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Sr. / Lead - Controls Engineer – Libraries & Standards
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About the Role
Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company operating in over 150 countries. This role is a senior technical leadership position responsible for defining and governing standardized PLC software libraries used across global platforms. The candidate assists the Global Technical Leader (Chief Engineer) with the architecture, development, governance, and lifecycle management of reusable PLC libraries and HMI standards across Rockwell and Siemens ecosystems. The role ensures consistency, quality, backward compatibility, and global adoption across regional engineering teams. Must Have Skills and Responsibilities Global Collaboration and Technical Leadership Collaborate with global technical leaders and business units to execute standardization roadmaps for PLC / HMI / VFD / SCADA / Industrial Edge & Intelligence / Sensors & Networking. Drive consolidation of control strategies and templates across regions and product lines. Evaluate and introduce new tools and practices such as simulation, elite coding techniques, documentation tooling, and PLC-oriented CI/CD where applicable. Participate in management of Supplier relationships, including enforcement of negotiated corporate pricing. Influence and guide teams through technical leadership rather than direct authority. Automation Library Architecture and Lifecycle Ownership Architect, develop, and maintain standardized PLC & HMI libraries (AOIs / FBs, UDTs, Faceplates / Global Objects) for global reuse. Lead / guide adoption of PLC / HMI libraries by our global Business Units, often helping them to restructure their legacy code into our library format. Define and enforce software architecture standards, including naming conventions, parameter models, diagnostics, error handling, scalability,