This is a global role, based in our Mataró, Spain office, but also supporting operations and working with R&D; teams in the USA, therefore a degree of flexibility within working hours and regular, planned travel to USA are required.
The role reports, to Vice President, General R&D; with a dotted line to Director of Engineering, Mataró.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:
- Develop and install control systems in a cost effective and timely manner in accordance with project schedules, budgets and equipment specifications.
- Perform value analysis and sustaining engineering tasks, and product improvement designs to enhance manufacturability, productivity, reliability, safety, quality, and cost effectiveness.
- Specify control system hardware.
- Produce GAMP documentation including, but not limited to, Functional Specifications (FS), Hardware Design Specifications (HDS), and Software Design Specifications (SDS) as required by project specifications.
- Read, understand, develop, and modify control system design documents including diagrams, drawings (P&ID;, control system schematics, wiring drawings, I/O lists, pneumatic and hydraulic drawings, etc.) and written design specifications (Functional Specifications, Users Manuals, Sequence of Operations, etc.).
- Report on and/or present progress and status of projects and assignments in various formats to internal and external audiences in English.
- Provide assistance to Technical Support and Service personnel.
- Travel to other SP facilities, vendors, or customer sites will be necessary.
**Qualifications: Education, Experience, and Skills**
- 5 years minimum experience.
- Experienced and proficient with PLC and motion such as Logix 5000 or Twincat. Siemens TiA Portal is a plus.
- Experienced and proficient with SCADA software such as Aveva Wonderware, GE iFix, or FactoryTalk View is a plus.
- Experience with validation procedures and change-control practices relating to control system development and modification is a plus.
- Experience with controls validation and change-control procedures within an FDA and GMP regulated environment is a plus.
- Experience with a Quality Management System based on the ISO-9001:2008 standard is a plus.
- Experience with systems integration involving multiple vendors is a plus.
- Experience designing, troubleshooting IP networks is a plus.
- Experience using virtual environments such as VMWare or Hyper-V is a plus.
- English B2. Other languages is a plus.
- Must have programming well-designed, testable, efficient code skills.
- Must have meticulous and organised approach to work skills.
- Must have a logical, analytical and creative approach to problems skills.
- Must have thoroughness and attention to detail skills.
- Must have business skills and commercial awareness skills.
- Must have the ability to work both in a team and alone and to manage their own workload skills.
- Must have career motivation and a willingness to continue to further their knowledge and skills.
- Must have an ability to learn new skills and technologies quickly.
- Must have an awareness of current issues affecting the industry and its technologies.
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