Controls Engineer

Avon Protection
Salem, NH Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2024 CLOSED ON 4/3/2024

Job Posting for Controls Engineer at Avon Protection

Job Title: Controls Engineer
Business Unit: Avon Protection Ceradyne (APC)
Location: Salem, NH
 
Purpose of position:
Avon Protection is recognized as a world leader in respiratory and ballistic protection, delivering life critical solutions for Militaries and First Responders worldwide. Our expanding global customer base now includes military forces, civil and first line defense troops, emergency service teams and industrial, marine, mineral and oil extraction site personnel. All put their trust in Avon’s advanced solutions to shield them from every possible threat. 
 
Avon Protection Ceradyne, a subsidiary of Avon Protection, is looking for a Manufacturing Controls Engineer. This position will be responsible for manipulating data from our manufacturing processes for analysis by the Operations & Quality teams by using ‘off-the-shelf’ tools (MES, SQL, Power BI) for development of data storage and visualization.  The position will take the concept of quality driven data analysis to a deployable state for use in all Helmet manufacturing sites. Candidate will collaborate with the Prototyping, Production, and Program Management teams to deliver world class solutions. 
 
Essential duties and/ or functions:
Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: 
• Interface with teams to scope data needs and report requirements
• Based on scope, create/optimize Industry 4.0 systems to allow the following:
  o User friendly MES Data Review for key production programs.
  o Recipe Management App for Process Equipment
  o Daily Process Data Dashboards
• Exhibit a positive and proactive attitude.
• Work within the company's New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Frequent physical demands, including:
  o Pushing/pulling up to 50 lbs
  o Lifting up to 30 lbs.
  o Frequent standing/sitting/squatting
  o Operating around moving equipment 
 
Required Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems or a related field
• Minimum two (2) years engineering experience in a manufacturing environment directly working on understanding and integrating industrial sensors, motors, PLC programming (Unitronics and Allen Bradley) and network protocols into working control systems.
• 2-3 working years of knowledge with SQL and Microsoft Data Tools – Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Azure Data Universe
• Familiar with Programming languages – examples: C#, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, Other Object-oriented programming 
• Experience with User Interface Design 
• Strong communication, documentation and teamwork skills
• Excellent math, creativity, and problem-solving skills
• Fluently read, write legibly, understand and communicate effectively in English
• Good organizational, work planning and documentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to work on a fast-paced, deadline driven team
 
Preferred/Desired Skills or Experiences:
• Experience with MES development/deployment 
• Experience with Low code/No code solutions for applications & reporting.  
• Experience in an Industrial Manufacturing setting.
• Exposure or familiar with Mfg control sytems such as PLCs, SCADA and Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
• Familiar with Export & ITAR controlled Data. 
• Solid electrical controls design knowledge including safety circuit design
• Working knowledge of Risk Assessment methods for implementation of safety systems
• Working knowledge of industrial standards including but not limited to NEC, NFPA 79, UL 508/UL60947-4-1
• NFPA 70e Arc Flash Training
 
Internal Relationships:
Controls, Quality & Manufacturing Teams  
 
External Relationships:
Suppliers, Vendors and Consultants
 
This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job.  While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserved the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.
 
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
 
U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.
 
To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within Avon that may present access to export controlled technical data, Avon must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).
 
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only.  Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.  The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at Avon's sole election.
 
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without a sponsorship for employment visa status (e.e. H1B status).
 
The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Salem, NH is $85,000.00 to $95,000.00 annually.  The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, type and years of experience within the industry, education, etc.
 
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
 

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