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This role applies a start-to-finish systems approach, ensuring upstream and downstream processes, product characteristics, equipment capabilities, operating conditions, utilities, and customer requirements are understood and incorporated into the final solution.\nThe Systems Engineer partners with Applications Engineering, Project Management, vendors, customers, and internal engineering teams to deliver safe, reliable, efficient, and maintainable integrated systems.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\nSystem and Process Engineering\nAnalyze the complete customer process, including upstream and downstream operations, rather than focusing only on NCC’s immediate scope of supply.\nUnderstand how product reaches the NCC system, how upstream equipment operates, and how system stops or interruptions affect product and production flow.\nDevelop and refine process flow diagrams and sequences of operation.\nEvaluate product presentation requirements, including rate, temperature, orientation, spacing, accumulation, metering, transfers, inspection, labeling, and sanitation.\nDefine shutdown, clearing, recovery, restart, overflow, rejection, and product reintroduction requirements.\nIdentify bottlenecks, failure points, capacity limitations, and opportunities for alternatives or redundancy.\nPerform system-level risk analysis and identify integration concerns early in the engineering process.\nProduct and Packaging Analysis\nReview customer product and packaging specifications and validate their suitability for the proposed application.\nEvaluate actual and potential variations in package dimensions, squareness, material composition, stiffness, thickness, construction, and condition.\nConsider the effects of machine setup, time, temperature, humidity, environment, and material variability on package performance.\nEstablish acceptable product and package tolerances for reliable system operation.\nEvaluate package conditions including glued, heat-sealed, taped, shrink-wrapped, open, or damaged packaging.\nApplication and Equipment Engineering\nEvaluate and select appropriate equipment, including conveyors, case packers, erectors, sealers, printers, labelers, inspection equipment, metering devices, transfers, accumulation equipment, and automated handling devices.\nReview equipment footprint, function, orientation, nominal and ultimate rates, belt speeds, product spacing, pack pressure, transfers, utilities, and operating limitations.\nEvaluate operator access, maintenance access, operator stations, and consumable loading and staging requirements.\nEvaluate environmental and sanitation requirements, including food-processing, wash-down, non-wash-down, sanitary, and food-contact applications as applicable.\nReview customer preferred vendor lists, mechanical and electrical specifications, application requirements, and NCC engineering standards.\nReview vendor exceptions, exclusions, and non-conformities for project impact.\nSystem Layout and Design\nDevelop and review system layout drawings using AutoCAD.\nDetermine equipment placement, elevations, operator and maintenance access, utility clearances, and material flow.\nDesign conveyor functions for transport, accumulation, gapping, zero-pressure accumulation, metering, orientation, and justification.\nEngineer product transfers using appropriate solutions such as dead plates, roller transfers, nose belts, pushers, plows, and powered transfers.\nIdentify and number conveyors, equipment, and devices using established NCC drawing conventions.\nMaintain appropriate AutoCAD layers for conveyors, equipment, devices, utilities, floor-level equipment, and elevated equipment.\nEnsure all drawing entities are created in model space, with borders, dimensions, legends, and general notes maintained in paper space.\nMaintain current vendor equipment blocks and carefully manage embedded blocks, duplicate block names, and revision-controlled drawing content.\nControls and Utility Coordination\nIdentify and document system devices, including photo eyes, proximity switches, level sensors, pressure switches, limit switches, solenoids, stops, pushers, powered transfers, plows, motors, and disconnects.\nCoordinate preliminary device tags, wire-number placeholders, I/O designations, and final numbering with Electrical Engineering.\nIdentify plant utility requirements, including power, compressed air, and Ethernet connections.\nIdentify secondary power, pneumatic, and communication connections within the NCC system.\nReview equipment and system Lockout/Tagout requirements, utility access, plant air connections, filtration, regulation, and safety dump requirements.\nCoordinate device layouts, I/O requirements, schematics, and system functionality with Electrical Engineering.\nProject Engineering and Execution\nParticipate in formal project handoff reviews with Applications Engineering, Project Management, and Project Engineering.\nReview the process flow, system layout, sequence of operation, estimating workbook, equipment specifications, purchased components, conveyors, devices, and special functions.\nConfirm product flow requirements, including speeds, rates, accumulation, percentage of empty space, metering, overflow, rejection, reintroduction, and catch-up rates.\nRefine the sequence of operation based on the approved process flow, completed system layout, and device layout.\nMaintain project engineering actions and support the Action Registry Log or other assigned tracking tools.\nReview vendor drawings and documentation for compliance with system and project requirements.\nIdentify scope gaps, engineering conflicts, non-conformities, and project risks and communicate them to appropriate stakeholders.\nSupport system troubleshooting, commissioning, and project execution as required.\nQualifications\nEducation and Experience\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred.\nAn equivalent combination of technical education and relevant automation or system integration experience may be considered.\nExperience in automation, conveyor systems, material handling, packaging equipment, or industrial system integration preferred.\nExperience integrating multi-equipment automated systems and working with OEM or third-party equipment vendors is highly desirable.\nExperience in food, packaging, manufacturing, distribution, or similar automated production environments is beneficial.\nTechnical Skills\nProficiency with AutoCAD and industrial system layout development.\nStrong understanding of conveyor systems, automated material handling, packaging processes, and equipment integration.\nAbility to interpret customer specifications, process flow diagrams, technical drawings, and vendor documentation.\nUnderstanding of sensors, motors, pneumatic devices, industrial controls, electrical interfaces, and utility requirements.\nWorking knowledge of throughput, accumulation, metering, product spacing, transfers, and production flow.\nAbility to understand, develop, and refine sequences of operation.\nFamiliarity with Lockout/Tagout principles and industrial safety requirements.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel.\nCore Competencies\n\nSystems thinking and end-to-end process analysis\n\nTechnical documentation\n\nMechanical and technical aptitude\n\nCross-functional collaboration\n\nProblem solving and analytical thinking\n\nProject and priority management\n\nAttention to detail\n\nCustomer-focused engineering\n\nRisk identification and mitigation\n\nClear verbal and written communication\n\nEquipment and process integration\n\nAccountability and ownership\n\nKey Expectations\nThe successful Systems Engineer will approach each project as an integrated system rather than a collection of individual pieces of equipment. The engineer is expected to understand what happens before product enters the NCC system, how product and packaging variability may affect performance, how NCC equipment interacts with upstream and downstream operations, and how the complete system responds during normal production, shutdown, restart, accumulation, recovery, and abnormal conditions.\nThis role requires an engineer who looks beyond stated specifications, validates assumptions, anticipates variation, and designs for real-world operating conditions.\nNCC Automated Systems is an equal opportunity employer. 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