Job Description

YOUR KEY CONTRIBUTIONS

Our Controls Engineer is an innovative problem solver, whose creative and analytical mind can push the boundaries of what currently exists to pursue the best possible solution to a project’s requirements. Beyond delivering an electrical design and machine control program, you will get to feel, test, and iterate your solutions, and appreciate just how essential they are to a machine’s operation, your team’s goals, and the company’s future.

Your immediate contributions will be to:

• Contribute to the product development of entirely new machine offerings with new technology or innovative solutions, and to the continued development and standardization of our existing offerings.
• Provide the development, testing, and implementation of PLC and HMI control systems for existing and new packaging equipment.
• Develop and modify schematics and panel layouts, conforming to Omega Design drawing templates and design standards.
• Specify control system hardware and devices needed for each application.
• Assist in the start-up and testing as the machine assembly is being completed, and continue to support testing through Factory Acceptance Test.
• Provide remote support to the Field Service Department during system installation, Site Acceptance Test, upgrades, or troubleshooting.
• Regularly assess the schedules and requirements of assigned projects to independently adjust your priorities or shift between projects, striving to maintain milestone schedules across projects.
• For some applications, collaborate machine development with our partners or vendors, such as for delta robot or collaborative robot integration or for machine vision integration.
• For some applications, collaborate machine development with customers, such as for machine level networking and plant level communications.

YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS

A positive attitude, an eagerness to learn, and the ability to work with all levels of the company are some things that define our roadmap to success.

Must have:

• Experience and proficiency with Allen Bradley current PLC platforms and Rockwell software.
• A thorough understanding of ladder-logic programming.
• Experience with Rockwell integrated motion control, both single axis and coordinated motion.
• Experience with AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, or equivalent CAD program.
• Experience with creating new programs and panel design in adherence to company standards.
• Excellent diagnostic skills.
• Good communication skills and be able to explain technical issues to a non-technical audience.

Nice to have:

• Experience with delta and collaborative robots.
• Experience with programming such as Python, Java, or C#.
• Experience with validation procedures and change-control practices relating to control system development and modification.
• Experience with ERP systems for creating part numbers and releasing material demands.

General Requirements (Engineering):



• Education or Experience: Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university; 2-5 years with progressively more responsibility, training and experience.
• Reasoning Abilities: Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in mathematical or logical form.
• Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen. The employee may be frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Other Skills: Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook)

YOUR WORKPLACE

You will work onsite at our headquarters in Exton, Pa. This position will not require regular travel, although you may find opportunities to attend tradeshows and external training. This position allows the opportunity to transition to a 4-day work week or a hybrid Work-From-Home/Work-From-Office schedule as part of our flexible work environment.

While performing your duties, you will need to go back and forth between your own workspace and Omega’s Production floor where your ideas are assembled, tested, and validated. Omega’s culture takes safety very seriously. We regularly provide safety training, while assessing and mitigating potential risks of moving objects, lasers, robotics, electrical panels, and other considerations.

YOUR TEAM

Our Engineering department occupies a quiet section of the building with easy access to Production and Omega’s 3D printing lab. The team is comprised of engineers with varying backgrounds and specialties including mechanical, electrical, controls automation, and robotics. You will report directly to the Lead Electrical Engineer, though you can expect to interact frequently with employees at all levels and departments of the company. Additionally, you will build bonds with various vendors and distributors to specify commercial components or fabrication details with minimal assistance.

YOUR IDEAS

We believe in participative leadership and innovation. That means you have the freedom to make a difference and contribute to the larger goal, regardless of your position. Great ideas can strike at any moment, and when you have one, you’re empowered to speak up!

THE BIGGER PICTURE

For over 55 years, our customers have relied on our expertise, our innovation, and our insight in providing them with better opportunity to provide the market with pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, consumer healthcare, and other important products. We have thousands of solutions installed in over 50 countries.

With a strong focus on our immediate community, Omega regularly hosts and participates in workforce development and STEM initiatives with a variety of elementary schools, high schools, universities, and other educational institutions.

We’re here to make things better than they were; in our machines, in our community, and around the globe.

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