Process Automation Engineer

Process Automation Engineer Ontario, CA, USA Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That’s just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.SUMMARY The major function of this position is to propose, develop and perform automation measures for manufacturing processes, equipment and software to continuously optimize manufacturing capacity, yield rate, productivity and cost-effectiveness, as well as manage new high-technology products introductions and ensure the production testing. This engineering opportunity involves both a hands-on position as well as the requirement to analyze, plan and steer projects in the day to day responsibilities. As part of the global Zeiss process engineering team, this opportunity involves coordination and contributions with locations in other countries to continually improve best practices. We are looking for people who are keen to try something new: ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: i1. Identifies, plans and executes initiatives or projects to automate established processes to realize productivity improvements with TPM team, technicians and production leads. Recommend plans to invest in certain equipment to support such initiatives or projects.2. Implementation and development of PLCs such Siemens S7, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi or other like systems.3. Continual learning and mastery of OPC interface system.4. Independently manages projects to perform process and software automation.5. Coordinate and perform equipment, process, and software validations, especially as they relate to automation systems. 6. Contribute to the global Zeiss team through coordination and implementation of automation projects with sister sites overseas.7. Provide feedback to R&D regarding new products. Work with development team to investigate design or process changes the promote automation.8. Has knowledge of U.S. and foreign medical device regulations, GMP, FDA, QSR’s, ISO 9000, CE Mark and ANSI standards.9. Supports Operations and Quality Assurance in CAPA projects and root cause analysis to investigate productivity or quality issues.10. Definition, collection and review of production data and key performance indicators to support efficiency control in production on a daily basis and for trending purposes. Reports findings on a regular basis to Operations Management and initiates initiatives and projects to improve all areas of operations. You are: QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE B.S. degree in Engineering. Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience (Preferably 5 plus) in engineering tasks and managing engineering projects. Prior experience with process automation, PLC programming, stepper and/or servo motor controllers. Experience with process automation preferred. Clean room experience and experience in the ophthalmic industry is a plus.Strong mechanical background with “hands on” experience is a plus. Comfortable to work in a high volume with intense pace environment.LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance procedures, engineering drawings, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Bilingual in Spanish a plus.MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations and mathematical functions. REASONING ABILITY Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Frequently exposed to; fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, hazardous energy and vibration. Regularly exposed to; Maintenance chemicals, production and process chemicals.Occasionally exposed to; Janitorial chemicals.PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Light to moderate physical effort required; Must be able to regularly lift and /or move up to 15-20 pounds. Frequently required to standRegularly required to walk Repetitive use of hands; simple grasping, controlled grasping and fine manipulation Specific vision abilities required by this job include; Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Hands on experience and technical knowledge of CNC, Lathes and Milling equipment is a plus. In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity. Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer Online Application Print Share