Automation & Controls Engineer (Facilities)

About This Role

An Automation & Controls Engineer in Facilities will design, build, and activate advanced manufacturing facilities as part of the critical infrastructure team. This role involves developing and building a wide variety of automated solutions to support rapid R&D, production, and critical asset management. The team designs, builds, and commissions complete control systems from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Participate in initial equipment conceptual development and carefully balance product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and lead-time limits
• Lay out new industrial electrical control panels which are NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant, and create electrical, pneumatic and fluid schematics
• Simulate processes to inform design engineers of the conceptual viability of automation proposals (tools include ABB Robotstudio, Kuka Sim, and Siemens Process Simulate)
• Architect, write, and debug PLC code with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable for manufacturing applications
• Generate aesthetically simple screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting
• Manage electrical cabinet builds, field wiring, pneumatic, and fluid plumbing
• Select and size electrical and electromechanical components such as servo motors and controllers
• Deploy automated processes and equipment into production
• Set, implement, and maintain schedules and budgets to ensure project completion

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional experience in the design and commissioning of automation and controls systems for industrial applications
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Nice to have:

• Knowledge in building automation systems for critical infrastructure
• Mechanical (HVAC) controls and wiring, Delta controls
• Process integration and electromechanical/mechatronic systems experience
• Electrical schematic CAD experience using EPlan
• C#, .NET, Python and/or SQL experience
• PLC programming experience, preferably Siemens TIA Portal and Beckhoff TwinCat 3
• HMI and SCADA programming experience
• Field bus networks, serial communication and Ethernet communication
• Hands-on experience building and commissioning high quality electrical control panels and electro-mechanical systems
• Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 79, UL508A codes