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Control System Engineer/Technical Architect
Macpower Digital Assets Edge Private Limited
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
On-site
5 days ago
$45 / hour
- PLC
- SCADA
- HMI
- MQTT
- OPC
- Acceptance Testing
- Ignition
- .NET
5 days ago
- Extensive understanding of industrial automation and control systems.
- Experience in operating and setting up VMCs (Vertical Milling Centers) and Lathe Machines.
- Knowledge of cutting tools, tool selection, and tool management.
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications.
- Understanding of routine maintenance practices for VMCs and Lathe Machines.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, or software issues.
- Familiarity with workplace safety protocols and machine operation safety.
- Proficiency in writing and debugging control software using programming languages such as Allen Bradley, APT, ELAU PLC, SCADA, HMI, or other automation tools.
- Experience configuring and programming controllers and associated devices for specific applications.
- Hands-on experience integrating HMI applications with control systems like PLCs, Historian products, and MES/business layer applications using edge technologies like MQTT protocol and web services.
- Experience with various communication protocols and OPC DA/UA drivers for plant floor connectivity, as well as enterprise-level integration (MES systems or enterprise database connectivity).
- Expertise in application setup, installation, and configuration.
- Experience with Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and commissioning of control systems.
- Experience with control system application upgrades and migrations.
- Proven track record of executing control system projects, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and execute Controls and Automation projects, including installing new control system components and upgrading existing systems.
- Design and develop control system solutions.
- Understand requirements and develop control systems, plant engineering solutions, and automation site support.
- Provide onsite support for Allen Bradley, APT, and ELAU PLC systems, including online debugging, FAT, SAT, troubleshooting, and code modifications for PLCs and HMIs.
- Coordinate with the engineering team during the validation cycle.
- Provide testing support and execute projects on the shop floor, including documentation and project status reporting.
- Act as the onsite control engineer, reviewing offshore work from a team of 4-5 engineers.
- Ensure effective communication between offshore and onshore teams.
Qualifications
- B.E./B.Tech./MCA in Instrumentation and Control Systems or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of industrial automation systems.
- Experience in operating and setting up VMCs and Lathe Machines.
- Ability to write and debug control software using languages such as Allen Bradley, APT, ELAU PLC, SCADA, and HMI.
- Expertise in integrating control systems into larger architectures like MES, business layer applications, and edge technologies (MQTT, web services, etc.).
- Strong experience with protocols like OPC DA/UA for plant floor connectivity.
- Responsible for designing, developing, testing, and troubleshooting control systems.
- Experience managing offshore teams while providing onsite support for FAT and SAT.
- Lead plant engineering and automation site support, including installation and configuration of control systems.
- Experience with control system application upgrades and migrations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for coordinating between offshore and onshore teams.
- Extensive understanding of industrial automation and control systems.
- Experience in operating and setting up VMCs and Lathe Machines.
- Knowledge of Ignition SCADA and KPI dashboards/reporting.
- Experience with web-based data integration.
- Familiarity with Microsoft .NET and SQL Server databases.
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