Senior Controls Engineer

4 weeks ago


San Francisco, California, United States Cellares Full time
Job Title: Senior Controls Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Controls Engineer to join our team at Cellares. As a Senior Controls Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, and implementation of control systems for our advanced cell therapy manufacturing platform.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead the development of control systems integrating custom and off-the-shelf laboratory instruments and PLC-based control hardware
  • Drive component selection, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test
  • Develop PLC control software using Structured Text and leveraging object-oriented programming methodologies
  • Develop unit tests and functional tests for PLC code that you write, participate in code reviews, and leverage Git for version control and code management
  • Participate in design reviews and provide input to identify issues and drive design choices
  • Collaborate with the software team to develop robust, well-documented software interfaces to hardware
  • Collaborate with external stakeholders, including Systems Engineering, Quality, Mechanical Engineering, Process Development, etc., for project planning, requirements development, and architecture development
  • Collaborate with external suppliers and contract manufacturers
  • Develop test software in Python, C#, or other languages to validate subsystems during manufacture
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience is required
  • 5+ years of industry experience developing control systems for customer-shippable life science instrumentation or comparable equipment
  • Experience as a technical/engineering lead on multiple projects incorporating motion control and basic process control
  • Experience with at least one major PLC platform (Siemens TIA Portal, Beckhoff TwinCAT3, B&R) or experience with hardware control using real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as VXWorks, QNX, INtime, etc.
  • Proficient with IEC-based languages with a focus on Structured Text
  • Proficient with object-oriented programming and have an understanding of how to apply OOP concepts to control software
  • Experience implementing and developing coding standards around industry-standard control implementations, for example, implementations following the ISA-88 hierarchical model
  • Experience reading and interpreting electrical drawings
  • Hands-on experience with wiring, configuring, and troubleshooting electrical and control systems
  • Proficient in the design of safety systems following IEC/ISO/RIA standards
  • Understanding of the proper integration and usage of safety relays, safety PLCs, light curtains, E-Stops, etc.
  • Experience with fieldbus technologies such as EtherCAT, Profinet, EtherNet/IP
  • Experience with one computer programming language such as Python, C#, Java
  • Desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative start-up environment
  • Self-awareness, integrity, authenticity, and a growth mindset

Nice to Haves:

  • Proficiency in Python
  • Experience integrating and/or programming industrial articulated robots (i.e., Kuka, ABB, Staubli)
  • Experience with at least one major HMI software, such as Ignition, Wonderware, WinCC


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