About this opportunity
Sr. Automation Engineer - Packaging Machinery
💵 Salary range: $113k - 123k
📍Carol Stream, IL - Full-Time - Serac Inc
Can you open a blank Studio 5000 project and build a machine from nothing? 💡
Serac Inc builds filling, capping and cup-filling packaging machinery for customers worldwide.
We're looking for a senior automation engineer to lead projects end to end - hardware selection, mechatronic integration, all the software, then out to the customer site for startup. 🚀
🛠️ What you'll do:
- ⚡ Lead automation projects from concept and hardware selection through industrialization
- 💻 Develop all required software - Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, structured text, motion control
- 📋 Manage the project - budgets, timelines, suppliers, documentation, compliance
- 🤝 Mentor internal and external engineering teams on troubleshooting and technical decisions
- ✈️ Run field trials, validation and training at customer sites
🎯 You're a great fit if you have:
- Significant Rockwell from-scratch programming background - Siemens a strong bonus
- PLC and motion control depth with structured text; C++/.NET familiarity a plus
- Hands-on troubleshooting across PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, VFDs, instrumentation and 480VAC
- Safety standards knowledge - ISO 13849, IEC 60204, NFPA 79, SISTEMA
- Packaging or industrial machinery OEM experience - machine builds, not plant maintenance
- 5+ years in automation/control systems, or a BSEE
💵 Salary range: 💵 Salary range: $113k - 123k
⚠️ No visa sponsorship available. Full-time onsite in Carol Stream, IL.
📩 This is a technical lead seat for a strong controls engineer. Interested - or know exactly the right person?
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