Sr. Controls Design Engineer

The Bay Area R&D and Facilities team at The Bay Area R&D and Facilities is seeking a Controls Engineer to join a dynamic team focused on advancing sustainable energy solutions. This role involves close collaboration with design, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and IT/OT teams.

What You'll Do

• Establish and maintain automation, controls, and instrumentation design standards and best practices.

• Lead automation scope definition, execution strategies, and technical decision-making across projects.

• Oversee development and review of control philosophies, P&IDs, I/O lists, network architectures, and logic designs.

• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, cybersecurity, and safety requirements.

• Coordinate automation activities across engineering, operations, maintenance, and IT/OT stakeholders.

• Mentor and develop automation engineers, designers, and specialists.

• Lead the control system architecture design including the integration of HMI, SCADA, PLC, VFDs, safety PLCs, and 3rd party packaged equipment.

• Develop greenfield PLC code with a focus on organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable code.

• Work closely with the process design teams to develop process control narratives and process and instrumentation diagrams.

• Implement and manage continuous process optimization including the addition of advanced and conventional technologies.

• Support a 24/7 production/manufacturing facility.

• Participate in process hazard reviews and HazOps.

• Manage and implement safety-rated systems.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of design experience with instrumentation, controls, and process automation.

• Experience with Siemens PLC and Ignition SCADA systems.

• Experience supporting a 24/7 production/manufacturing facility.

• Additional experience working with additional PLC platforms: Siemens, Beckhoff, Allen-Bradley, Omron.

• Experience working with modern communication protocols: Profinet, EtherCAT, Ethernet IP, Modbus TCP.

• Evidence of exceptional ability, including a strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage this understanding to solve challenging technical problems.

• Demonstrated experience in the execution of controls projects from concept development through commissioning and ramp-up.

• Demonstrated experience supporting a running production facility.

• Experience with safety rated systems.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with a range of $104,000 - $210,000 annually.

• Full-time employees are eligible for various benefits including:

  • Medical plans

  • Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits

  • Dental and vision plans

  • HSA contributions

  • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

  • 401(k) with employer match

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  • Other financial benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness programs including:

  • Basic life and AD&D insurance

  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Sick and vacation time

  • Paid holidays

  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

• Voluntary benefits including:

  • Critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

  • Weight loss and tobacco cessation programs

• Tesla Babies program

• Commuter benefits

• Employee discounts and perks program