Arconic Corporation is a leading provider of aluminum products and architectural solutions serving automotive, aerospace, transportation, industrial, and construction markets. The PCS Software Engineer maintains and develops software systems that control and monitor manufacturing processes, supports process control infrastructure, and designs system improvements. The role also provides data access, troubleshooting, vendor coordination, and on-call support to maintain production, quality, and safety.
Support and Maintain the Aveva/PI system implementation
Maintain and develop software systems utilized to control and monitor manufacturing processes. These software systems oversee the operation of our production machinery and are integral to production, quality, and safety
Design and implement new process control systems as driven by new product development for the facility as well as modifications to existing processes
Perform system upgrades to keep current with hardware and software that is still supported by the manufacturer or developer
Maintain the upkeep of process control computers, software licensing agreements, and backups of software files to minimize downtime of manufacturing equipment
Provide formatted data to the technical and process groups as requested
Provide timely access to this data essential for the plant’s quality management program and rapid problem solving
Solve quality and production issues associated with process control systems and develop software to diagnose quality and manufacturing issues
Interact with vendors and consultants to pursue high quality equipment and services as it relates to process control systems
Provide support and on call functions to assist in advanced troubleshooting as required to minimize downtime of production operations
Willing to continually expand working knowledge and application of new hardware, software and programming techniques through training, vendor contacts and published media information
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems; or Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Management Information Systems (MIS) or Computer Science from an accredited institution
Minimum 1-3 years of similar experience in the field
Academic projects or internships in sensors-development, Devices-to-application and vice-versa communication, Rockwell/GE/Siemens PLCs, Automation/Controls engineering, and Robotics
Familiarity with web applications using HTML, JavaScript, CSS and PHP
Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §730, et seq.) and/or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Authorizations from the relevant government agency may be required to meet export control compliance requirements
Preferred
Familiar with programming language skills in C and shell scripting
Familiar with Linux and Windows
Familiar with web applications using HTML, JavaScript, CSS and PHP
Familiar with time-series and/or relational database systems – Aveva PI, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, or PostgreSQL
Benefits
Arconic delivers aluminum solutions throughout the value chain.
