Sr. I&C Design Engineer

Job Duties

• Design, evaluate, analyze, and assist in the fabrication and installation of process system instrumentation and controls system components.
• Work closely with test and system engineers in developing design requirements and ensuring proposed designs meet those requirements.
• Perform assignments requiring further definition of scope and objectives and involve investigating a number of variables.
• Support the use of common work processes and procedures within assigned function.
• Prepare, interpret, or review calculations, drawings, specifications, plans, investigations, systems, or equipment.
• Participate in one or more of the following: interface with internal and/or external customers to ensure understanding of system and/or test requirements, develop system requirements, instrument and data system design, development, and/or maintenance, automated control system design, development, and/or maintenance, automated control and human machine interface (HMI) software development, prepare design calculations, engineering studies, and/or reports, review piping and instrumentation diagrams for control and instrumentation requirements, prepare logic diagrams, prepare specifications or data sheets to support procurement of process instrumentation, prepare material quantity estimates, review vendor submittals and prepare comments and recommendations, participate in technical review meetings and resolve technical issues.
• Participate in and foster a work environment based on openness, trust, communication, teamwork, empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. degree in electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering from an accredited college or university plus a minimum of 8 years of progressive and relevant engineering experience.
• Current U.S. Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Progressive experience with control system theory and design concepts such as Controls Strategy and Algorithm Development, Math Modeling/Simulations, Calibration, Motion Controls, Process Controls, Process Instrumentation, Sequencing Systems, Stability & Control, Control Valve Selection and Design, Systems Safety, Networks & Field Busses, Control System Optimization, Learning and Rule-based Systems.
• Experience in the design or application of closed loop control systems.
• Experience in feedback control systems.
• Experience in the design of application of control systems using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and Human Machine Interfaces (HMI).
• Experience with proportional, integral, derivative (PID) control systems.
• Progressive experience with transducers, sensors, electrical circuits, signal processing, and data acquisition systems used to measure temperature, pressure, force, flow, acceleration, vibration, and other physical phenomena common to aerospace systems testing.
• Experience in the design or application of sensors used to convert physical phenomena into electrical signals.
• Experience in signal processing and analysis methodologies.
• Experience in analog and digital filtering methodologies.
• Experience in application of Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog conversion methodologies.
• Experience in the integration of sensors, signal conditioning, filtering, A/D conversion, etc. in the measurement of physical phenomena.
• Experience in the development and/or application of Instrumentation and Data Acquisition software.
• Experience in the analysis of measurement uncertainty.
• Experience in the calibration of instrumentation.

Additional Information

• Progressive work experience in design engineering plus work experience in other areas of engineering such as systems startup, field engineering, or plant operation in large industrial plants, utilities, process plants, or other engineering/construction firms.
• Demonstrated skill in oral and written communication.
• Active Secret Security Clearance is a condition of employment.