Medical Device Controls Engineer
Job Title: Medical Device Controls Engineer
Client: Medical Device Industry
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Location: Maple Grove, MN 55311
Medical Device Controls Engineer
About This Role:
This is an opportunity to be part of a team that designs custom equipment/software solutions for R&D, process development and manufacturing needs for a major medical device manufacturer.
Use your knowledge and passion for automation, manufacturing, and medical devices to help shape the needs of our client and the medical device industry.
The Software Engineer II will be part of an on-site team of talented engineers and automation specialists who create and support automated solutions for our manufacturing and new product development customers.
You will support the development, implementation, and support of automated equipment and software systems for medical device manufacturing.
This role has a hands-on approach in equipment development including automation and controls design, electro-mechanical systems, industrial and collaborative robots, and computer hardware and software support.
This enables us to support and develop a wide range of legacy and new technology solutions across the full spectrum of manufacturing capability from high volume automation to low volume manual assembly.
Your Responsibilities Include:
• Providing support to new and sustaining initiatives in the areas of automation and equipment design
• Engaging with peers to align on development standards and common strategies
• Developing electrical/software design based upon departments' standard development tools and procedures.
This includes pneumatic devices, electro-mechanical devices, motion controllers, sensors, system controllers, human interfaces, and safety devices
• Prioritizing project work and tracking progress towards completion.
Ensure that completed projects meet customer expectations and timelines
• Monitoring daily work and providing feedback and status updates to project leaders or supervisor
• Identifies, anticipates, and mitigates technical risks and scope changes encountered during highly visible and challenging equipment design
• Completing FDA/QSR software requirements by assisting in the creation of specifications and qualifications
• Provides training as required to ensure that the equipment can be operated effectively
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or
• Passion for connecting technical solution with operational excellence
• equivalent
• 3-5 years of Controls & Automation engineering / related work experience
• PLC & PC based machine control
• Experience with equipment control (PLC, sensors, servo/stepper motors, controls, pneumatics, vision, HMI design, electrical panels, safety
• Experience developing and programming HMIs using FactoryTalk and related tools.
• Proficiency and working knowledge of Allen Bradley & Rockwell products
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with programming Microsoft .NET suite of products (C#, VB.NET, WinForms, WPF, .NET Framework, .NET Core)
• Experience with integrating off the shelf components into custom solutions
• Experience with Medical Device Manufacturing environments
Must-have qualifications
• 3 years of work experience with Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
• 1 year of work experience with FactoryTalk
• Legally authorized to work in the United States
Preferred qualifications
• 3 years of Automation Machinery Manufacturing experience
• 1 year of work experience with .NET Framework
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