Automation and Controls Engineer at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. in Newark, Delaware

Job Description:

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.


Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.


Apply now for the position of System Engineer 2 at our Newark, DE site. As part of the LD Consumables Systems Engineering team, the System Engineer 2 will be responsible to support design, integration, and validation of automated medical diagnostic consumable device manufacturing equipment, batch processing systems, and semi-finished reagent formulation systems.



Your role:

• Apply process automation and control technologies to develop new and upgrade existing automated medical diagnostic consumable device manufacturing equipment, batch processing systems, and semi-finished reagent formulation systems in a constantly changing fast-paced environment


• Work closely with cross-functional design team members to ensure that the full understanding of subsystem/system functionality and performance is developed.


• Collaborate with IT organization to maintain and troubleshoot manufacturing network systems.


• Identify solutions to complex technical issues by supporting troubleshooting, determining root cause, and then implementing design modifications as they pertain to highly complex automated production assembly and packaging system performance.


• Collate and review system performance test data to support establishing acceptance criteria.


• Applying technical writing skills by creating technical documentation such as validation documentation, functional specifications, user requirements, and manufacturing work instructions.


• Assure compliance to all design characterization, integration and verification quality procedures and policies of process development and validation.


• Collaborate with Senior level System Engineers, Technical Operations and Manufacturing teams.

Your Expertise:

• Demonstrated systems and design engineering experience in complex electromechanical instrumentation in both a new process development environment as well as supporting existing installed equipment.

• Working knowledge of Programmable Logic Controllers (Siemens and Rockwell) and electro-mechanical equipment such as motors, photo-electric sensors, vision systems (Keyence and/or Cognex), robotics (FANUC) and pneumatics.


• Working knowledge of Industrial Control Systems design and documentation using tools such as AutoCAD Electrical and Microsoft suite of office products.


• Exposure to building and supporting custom object oriented applications in C,C++, C#, HTML, Python, and/or Java to as well as implementing Graphical User Interfaces and Process Data Collection Systems.


• Working knowledge and application experience with Lean business systems and methodologies such as TPM, 5S, Lean 3P Design, & OEE Monitoring.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical teams and drive results.
• Experience working with cross organizational multidisciplinary teams
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Chemical /Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• 3-5 years supporting and installing manufacturing automation and process control designs; including experience in a cGMP Manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of Agile development process.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%

Who we are:

We are a team of more than 71,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.



How we work:

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual's potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world's most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Check our Careers Site at Careers - Siemens Healthineers USA (siemens-healthineers.com)



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