Senior Controls & Equipment Protection Engineer

Reporting to the Engineering and Equipment group leader, the candidate will oversee development and operational support of PLC-based and other equipment protection controls. This position requires close interaction with technicians, engineers, and scientific staff.

Responsibilities

• Keep knowledge and materials on hand to address equipment protection development and support needs for 30-plus beamline instruments.
• Gather and document comprehensive requirements and version-controlled designs for equipment protection implementations and updates.
• Develop and work to schedules and estimates of effort and materials costs for equipment protection development, installation, and testing.
• Communicate regularly to stakeholders and management regarding all beamline equipment protection efforts including development and support.
• Maintain documentation and training for troubleshooting and maintenance of equipment protection components by a range of technical staff.
• Deliver reliable operations of experimental systems by collaborating with scientists and technical staff from across the facility.
• Employ best safety practices and procedures throughout all daily activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering field.
• Minimum 10 years engineering experience in an automation and controls environment.
• Comprehensive understanding of equipment interlock logic, programming, wiring, sensors, and actuators.
• Hands-on troubleshooting skills and analytical problem-solving abilities with both software and hardware.
• Ability to develop and employ documented standards and processes in the service of production of design, test procedures, training, and technical documentation such as schematics.
• Fluency with defining and executing technically complex projects of various size, including establishing scope and exit criteria, gathering requirements, providing effort estimates, maintaining work schedules, and managing materials inventory.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills. Ability to work well in a team environment, with people who have a range of interests and abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering field.
• 15 or more years engineering and/or leadership experience in an automation and controls environment.
• Experience with PLC programming methods (e.g. Ladder Logic, Structured Text, Function Block), particularly as implemented on Allen Bradley or similar commercial automation platforms.
• Experience with software integration of PLCs, particularly using EPICS, Control System Studio, or github.
• Creativity and knowledge sufficient to deliver robust and state-of-the-art equipment protection solutions which can meet rapidly changing requirements.
• Ability to lead small teams, build consensus, and provide leadership.

Environmental, Health & Safety Requirements

• May be required to walk up to 0.5 miles & climb stairs to access equipment.
• May be required to climb ladders for equipment inspection.
• May be required to occasionally work off-hours, nights and/or weekends to support mission critical projects.

Pay

$136,350.00 - $200,000.00 / year. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate’s qualification, education, and experience and considered with the internal peer group.

Benefits

Brookhaven National Laboratory offers a comprehensive employee benefits program. Review more information at BNL | Benefits Program.