Senior Electrical Controls Engineer

Signode

Forest, VA

Pay: $90,000-$125,000/yr

Shift: Full time

**Company Description**

With over $2B in revenue, 80+ manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect, and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a pioneer in the industrial packaging sector with a long history of customer-focused innovations in materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world’s premier end-of-line packaging company.

**Job Description**

**Benefits:**

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

**Salary:**

The annual salary for this position ranges from $90,000 - $125,000 and varies based on specific responsibilities and geographic location. Starting annual salary within this range will be determined based on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and/or skillset.

**Summary**

The Senior Electrical Controls Engineer will conceptualize, design, program, test, and document various updated and new automation equipment products, including equipment used for strapping, case handling, packing, unitizing, robotics, and other automation systems. Furthermore, this individual will be a team leader who can coach junior engineers in the design of systems that use Allen Bradley hardware, establish standard architectures, and model good PLC programming practices for the team.

**Essential Functions**

• Review customer requirements and propose equipment controls design.
• Select, design, test and implement electrical, pneumatic, and electro-mechanical components and systems.
• Design software architecture and interfaces, specifying programming tasks to be completed independently or by others on the team.
• Create and review electrical schematics in AutoCAD and/or EPLAN.
• Program PLCs, HMIs, Industrial PCs, and / or robots to achieve product requirements.
• Prepare engineering and supporting documentation, wiring schematics, assembly drawings, bills of material and panel machining drawings.
• Serve as subject matter expert for Allen Bradley hardware and software.
• Evaluate and optimize designs for safety, reliability, and cost.
• Coordinate with manufacturing to ensure equipment conforms to design and customer specifications.
• Collaborate with product managers and customers to understand market requirements and document product requirements.
• Select electrical, controls, and electro-mechanical components, suppliers, and partners.
• Visit customer or prospect’s location as needed for either preliminary meetings or integration of completion systems or troubleshooting.
• Maintain complete records by project.
• Maintain product knowledge and stay current on available technology relevant to company product and service offerings
• Declare system and product functionality by assuring proper operation, error recovery, and compliance with DFMEA
• Contribute to the development of standard work processes.
• Communicate with suppliers, assemblers, service personnel, management, and other engineers to help transition new products from prototype into full production.
• Maintain product and company reputation by complying with government and company safety regulations.
• Assure completion of projects by training and guiding build technicians as necessary.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; tradeshows, reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Coach early career engineers to ensure consistent and high-quality work.
• Lead small and medium development projects.

**Qualifications**

**Education:** B.S. or master’s in electrical engineering, automation, computer science or related field. Associates degree in automation field with suitable work experience will be considered.

**Experience:** A minimum of 7 years of experience designing control systems for capital equipment company.

• Must be able to design and program complex robotics applications from scratch.
• Experience with AutoCAD electrical and EPLAN.
• Expe