Automation Engineer

Sealed Air

Charlotte, NC

Pay: $102,600-$176,755/yr

SEE Headquarters - Charlotte

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Job Description

**Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Monday to Thursday onsite; Friday remote**

**Work Hours: Morning shift, with flexibility as business needs require**

**Travel: Approximately 40–60% annually**

**Work Authorization Requirement: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. Please note that for this role, we are unable to offer any form of employment-based visa sponsorship, including H-1B transfers, now or in the future.**

The Automation Engineer designs, develops, commissions, and improves industrial control and process automation systems across Sealed Air's manufacturing facilities. This role focuses on PLC programming, HMI development, motor controls, machine safety, and troubleshooting industrial equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient production operations.

Working closely with cross-functional engineering and operations teams, the Automation Engineer supports projects from initial design through installation, commissioning, and ongoing optimization. The role also contributes to standardizing automation solutions and improving equipment performance across multiple manufacturing locations.

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work Monday through Thursday and remote work on Fridays. The role follows a morning work schedule, with flexibility as needed to support business and project requirements. Travel is expected to account for approximately 40–60% of the year, with travel undertaken as part of the engineering team to support projects at different manufacturing facilities.

**Key Responsibilities**

• Support automation and process control projects from design and development through installation, commissioning, and startup at manufacturing facilities.
• Design, program, commission, troubleshoot, and maintain PLC and HMI systems using platforms such as Rockwell Automation, Siemens and Ignition.
• Develop and support industrial control systems, electrical schematics, I/O lists, panel layouts, and control documentation using electrical CAD tools such as EPLAN or DraftSight.
• Configure, commission, and troubleshoot motor control systems and variable frequency drives (VFDs), including PowerFlex where applicable.
• Support factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), controls checkouts, and commissioning activities to ensure equipment meets operational and safety requirements.
• Responsible for managing budget, timeline, and scope for electrical/automation portions of the projects.
• Apply machine-safety principles, risk assessment methodologies, performance level (PL) calculations, and applicable electrical and safety standards.
• Troubleshoot existing automation systems and production equipment, identify root causes, and implement improvements to enhance reliability, safety, and performance.
• Work with different types of industrial equipment and manufacturing processes, adapting automation solutions to meet specific project requirements.
• Support the development and implementation of standardized automation architectures, engineering guidelines, and reusable control solutions across manufacturing facilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, R&D, procurement, maintenance, and operations teams to deliver automation projects successfully.
• Travel to manufacturing facilities as part of the engineering team to support equipment installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and other project activities.

Qualifications

**Education and Experience**

• At least 2 years of experience in industrial process control, automation engineering, or a closely related field.
• A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
• Candidates with relevant hands-on experience and demonstrated technical capabilities will be considered.

**Required Technical Skills and Knowledge**

• Good knowledge of PLC programming and troubleshooting, particularly Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 / Logix Designer and Siemens pla