Principal Controls Engineer

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit .

Make an Impact at Sealed Air

At Sealed Air, we reimagine the packaging and manufacturing industry through innovation, sustainability, and engineering excellence. Our Global Engineering team is looking for a Principal Controls Engineer who is ready to lead complex, high-impact projects that shape the way products are manufactured, protected, and delivered worldwide.

In this role, you’ll provide technical leadership in the design, development, and implementation of advanced control systems for our cutting-edge manufacturing equipment. You will oversee project execution, guide engineers, and ensure that our control systems deliver safety, efficiency, and reliability at a global scale.

What You’ll Do

• Lead & Mentor: Provide technical leadership for controls engineering projects, guiding and developing engineers while ensuring alignment with functional and business objectives.
• Own the Design: Define, design, and approve advanced control systems—including PLC/PC-based systems, HMIs, motor controls, drives, and industrial networks.
• Deliver Complex Projects: Oversee capital investment projects from concept through startup, ensuring budgets, schedules, and technical requirements are met.
• Ensure Quality & Standards: Implement and enforce design quality standards, documentation accuracy, and best practices in controls engineering.
• Drive Innovation: Identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging technologies that improve system performance, reduce costs, and advance sustainability goals.
• Collaborate Globally: Partner with cross-functional and multicultural teams to deliver world-class automation solutions.
• Be a Trusted Expert: Serve as the go-to authority for electrical controls in converting and extrusion equipment, ensuring robust, safe, and scalable solutions.

Why Join Us?

• Global Impact: Lead engineering projects that influence how packaging equipment is designed and operated around the world.
• Innovation Leadership: Shape the future of our automation and control systems, driving efficiency and sustainability across operations.
• Career Growth: Develop leadership experience by mentoring engineers and managing high-visibility projects.
• Collaborative Culture: Work with world-class experts in a diverse, inclusive, and innovative environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (ABET-accredited).
• 7+ years of experience in design and project engineering, including team leadership or people management.
• Proven expertise in PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Rockwell), HMIs, motor control systems, servo drives, and industrial networks (Ethernet IP, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Profibus).
• Strong CAD/CAE skills (AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, SolidWorks Composer, Matlab, FEA/CFD simulation, DriveWorks).
• Experience leading capital investment projects and driving cross-functional collaboration.
• Manufacturing, packaging, or extrusion background strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Requisition id: 52616

Relocation: No

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at [email protected].

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