United States-Utah-Corinne, United States
$93-172k
Full Time
a month ago
Job description
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman, Space Systems, is currently seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Controls Engineer to support our Process Engineering team at the Promontory Utah facility.
Responsibilities Include:
Integrate equipment for robotics, PLC’s, servo drives, and instrumentation.
Program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) to control a variety of processes, machine tools, and robotics. Allen Bradley PLC and HMI programming experience preferred.
Work with the Process Owner and Operation Personnel to test new/modified PLC/HMI programs prior to Implementation.
Work with the process owner to optimize the control system with process improvements.
Work with the Process Owner and Operation Personnel to test new/modified PLC/HMI programs prior to Implementation.
Develop automated recipes to error proof the system and reduce operator variability for process specific parts.
Integrate process data with Canary Historian / Thingworx / Kepware
Provide Line Stoppage Support for PLC controlled processes.
Program variable frequency drives (VFD) for all types of motor control applications.
Work with Maintenance, Operations, and other Engineers to troubleshoot.
Work as a team with the Electrical Design / Controls Engineers on upgrades / new controls systems.
Support various control systems on plant (e.g. presses, autoclaves, mixers)—involving troubleshooting, re-programming, adding software enhancements, etc. in support of Operations.
Manage upgrades to process related computers.
Implement secure network connections to manufacturing equipment.
Work closely with Facilities
Follow company software development lifecycle
Contribute to programming standards and best practice
Position Requirements:
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, or other closely related technical degree, plus 5+ years of experience in Controls Engineering.
Position may be filled at higher level requiring Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, or other closely related technical degree, plus 9+ years of experience in Controls Engineering.
Strong desire to work with control processes.
PLC systems and programming experience.
A desire to support and improve Manufacturing processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
Programming
LabView
Ignition
Allen Bradley Logix 5000 / Studio
Allen Bradley FTVS HMI
Python
FANUC robot programming
FANUC executive software
Hardware
Excellent knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC platform(s)
Knowledge of basic sensors, contactors, relays, VFD, Servo, etc…
Knowledge of Beckhoff PLC platform(s)
Networking skills
VLAN
Firewall rules
Troubleshooting
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