Controls and Instrumentation Engineer - Intermediate

Responsibilities

• Developing hardware assembly and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems.
• Developing control system software designs that include control of temperature, pressure, humidity, flow, force, motion of mechanisms, system safety, human safety, and other advanced process and electromechanical systems.
• Developing control system software in PLC ladder logic, function block, HMI programming, etc.
• Developing interfaces to facility equipment using hardwired interfaces and industrial networks.
• Applying closed loop controls methods, both classical and modern, to control continuously variable systems.
• Providing quality system processes such as checking the work of others, following standard procedures, and ensuring compliance to codes and standards.
• Supporting hardware assembly and fabrication.
• Providing on-site team direction of facility startup, checkout, and commissioning activities, both domestically and abroad.
• Communicating with clients and management regarding project status.
• Coinciding with other engineering disciplines and departments to ensure success.
• Estimating system design, material, installation, checkout, commissioning, and activation of projects.
• Planning labor resources and scheduling project milestones to ensure project completion within technical scope, budget, and client schedule.
• Developing proposals to capture future work with current clients and new markets.
• Leading control and data acquisition projects through all phases to include design, fabrication, implementation, testing and commissioning.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechatronics, or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited engineering program.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in control or data acquisition system design, implementation, and commissioning.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in good standing is a plus.
• Experienced software developer in a high-level environment such as C/C++/C# or with an engineering application software tool such as LabVIEW, MATLAB and SIMULINK/SIMSCAPE.
• Experienced PLC and HMI software developer in one of the major environments (for instance, Rockwell Software Studio 5000, SIEMENS TIA Portal, Emerson PC ME) with a working knowledge of the other environments.
• Experience selecting, specifying, and procuring process instrumentation and actuation hardware, control and data acquisition system hardware, PLCs, drive and motion systems, automation network hardware, interconnect cabling and supporting equipment.
• A solid math background to select and develop data uncertainty calculations, digital filter algorithms, control transfer function realizations, and process simulation.
• An ability to lead single and multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver technically successful control and data systems, often unique one-of-a-kind systems.
• Must train, encourage, and mentor junior colleagues.
• A desire to develop ingenious alternative approaches to challenges, and drive innovation during all phases of projects.