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The lead must work cooperatively with business\npartners to drive key business metrics.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nThe following responsibilities will be carried out directly by the working lead or through their team\nindividuals in their defined areas:\nTechnical\nDesign, develop, and document control and HMI software for blow molding equipment, using advanced concepts and design practices. \nLeads and participates in control system development for new product offerings and control retrofits. \nProvides startup & debug assistance.\nGuide technical activities and develop technical skills within the engineering discipline to ensure operational and customer needs are satisfied\nAnalyze customer specifications to ensure clarity of requirements and end product application\nMaintain new and existing standard equipment designs for future use in similar types of machinery\nEnsure technical processes, procedures, and best practices are defined, documented, and followed in daily activities associated within engineering discipline\nEnsure compliance to specifications and internal design processes\nEnsure new or less experienced staff receive appropriate technical training and mentoring\nCommunicate and document “institutional (tribal) knowledge” to ensure this beneficial information is shared and available to others as the company continues to grow\nTracking of new technological developments and subsequent recommendations in new designs and retrofits\nProvides technical expertise to manufacturing personnel during build and start-up to diagnose and correct software issues. This may occasionally require time on the assembly floor to provide hands-on assistance\nFinancial\nEnsure realistic schedules are developed and successfully executed to approved timelines, scope, and quality constraints\nProvide estimates for timing and cost in support of development activities and other project related initiatives\nIdentify, track, and drive continuous improvement with KPI’s for the department\nPersonnel\nDirects software engineers in the design and startup of controls projects, including PLC programs, HMI programs, Motion programs and Network communications and may personally perform such duties\nAssist in coaching employees and provide feedback with respect to outlined goals and procedures\nAssist in conducting Performance Reviews\nAssist in directing development, and training of personnel\nThis job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or\nresponsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may\nchange at any time with or without notice\nRequirements\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBS in electrical/controls engineering, computer science, software engineering or other engineering\nMinimum of 10 years of experience\nExperience with ground-up controls design for more than one complete machine or DCS\nDemonstrable conceptual understanding of advanced PID control\nExperience with advanced process control a plus (internal model control, feed forward, autotuning of PID parameters)\nExperience with some or all of the following hardware and software: Allen Bradley - SLC and ControlLogix Platforms, FactoryTalk View HMI, PowerFlex drives; B&R Automation Studio, ACOPOS drives, mappView; Siemens - S7 Series PLC, WinCC HMI; Ethernet IP, ProfiNet, and Profibus communication protocols\nACAD or EPLAN electrical design experience. Several years reviewing and troubleshooting electrical schematics an acceptable substitute\nKnowledge of safety circuits\nKnowledge of analog control signals\nKnowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)\nCandidate should be able to work confidently under pressure without direct supervision\nGood communication skills- both written and verbal\nSpecific Technical Qualifications:\nIn depth knowledge of at least one object-oriented programming language or C. Will need to be experienced with pointers or delegates\nWorking knowledge of hydraulic/electric control systems\nExperience with hydraulics, Servo Drives/Motors and Servo Hydraulics\nExperience with B&R control systems and software IDE tools a plus\nIn-depth knowledge of object-oriented programming tools and techniques\nExperience in debugging software/hydraulic/electrical systems. Ability to work with version control a plus\nExperience using Microsoft Visual Studio a plus\nExperience with mappView or other widget-based GUI design software a plus\nWork Environment\nOffice / Manufacturing environment. Employee may be occasionally exposed to moving equipment,\nmechanical parts in motion, risk of shock and other hazards associated with a manufacturing environment\nsuch as overhead cranes, welding, machining, painting etc.\nTravel / Customer Support. Employee will occasionally provide customer support and guidance remotely\nor onsite. Aside from technical capability, the employee must have interpersonal skills commensurate with\nexpectations for a field service technician who also promotes product sales and further services.\nIdeal candidate will be enthusiastic to participate in development of an entirely new control platform to\nbe standardized on all product lines. Will participate in development of scalable controls platform with\nbest practices related to deployment, archiving, and version control/ bug fixes. 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