Job Description

Controls Engineer - South Dublin

Ref No: AM17868

County Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Competitive salary

Controls Engineer - South Dublin.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Develop, design, and evaluate controls and vision aspects of equipment and/or processes. Requirement for novel and innovative approaches.
• Manage controls and vison aspects of projects related to product & equipment development.
• Liaise with R&D teams as required, providing design for manufacture (& design for test) input on component / assembly development projects.
• Provide support to operations, optimising existing processes as needed to ensure that engineering work orders / production related goals are met.
• Develop knowledge to become the subject matter expert for assigned processes.
• Drive process improvements through identification of problem areas/opportunities and collaborate with internal groups and external vendors using Lean / Six Sigma and project management techniques.
• Drive structured problem-solving through data collection in collaboration with technician and engineering groups.
• Assist with Quality non-conformances, Customer Complaints and CAPA investigations.
• Create learning opportunities for Associates to take part in team building, brainstorming, blitz, project planning sessions, and to build relationships throughout the organization.
• Liaise with external equipment manufacturers / suppliers.
• Ensure that all group activities are fully compliant with the Business Quality Policy

Experience and education requirements for this role:
• At least 4 years' experience.
• Knowledge of Cognex In-Sight vision systems and Allen Bradley Studio 5000 PLC programs.
• Python and SQL knowledge is desirable, not essential.
• Strong data analysis skills and experience applying Six Sigma or equivalent structured problem-solving approaches.
• High speed automation experience, equipment validation and documentation is advantageous.