Principal Controls Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

What you'll do

• Provide technical leadership to engineers, suppliers, and system integrators to ensure automation solutions meet performance and safety requirements.
• Design, develop, and support control systems for manufacturing equipment, automated assembly, and material handling systems.
• Integrate and optimize PLCs, HMIs, robotics, motion control, machine vision, and industrial networks.
• Develop control architectures and technical requirements to support new equipment and manufacturing process improvements.
• Troubleshoot complex automation issues and perform root cause analysis to improve equipment reliability and quality.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support new product introduction, equipment qualification, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Implement data collection solutions to improve equipment uptime and operational efficiency.
• Ensure all control systems and processes comply with applicable quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree with 7 years experience, Master's with 5 years, or PhD with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience programming and troubleshooting Allen Bradley PLCs and HMIs.
• Experience with vision systems including Cognex In-Sight Spreadsheet, Cognex VisionPro, and Keyence technologies.
• Experience supporting automated manufacturing equipment using robotics, motion control, or machine vision (preferred).
• Experience in regulated environments like medical device, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology (preferred).
• Experience leading projects from concept to implementation and mentoring engineering teams (preferred).
• Experience with NPI, equipment qualification, and risk management tools like PFMEA or DFMEA (preferred).
• Work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.