change control processes for PLC programming, serving as the primary expert for implementing modifications and restoring systems to original OEM specifications.\n\nLead PLC integration of data to process data historians (e.g., OSI Pi and IBA).\n\nMaintain a current awareness of the latest technologies in mechanical, electrical, control, and automation systems.\n\nDevelop and implement sustainable solutions to eliminate repetitive equipment failures.\n\nLead and facilitate risk assessment and value analysis to make accurate engineering decisions for repair, replace, or redesign.\n\nInteract and clearly communicate with multiple levels within the organization across departments including finance, procurement, production, maintenance, and senior management.\n\nProvide OT (Operational Technology) support similar to IT functions.\n\nWork closely with automation and data systems to ensure seamless operations and data integrity.\n\nImprove the overall safety of the plant’s equipment and processes.\n\n You have: (required)\nBachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science from an accredited institution.\n5 years’ experience with PLC ladder logic and HMI programming.\nEmployees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.\n\nPreferred Qualifications (in addition to Basic Qualifications)\nDevelopment and troubleshooting utilizing Rockwell Software Suite (rsLogix, Factorytalk View Studio, Motion / servo control).\nExperience with troubleshooting and configuration of hardware for industrial ethernet networks.\nExperience using and configuring OSI PI and or IBA historians for process data.\nExperience with the development of Power BI, SQL queries, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Active Directory, Windows machine staging processes, and Network Management.\nExperience with using Microsoft Project.\nExperience retrofitting and upgrading complex and large-scale control systems.\nExperience with manufacturing execution systems (MES).","description_format":"text","description_chars":2782,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T14:15:49Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 2","filings_12m":2,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":82500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.402,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":141,"expected_fill_days":46,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/arconic-automation-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/arconic-automation-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-05T00:31:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":617,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4383,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"}}}