Sr. Engineer Controls

Requisition Number: 74174

 

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Corning’s businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with: 

 

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 
• Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Role Purpose

Member of cross-functional engineering team that provides R&D labs and/or pilot operations with process/automation controls equipment support from concept generation and development, design / build, system integration through debug and start-up.  Provides customer focused engineering service to the technical community within S&T.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and integrate PLC process and automation controls equipment into research and development environment
• Provide equipment and process support as needed throughout the facility
• Specify electrical and control components, wires, cables, and instrumentation
• Define requirements and produce a scope of work for controls project needs from a variety of sources within R&D to provide the best solution at the best cost and quality
• Actively participate in all phases of the project including design, fabrication, off-line integration and testing, installation and start-up support
• Communicate with stakeholders to refine project scope and to share progress toward project milestones
• Develop system documentation, including machine specifications
• Identify and lead improvements to existing process/automated control systems
• Follow electrical safety requirements and equipment safety standards
• Present technical updates to peers and in public forums

Required Education

• BS in Electrical/Power/Automation Engineering or Engineering Technology
• 5+ years of controls experience
• Have a strong inclination toward machine/process control
• Software/Controls programming experience with PLC’s, HMI’s (hardware/software), SCADA especially Rockwell, Beckoff
• Experience with HMI and SCADA systems primarily FT View, Optix
• Well versed in electrical engineering principles
• Understanding of PID and advanced control implementation
• Capability to design, develop and deliver fully integrated machine and motion control, automation, and process machine systems to R&D
• Understanding of electrical panel layout, schematic design, ladder logic programming, and system testing and troubleshooting.  Basic drafting skills
• Familiarity of logic-based programming. PLC and IEC base programming structure including ladder logic, function blocks, structured text, and sequential flowchart desirable
• Familiar with Machine Safety Design principles per ISO 13849 -1&2
• Individuals must be capable of executing project assignments, in a cross-functional team based environment
• Rigor