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Senior Controls & Automation Architect

Date: Oct 27, 2026

Location: Monterrey, NLE, MX

General Overview

Job Title: Senior Controls & Automation Architect

Requisition ID: 140431

Level / Band: Band 10 (Senior Technical Lead)

Summary

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Technical Scoping & Architecture Definition: Collaborates with operations, quality, industrial engineering, and product introduction teams to define control architecture, cycle time targets, takt-time requirements, and communication topologies for high-speed multi-station automated lines.

Requirements Documentation & Governance (RFQ, URS, SOW): Authors, audits, and enforces rigorous User Requirement Specifications (URS), Statements of Work (SOW), and Request for Quotation (RFQ) packages for turn-key custom automated machinery, robotic cells, and test equipment.

Supplier Proposal Evaluation & Design Reviews: Conducts comprehensive technical evaluations of vendor controls proposals, hardware bills of materials (BOM), multi-line electrical schematics, network segmentations, and safety interlock design matrices prior to fabrication release.

In-House PLC & Controls Software Architecture: Leads in-house software development from scratch, programming robust modular logic using reusable Function Blocks (FBs), User-Defined Data Types (UDTs), and Add-On Instructions (AOIs) across Siemens S7-1500 (TIA Portal), Rockwell Automation (Studio 5000), and Keyence (KV Series) platforms.

Safety Functional Architecture & Standards Compliance: Architects, parameterizes, and validates integrated functional safety systems (PROFIsafe / CIP Safety) under ISO 13849-1 (PLe/Cat 4)



and IEC 62061 (SIL 3), configuring safety PLCs, optical light curtains, area laser scanners, dual-channel safety door interlocks, etc.

Industrial Digitalization & SCADA/MES Connectivity: Configures real-time industrial supervision, telemetry, and automated OEE tracking using Inductive Automation Ignition, WinCC Unified, or FactoryTalk View SE, integrating SQL relational databases and OPC-UA communication bridges, and MES transferring data.

Industrial Networking & Inter-System Synchronization: Implements and troubleshoots plant-floor industrial network topologies including PROFINET (RT/IRT with MRP media redundancy), EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, IO-Link master sensor parametrization, and direct TCP/IP socket communications.

Motion Control, Robotics, Vision and Automation Integration: Parameterizes and tunes multi-axis servodrives (Siemens SINAMICS S120, Rockwell Kinetix), configures closed-loop PID control (temperature, dosing, precision press-fit), and establishes deterministic communication handshakes with industrial robots (FANUC, KUKA, ABB), cobots, Vision systems, and other kind of automation systems.

Shop-Floor Commissioning, FAT/SAT & Ramp-Up: Directs and signs off on formal Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) at vendor facilities, and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) on the Monterrey plant floor.



Leads post-launch stabilization, cycle time bottlenecks elimination, and preventive risk mitigation plans.

Project Planning & CapEx Tracking

Cross-Site Communication & Integral Reporting

Root-Cause Analysis & Technical Mentorship

Multi-Vendor PLC Mastery: Expert-level programming in at least two leading platforms: Siemens (TIA Portal S7-1500 / S7-1200), Rockwell Automation (Studio 5000 Logix Designer), or Keyence (KV Studio / KV Series). Proven capability to design structured modular code, standardized UDTs, AOIs, and remote I/O layouts (ET 200SP, Point I/O).

Functional Machine Safety: Demonstrated competence designing and auditing machine safety architectures under ISO 13849-1 (Performance Levels c/d/e, Categories 2/3/4) and IEC 62061. Direct programming of safety logic in PROFIsafe and CIP Safety environments.

SCADA, MES & IIoT: Hands-on deployment of plant-level SCADA platforms, with preferred mastery in Inductive Automation Ignition (Vision / Perspective), WinCC Unified, or FactoryTalk View SE. Practical competency in SQL queries, OPC-UA tags management, and recipe/batch management systems.

Industrial Communications: Advanced knowledge of fieldbus and Ethernet protocols: PROFINET (RT/IRT, MRP ring redundancy), EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, IO-Link master/device parametrization, and TCP/IP socket integration with machine vision cameras (Cognex, Keyence).

Motion Control & Robotics: Configuration, commissioning, and tuning of multi-axis servo drives (Siemens SINAMICS S120, Allen-Bradley Kinetix). Closed-loop PID tuning. Experience with robot integration handshakes (FANUC, KUKA, ABB) and cobots (Universa

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