Responsibilities

Controls Engineering & Automation Strategy
Owns the controls engineering architecture strategy across MetOx's manufacturing equipment fleet, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, industrial networks, and associated automation technologies.
Personally designs, programs, and reviews PLC and HMI/SCADA code for the most technically complex systems, setting the technical bar through hands-on contribution rather than oversight alone.
Owns, maintains, and enforces MetOx's Instrumentation, Electrical, and Control Systems engineering standard (ITC-EQS-001), ensuring internal teams, OEM vendors, and system integrators design and commission equipment in compliance with MetOx's approved architecture, components, and documentation requirements.
Enforces MetOx's standardized control system architecture, including Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/CompactLogix PLCs programmed in Studio 5000 Logix Designer, Inductive Automation Ignition for HMI/SCADA, and EtherNet/IP as the primary communication protocol across new equipment, while maintaining support for existing Siemens and Beckhoff platforms already deployed in the fleet.
Ensures all equipment incorporates independent, hard-wired safety systems separate from the process control PLC, including properly designed Emergency Shutdown (ESD) circuits, in compliance with MetOx's safety architecture standards.
Serves as the final escalation and decision-making authority for the most complex controls-related equipment issues, including faults, communication failures, and systemic performance limitations.
Identifies and prioritizes automation investments that enhance equipment monitoring, process control, data collection, and manufacturing efficiency.
Equipment Integration & Capital Project Leadership
Leads controls engineering strategy and resourcing for new capital equipment acquisition, including specification review, vendor controls audits, and commissioning of imported and domestically built tools (e.g., MGO buffer coating systems, deposition tools).
Owns technical requirements and specifications for capital equipment controls in partnership with internal stakeholders and external equipment suppliers.
Directs the team's most technically complex controls engineering projects end-to-end — scope, schedule, resourcing, and budget — while personally participating in programming, wiring checkout, and commissioning activities.

Qualification

Deep hands-on experience programmingExperience in superconductorFamiliarity with SEMI

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
7 years of progressive experience in industrial controls, automation, or electrical engineering within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Prior experience managing controls/automation engineers.
Demonstrated experience owning controls architecture strategy and leading the most technically complex capital equipment integration projects.
Demonstrated experience with Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/CompactLogix platforms, Studio 5000 Logix Designer, and EtherNet/IP-based industrial networking — MetOx's standard PLC architecture.
Deep hands-on experience programming, troubleshooting, and commissioning PLC-based control systems across multiple equipment platforms.
Extensive experience with industrial HMIs, SCADA systems, motion control, sensors, instrumentation, and industrial communication networks.
Experience leading root cause investigations and driving corrective actions that measurably improved equipment reliability at scale.

Preferred

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience in superconductor, semiconductor, thin-film, or advanced materials manufacturing environments.
Experience with Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Beckhoff, or comparable industrial automation platforms, including sustaining and troubleshooting mixed-vendor equipment fleets.
Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition for HMI/SCADA implementations.
Experience with Beckhoff TwinCAT as a secondary/interfacing PLC platform for EtherCAT-only instrumentation.
Experience with advanced manufacturing technologies, including roll-to-roll processing, web handling, thin-film deposition, vacuum systems, or semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
Experience with vacuum/process instrumentation relevant to MOCVD or thin-film deposition systems (mass flow controllers, capacitance manometers, vacuum gauges).
Familiarity with SEMI, ISA, and IEC standards applicable to semiconductor-adjacent manufacturing equipment (e.g., SEMI E56, ISA-95, IEC 61131, ISA-18.2, ISA-101).

Manager Controls Engineering at Metoxinternationalinc · LumiJobs

Manager Controls Engineering

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Metoxinternationalinc

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