Software Engineer

Barry-Wehmiller•Columbia, MD

24d

About The Position

About Us: BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world. Job Description: Software Engineer Who You’ll Work With You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment. When you join Design Group as a Software Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. Design Group is widely known as an industry leader, recognized as a top system integrator, ranking #7 in the 2023 System Integrator Giants; as a Rockwell Platinum Integrator, the highest designation given to Rockwell partners; and as an Ignition Enterprise Premier Integrator. As a part of this team, you will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build-A-Thon which Design Group won in 2023! In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Control System Integration Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy. What You’ll Do You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

Requirements

A strong working knowledge of Wonderware, Rockwell, or the Ignition suite of products
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills appliable to design, programming, and troubleshooting of SCADA, MES, Analytics, and mobile, virtualization, and database technologies
The ability to simultaneously execute multiple project responsibilities
Solid communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to successfully interact with management, clients, and vendors
A willingness to travel for project requirements including installation and start-up activities, client and company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, and conventions
A bachelor of science in engineering (electrical or computer preferred)

Nice To Haves

System integration and ME applications experience (preferred)
Experience in the food and beverage or life science industries (preferred)
Familiarity with Allen-Bradley (ControlLogix, PLC5, SLC500), Siemens PLCs, PanelView HMIs, industrial communication networks and .NET programming (preferred)
Contractor and construction management skills (preferred)

Responsibilities

Implement software control algorithms, develop software data file structures, and format terminal displays and software for data transmission with detailed emphasis on programming using assembly level languages, PLC languages, Visual C++, and other higher-level languages
Develop, implement, and employ debugging and maintenance software
Design control systems, SCADA, databases, and database interfaces
Handle data analytics & reporting, and scripting (VB, C#)
Manage programming and site start-up support of integrated packaging line and process systems for system integration & automation for the consumer products industry
Assume project management and team building responsibilities
Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team
Program hardware/software integration and systems diagnostics to support machine based control systems
Collaborate with sales personnel, customers, service technicians and other departments to assist with developing engineering and functional system specifications
Assist with the preparation and maintenance of comprehensive program documentation for diagnostics, information systems, data collection and communication with other peripheral equipment.
Act as a liaison to production assembly, service, engineering personnel and system suppliers to furnish information and documentation about software controls; assist in the check-out and correction of control system software as needed.
Other duties as assigned