Controls and Instrumentation Engineer - Intermediate Level

About the role

Amentum Advanced Solutions (AS) is looking for an Intermediate Level Controls & Instrumentation Engineer to support projects ranging from small studies to multi-million dollar turn-key supply. A successful candidate must be team-oriented, organized, able to communicate to all levels of the organization, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Your work will be unique and challenging while supporting several projects in a dynamic and exciting environment. This position will provide you with an unparalleled opportunity to work with a team of motivated engineering and business professionals who work to ensure client satisfaction and deliver projects within scope, budget, and schedule.

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
• Coordinating 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

Pay

$110,800 to $150,000

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance