About Flexlink and Coesia

Flexlink, located in Allentown, PA, is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of automated production and material flow solutions for the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, automotive, and electronic industries. There are over 1,000 employees across 26 operating units globally.

Flexlink is part of Coesia, a group of innovation-based industrial and packaging solutions companies operating globally, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. Coesia has 141 operating units in 35 countries, a turnover of about 1.9 billion euros and over 8,000 employees.

About the Role

As a member of the robotics team consisting of Controls Engineer, Project Engineer and Application Engineer, the Robotics Controls Engineer manages controls system design and programming for projects with robots, pick and place systems, etc. This position will be onsite at our facility located in Allentown and will require occasional travel to customer sites. The expectations for this role are broken into two sectors:

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Programming.
• Controls hardware design engineering- conceptualizing, material and vendor analysis, detailing schematics and panel layouts, parts ordering, field connection diagrams.
• Commissioning automated equipment.
• Training customers.
• Service after the sale.
• Responsibility for managing subprojects.
• Support of sales and quoting.
• Travel as required for pre-sales meetings and to accomplish testing, acceptance, and support of FlexLink supplied control systems.

Knowledge

• Automation engineering with emphasis and understanding of recognized safety standard (NFPA-79).
• Servo motors is required.
• PLC programming - Rockwell/Allen-Bradley required/ Siemens is a plus.
• Human Machine Interface (HMI).
• Field buses.
• Robotic programming.
• Variable Frequency Drives (VFD).
• Proficiency in AutoCAD for electrical designs, including panel design/build and schematics.
• Fluent English, spoken and written.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Hands-on in mechanics and controls.
• Focused on customers and business.
• Attention to details and correctness.
• Ability to communicate well with customers.
• Structured, organized.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Independent working as well as collaborative team environment.
• Driven, enthusiastic, and passion for the profession.
• Able to travel approximately 50% of the time.
• Electrical Engineering/Technology degree (AS degree with equivalent/relevant experience acceptable).
• 5 years of applicable controls engineering work experience including integrated system design and robotic solutions.

Our Offer

Coesia North America offers a competitive benefit package which includes, among other things:

• Multiple health insurance plan options.
• Company paid life insurance.
• 401k with up to 6% company match.
• Paid parental leave.

Coesia is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity and inclusion.