Join Crane Currency as a
Process Control Engineer in
Nashua, NH, where you'll solve complex automation challenges and help bring advanced manufacturing processes from concept to stable production.
How you will make an impact:As a Process Control Engineer supporting Technology Transfer, you will lead the controls engineering work needed to transfer, commission, validate, and stabilize manufacturing processes across our production sites. You will translate complex process requirements into reliable control strategies, integrate equipment and automation systems, and ensure transferred processes meet safety, quality, throughput, and operational-readiness requirements. Working across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Maintenance, suppliers, and receiving-site teams, you will resolve startup challenges and establish the technical standards needed for a successful handoff. Your work will directly build long-term site capability and support reliable, sustained production.
- Own the process-control workstream for assigned technology-transfer projects from requirements definition through stable production and formal handoff.
- Translate product, process, equipment, safety, and quality requirements into functional specifications, control narratives, alarm strategies, interlocks, acceptance criteria, and test plans.
- Configure, program, integrate, or coordinate modifications to industrial control systems, including PLC/HMI platforms, instrumentation, drives, data acquisition, and machine-vision applications, as applicable.
- Lead controls-related design reviews and technical decisions with internal stakeholders, equipment suppliers, integrators, and receiving-site teams; identify gaps and drive actions to closure.
- Develop and execute commissioning, factory/site acceptance, verification, and validation activities; maintain objective evidence that systems perform as intended.
- Diagnose complex startup and production issues using structured problem-solving and process data; determine root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor key process parameters and equipment performance during ramp-up; adjust control strategies and operating windows to improve stability, repeatability, yield, throughput, and quality.
- Ensure controls changes comply with applicable safety, cybersecurity, quality, documentation, and change-control requirements; maintain current system backups and revision records.
Knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role:Required:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering preferred or commensurate experience.
- Ability to generate and evaluate technical specifications for electrical systems.
- Knowledge of troubleshooting and resolving process control problems and issues.
- Proven track record of managing all aspects of capital projects ($0K-$100K) from feasibility through execution.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully interact with personnel at all levels within an organization.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, tact and diplomacy at all levels for dealing with suppliers and building/leading teams.
Preferred:
- 5+ years of experience with programming, upgrading, installing and designing industrial process control systems.
- Experience with machine vision systems.
How we will care for you:We offer top-notch benefits, including medical, dental, vision, company bonus plan, 401(K) match and more. Discover more about our benefits here. https://www.cranecurrency.com/careers/benefits/
Where we are:Your role is in Nashua, New Hampshire, a 40-mile drive from the vibrant heart of Boston. Check out what makes Nashua a great place to live and work here: Nashua Site Location Packet
Crane Currency is a drug free workplace.
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